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African Data Protection Laws : Regulation, Policy, and Practice /

For the last two decades data protection regulatory models in the African continent were highly inspired by foreign ones - mostly by the European Union's models. Recently, regulatory diversions can be spotted - reaching from strict(er) regulation on data sovereignty and data localisation to hyb...

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Other Authors: Abdulrauf, Lukman (Contributor), Atuguba Akongburo, Raymond (Editor), Boshe, Patricia (Contributor, Editor), Dei-Tutu, Sena Afua (Editor), Fidler, Mailyn (Contributor), Foe-Ahorney, Setor (Contributor), Hennemann, Moritz (Editor), Kimpian, Peter (Contributor), Musoni, Melody (Contributor), Nwankwo, Iheanyi (Contributor), Oloni, Victoria (Contributor), Oloyede, Ridwan (Contributor), Otieno, Nelson (Contributor), Salami, Aishat O. (Contributor), Tshuma, Brian (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2024]
Series:Global and Comparative Data Law , 3
Subjects:
african data protection law.
data protection law.
LAW / Commercial / General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Foreword
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Part I Data Protection Architecture
  • An Introduction
  • Data Governance in Africa: A Change in Narrative
  • Rights to Privacy and to Personal Data Protection and Convention 108
  • Part II African Approaches and Data Colonialism
  • African Approach(es) to Data Protection Law
  • African Data Protection Laws: Politics, But as Usual
  • Part III Enforcement Aspects
  • Adopting Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) in Africa: Lessons from Kenya's DPIA Framework and Experiences
  • Does the Law Protect the Privacy of Ghanaians on the Internet? An Exploratory Study
  • Digital Identity, Surveillance, and Data Protection in Africa
  • Cross-Border Data Flows: Oiling the Wheel of the African Digital Economy
  • The Role of Data Localisation in Cybercrime Investigations
  • Part IV Re-Imagining the Future
  • Data Imaginaries and the Emergence of Data Institutions in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Author Profiles