Morocco: Signed Law on cybersecurity including data localisation requirement
Description
Signed Law on cybersecurity including data localisation requirement
On 25 July 2020, the King of Morocco endorsed the text for Law No. 05.20 on cybersecurity. The law includes a data localisation requirement, as stipulated in Article 11, which mandates that sensitive data must be stored exclusively within the national territory.
Original sourceScope
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government
Complete timeline of this policy change
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2020-07-10
under deliberation
2020-07-14
under deliberation
2020-07-17
adopted