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Ethiopia: Cybersecurity regulation in Electronic Transactions Proclamation (No. 1205/2020)

Progress

Current status
in force
30 Jun 2020 in force

Scope

Implementers
Ethiopia
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cybersecurity regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: e-commerce
platform intermediary: other
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Implementation Level
national

Timeline of events

30 Jun 2020
in force

Electronic Transactions Proclamation (No. 1205/2020) including cybersecurity regulation entered into force

On 30 June 2020, the Electronic Transactions Proclamation No. 1205/2020 which includes provisions on data protection within e-commerce platforms entered into force. The legislation sets guidelines for handling personal information, requiring platfor…

Source
Event type law
Action type implementation
Government branch executive
Government body central government

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