Ecobank Ghana is collaborating with the Data Protection Commission (DPC) for the first Africa Data Protection and Privacy conference in Africa.
The two-day conference, to be held in Accra from June 26 to 27, is in partnership with the Network of African Data Protection Authorities.
The Conference would bring together international stakeholders, including; the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Rights to Privacy, the African Union, the East African Community, the European Union and UK Information Commissioner.
It will also bring together established Authorities in Africa and their Global North counterparts for thought leadership, insight, best practice and high-level strategic content, providing a critical platform for promoting Africa’s drive for Data Protection and Privacy laws in Africa.
It is also geared at promoting the enactment of Data Protection and Privacy laws in Africa.
The Commissioner of Data Protection Commission, Patricia Adusei Poku said countries across the Africa Region were enacting Data Protection and Privacy laws and establishing Supervisory Authorities in response to the increased use of technology, the pace of digitisation and the exponential growth of activity in the global cyberspace.
Some of the topics to be discussed include; ethical approaches and processing for the global good, data protection and privacy and financial inclusion in Africa, data protection and cyber space.
Ecobank’s Regional Head Corporate Communications and Marketing, Rita Aba Tsegah, speaking at the launch said: ““As a Pan African Bank with interest in the development of the sub-region, Ecobank looks forward to more African nations passing the protection act and an adoption of the convention 108+ as the international standard.”
The Commission was established under the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), to protect the privacy of the individual and personal data by regulating the processing of personal information.
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/Osei Owusu Amankwaa
