Ghana Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843)
What is Ghana Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843)?
The Ghana Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) is the national personal data protection law of Ghana enacted 16 October 2012 + administered by the DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION (DPC) of Ghana (Sec.1-15). Act 843 was one of the earlier comprehensive African data-protection laws + predates GDPR + draws on Council of Europe Convention 108 + UK Data Protection Act 1998 + ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection. It comprises 12 controls organised across 7 domains, and applies in Ghana.
How Ghana Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) maps to other frameworks
All 12 controls, each one mapped to the equivalent requirement in other standards, with the evidence that carries across and the mappings that were judged and rejected shown alongside. No account needed to look.
See the control mappings →The 7 domains Ghana Data Protection Act 2012 (Act 843) groups its controls into
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