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Morocco: Adopted Law on cybersecurity including data localisation requirement

Policy overview

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Adopted Law on cybersecurity including data localisation requirement

On 17 July 2020, the House of Councillors adopted the Draft Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity. The draft law includes a data localisation requirement which mandates that sensitive data must be stored exclusively within the national territory.

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2020-07-10
under deliberation

On 10 July 2020, the Draft Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity has been introduced to the parliament. Th…

2020-07-14
under deliberation

On 14 July 2020, the House of Representatives adopted Draft Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity and pass…

2020-07-17
adopted

On 17 July 2020, the House of Councillors adopted the Draft Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity. The dra…

2020-07-25
adopted

On 25 July 2020, the King of Morocco endorsed the text for Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity. The law …