African Union: African Union adopted Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection including provisions on data protection authority governance

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African Union adopted Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection including provisions on data protection authority governance

On 27 June 2014, the African Union (AU) adopted the AU Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection. The Convention mandates the establishment of national data protection authorities to govern and enforce data protection regulations acr…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
bi- or plurilateral agreement
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
central government

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2014-06-27
adopted

On 27 June 2014, the African Union (AU) adopted the AU Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Da…

2023-06-08
in force

On 8 June 2024, the African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection entered…