Data Protection Act, 2012 🇬🇭

Ghana 9 Citing Cases

Republic of Ghana

The eight hundred and forty-third

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana

entitled

Data Protection Act, 2012

Published by Government Gazette on 18 May 2012
Assented to on 10 May 2012
Commenced on 18 May 2012

AN ACT to establish a Data Protection Commission, to protect the privacy of the individual and personal data by regulating the processing of personal information, to provide the process to obtain, hold, use or disclose personal information and for related matters.PASSED by Parliament and assented to by the President:

Data Protection Commission

1. Establishment of Data Protection Commission

(1)There is established by this Act a Data Protection Commission.

(2)Where there is hindrance to the acquisition of property, the property may be acquired for the Commission under the State Property and Contracts Act, 1960 (C.A.6) or the State Lands Act, 1962 (Act 125) and the costs shall be borne by the Commission.

2. Object of the Commission

The object of the Commission is to

(a)prot…

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