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,…
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Data Protection Rights Under Act 843
By Richard Kafui0What 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
By Richard Kafui0… 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
By Richard Kafui0Introduction 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
By Richard Kafui0January 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
By Richard Kafui02021 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…