South Africa: Published draft data and cloud policy includes data residency obligations
Description
Published draft data and cloud policy includes data residency obligations
The South African Department of Communications releases its Draft National Data and Cloud Policy for written submissions. The draft includes the proposition that all data classified/identified as critical Information Infrastructure shall be processe…
Scope
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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2021-04-01
in consultation
2021-06-01
processing consultation