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Member of the public requests removal from Election Register
Informal Resolution | 20 April 2023
Elections Office
Citing the right to demand that processing cease in section 10 of the DPA, a member of the public notified the Elections Office that he wished to be removed from the voting register. The Elections Office did not respond within the statutory timeline and a complaint was made to the Ombudsman. After significant delays, the Elections Office responded to the complainant outlining the disqualifying criteria for electors, citing the Elections Act and the Cayman Islands Constitution.
The Elections Office relied on its legal mandate to maintain the register of Electors, and on an exception (section 10(2)(b)) to the general right to demand that processing cease in cases where “the processing is necessary for compliance with any legal obligation of which the data controller is subject”. Therefore, the Elections Office did not have to comply with the complainant’s notice and the complaint was closed.