Data protection law in pipeline
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- 09 Sep 2022
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Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology, Mr Nape Nnauye, revealed this yesterday in Dar es Salaam when officiating the opening of the ‘Connect to Connect Africa Summit.
Known as C2C Summit, it has brought together ICT stakeholders and government representatives from different African countries. The two-day conference which started on Wednesday focuses on discussing on how the Telecoms and ICT infrastructures in Africa can be supported to spread digital economy.
“Let me announce that we are now formerly going to table a data protection Bill for the first reading in the Parliament this month,” Mr Nnauye declared. He argued that the move is part of government’s efforts to come up with policies and laws that guarantee protection of privacy and personal data in digital platforms.
“The envisaged data protection law will be suitable for protecting private data on cyberspace and safeguarding the ethics of internet to make the internet governable, and considering that privacy is vital, this law will enable to promote privacy in internet users,” he said.
He stressed: “I want to assure you that the long awaited data protection Act is in the pipeline and its bill will be thoroughly discussed, incorporating opinions from different stakeholders,” Mr Nnauye told the summit.
He explained that the conference would highlight and entrench the value of progressive partnership and connecting Africa agenda.
The content and objective of the summit is clear reflection of the way in which the government and ICT stakeholders tackle challenges facing the country. Read More…
