South Africa: Adopted national data and cloud policy including data residency obligations
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Adopted national data and cloud policy including data residency obligations
On 31 May 2024, the South African Department of Communications and Digital Technologies adopted the final national data and cloud policy, including data residency obligations. The policy applies to data management and cloud computing within South Af…
Scope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2021-04-01
in consultation
2021-06-01
processing consultation