Personal Data Breach – Implications and Consequences
In the hyper-connected world of today, these breaches are a threat to both organizations and people. Teams in charge of security no longer ask themselves if an attack is coming,…
Data Protection Rights Under Act 843
What Individuals and Organisations Must Know Ghana’s Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) provides individuals (customers/clients, employees/staff, patients, students, congregants, members, etc) more control over how government institutions, businesses, associations,…
Children’s Privacy in School
… A concern to both parents and school authorities Parental concerns about children’s privacy are rising due to the growing use of diverse educational technologies to collect detailed information about…
A Decade of Ghana’s Act 843: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Introduction This year marks the 10th anniversary of the inception of Ghana’s Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843). The Act was assented to on 10th May 2012 and became enforceable…
Data Protection and Privacy Principles
January 28 every year is celebrated as International Data Privacy Day - an international effort to create an awareness of the importance of privacy and personal data protection. With the…
Data protection in Africa
2021 will see these changes applied and for Ghana and other African digital economies to grow, we must push for enforcement and compliance, and fall in line with the international standard set by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
The Deception of Forwarded Messages and Links
The value of data has led to increasing demand for it. Researchers and innovators need a lot of data of all kinds to bring about new products and services, improve…
DATA PRIVACY
January 28: Data Privacy Day
Why is Data Privacy important? January 28 is Data Privacy Day which is “an international effort to create awareness about the importance of respecting privacy, safeguarding data and enabling trust”.…
The Offensive Approach to Ghana’s Voter Data Exposure
A few days ago, the voter registration details of over 15 million Ghanaians were uploaded and circulated through various media platforms via google drive. However, the source of the publication…
The Unaware Data Subjects
. . . Equipping Oneself with the Legal Aspects of data Handling Introduction The Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) is a Ghanaian law that sets out the rules…