The Act requires that Vumacam informs the subjects (the public) of the purpose for the cameras and that they may object or access the information about themselves. Do we do so?

Vumacam must take “reasonably practical steps” to inform members of the public of the information listed in section 18(1). Vumacam does put public notices on all active poles with indication on where to find processing, storage and data use information.

May the public object or access information about themselves?

A member of the public may request Vumacam to confirm whether it holds personal information about the data subject. (Section 23 of POPI) If Vumacam does, the data subject can also ask for a record of the personal information, and the identity of all third parties who have, or had, access to that personal information. These access to information rights will probably be interpreted to be subject to a reasonableness criterion. It would be absurd to require Vumacam to review all of its CCTV footage to determine whether it recorded a particular person at any point in time and we doubt that this court has been the intention of Parliament. But more tailored requests will have to be honoured.

The round mickey mouse ears are a public notice in this regard, and we will honour requests as required by law.

Who gave Vumacam permission to install their infrastructure?

Has Vumacam engaged with communities before rolling out their infrastructure?

What is the application process for Vumacam?