Ghana’s Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) has received Presidential assent, establishing the country’s first comprehensive data protection regime and an independent regulator to oversee it.
Key points
- Establishes the Data Protection Commission.
- Controllers must register and renew periodically.
- Appropriate security safeguards are required.
- Security compromises must be notified.
- The Act becomes operative on 16 October 2012.
UK organisations with Ghanaian operations, customers or employees should review their registration and security arrangements, as registration with the Commission is a legal requirement that must be renewed periodically and failure to register is an offence.
Source: Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) (Ghana Data Protection Commission)
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