Draft Data Protection and Privacy Policy – The Gambia. May 2019
The Government of The Gambia is also party to other
international instruments such as the African Charter on Human
and Peoples Rights (1981), that, like other instruments to which
The Gambia is a party, recognises the importance of other
fundamental rights and freedoms that may be impacted by the
use of personal data beyond the right to privacy, such as the
right to freedom of expression, and the right to freedom of
association and assembly. A key aim of this policy, therefore, is to
meet The Gambia’s obligations and commitment arising from
being party to the above international instruments, and to protect
the personal data and associated rights and freedoms of
individuals, and in particular the fundamental right to privacy.
The Policy reflects international developments within Africa and
beyond and the increasing recognition of the need to make
concrete, the protection of personal data and privacy in law,
reflecting also the modernised Convention for the protection of
individuals with regard the processing of their personal data
(Convention 108+).
2.
Purpose of the Policy
2.1 The purpose of this policy is to lay the foundations of
institutional and legal framework for data protection and
privacy that will give effect to Section 23 of the Constitution
of The Republic of The Gambia and to express the
commitment of the Government of The Gambia to ensure
the protection of personal data and associated rights of
individuals, and in particular the right to privacy.
3.
Objective
The objective of this national data protection and privacy policy is
to:
3.1
inform the development of data protection and privacy law
to safeguard personal data and the rights to data protection
and privacy of individuals;
3.2
help establish appropriate institutional frameworks to
ensure the effective implementation and oversight of a
national data protection and privacy law;
3.3
to establish internationally recognised best practice in data
protection and privacy law;
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