Right to confidential treatment
68. (1) Any person who, in terms of this Act, receives, compiles, retains or reports any confidential information pertaining to a consumer or prospective consumer must protect the confidentiality of that information, and in particular, must-
(a) use that information only for a purpose permitted or required in terms of this Act, other national legislation or applicable provincial legislation; and
(b) report or release that information only to the consumer or prospective consumer, or to another person-
(i) to the extent permitted or required by this Act, other national legislation or applicable provincial legislation; or
(ii) as directed by-
(aa) the instructions of the consumer or prospective consumer; or
(bb) an order of a court or the Tribunal.
(2) Failure by a credit bureau to comply with a notice issued in terms of section 55, in relation to this section, is an offence.
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