The Data Protection Bill, 2012
Damages.
26. In any proceedings under section 23 or 24 , the Commission
may advise the complainant to seek damages in Court against the
defendant for an interference with the data protection of a data
subject in respect of any one or more of the following—
(a) pecuniary loss suffered as a result of, and expenses
reasonably incurred by the aggrieved individual for the
purpose of, the transaction or activity out of which the
interference arose;
(b) loss of any benefit, whether or not of a monetary kind,
which the aggrieved individual might reasonably have
been expected to obtain but for the interference;
(c) humiliation, loss of dignity, and injury to the feelings of
the aggrieved individual.
PART V − MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Protection against
certain actions.
27. (1) Where any personal information is made available in good
faith pursuant to of this Act—
(a) no proceedings, civil or criminal, shall lie against the
agency in respect of the making available of that
information, or for any consequences that follow from
the making available of that information; and
(b) no proceedings, civil or criminal, in respect of any
publication involved in, or resulting from, the making
available of that information shall lie against the
author of the information or any other person by
reason of that author or other person having supplied
the information to an agency.
(2) The making available of, or the giving of access to, any personal
information in consequence of a request made under section 12
shall not be taken, for the purposes of the law relating to defamation
or breach of confidence or infringement of copyright, to constitute
an authorisation or approval of the publication of the document or
of its contents by the individual to whom the information is made
available or the access is given.
Offences.
28. A person who—
(a) without reasonable excuse, obstructs, hinders, or resists the
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