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to the objective for which they were gathered and subsequently processed are deleted
or corrected.
Section V: Principle of transparency of personal data
Article II – 32:
The principle of transparency implies the obligation on the part of the processing official
to provide information on personal data.
Section VI: Principle of confidentiality and security of personal data processing
Article II – 33:
Personal data shall be processed confidentially and protected, especially where the
processing involves transmission of the data in a network.
Article II – 34:
Where processing is undertaken on behalf of a processing official, the latter shall
choose a sub-contractor with adequate guarantees. It is incumbent on the processing
official and the sub-contractor to ensure compliance with the security measures defined
in this Convention.
Chapter II: Specific principles governing the processing of certain categories of
personal data
Article II – 35:
Data gathering and processing based on racial, ethnic and regional considerations,
parentage relationship, political views, religious or philosophical persuasion, trade union
membership, sex life and genetic information or, more generally, data on the state
health of the person concerned, is prohibited in the African Union.
Article II – 36:
The prohibitions set forth in Article II processing, where:
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shall not apply to the following types of data