ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) PART VI USE AND DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION BY PUBLIC BODIES 36 Use of personal information A public body may only use personal information— (a) for the purpose for which that information was obtained or compiled, or for a use consistent with that purpose; or (b) if the person to whom the information relates has consented, in the prescribed manner, to such use.24 37 Disclosure for archival or historical purposes The National Archives, or the archives of a public body, may disclose personal informationto a third party for the purpose of historical research or any other lawful purpose if 25— (a) such disclosure would not result in an unreasonable invasion of a person’s personal privacy in terms of this Act; or (b) the information is about a person who has been deceased for thirty or more years. PART VII MEDIA AND INFORMATION COMMISSION 38 Establishment of Media and Information Commission (1) For the purposes of this Act, there is hereby established a Commission, to be known as the Media and Information Commission, which shall be a body corporate capable of suing and being sued in its own name and, subject to this Act, of performing all acts that bodies corporate may by law perform. 39 Functions and powers of Commission (1) Subject to this Act, the powers and functions of the Commission shall be— (a) to ensure that Zimbabweans have access to information and effective control of mass media services; and (b) to receive and act upon comments from the public about the administration and performance of the mass media in Zimbabwe; and (c) to comment on the implications of proposed legislation or programmes of public bodies on access to information and protection of privacy; and (d) to comment on the implications of automated systems for collection, storage, analysis or transfer of information or for access to information or protection of privacy; and (e) to inform the public about this Act; and (f) to engage in or commission research into anything affecting the achievement of the purposes of this Act; and 24 Paragraph amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 25 Words substituted by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 22