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Can you summarize Bill - Personal Data Protection, 2019 (in French, English, and Kinyarwanda) - CHECK FOR UPDATES?

Rwanda Bills - Others > Bill - Personal Data Protection, 2019 (in French, English, and Kinyarwanda) - CHECK FOR UPDATES

Short Summary

This legal document, known as the Personal Data Protection and Privacy Law, governs the protection and privacy of personal data in Rwanda. It applies to any person who processes data, whether established or ordinarily resident in Rwanda or not, but processing personal data of data subjects located in Rwanda. The law provides a framework for the collection and processing of personal data, including rules for obtaining consent, processing sensitive personal data, and processing personal data relating to criminal convictions. It also establishes rights for data subjects, such as the right to information, right to object, right of rectification or erasure, and right to data portability. The law requires the registration of data controllers and data processors, and imposes obligations and duties on them, including obligations relating to data quality, correction and deletion of personal data, and data security. The law also addresses the free flow of non-personal data, procedures for data sharing, transfer, storage, and retention, and provides for complaints, offences, and penalties for non-compliance.

Whom does it apply to?

Any person who processes data, whether established or ordinarily resident in Rwanda or not, but processing personal data of data subjects located in Rwanda

What does it govern?

Data protection and privacy

What are exemptions?

No exemptions are mentioned.

What are the Penalties?

Administrative sanctions, unlawful obtaining, processing or disclosing of data, re-identification and processing of de-identified personal data, unlawful destruction, deletion, concealment or alteration of data, unlawful sale of data, unlawful collecting or processing of sensitive personal data, providing false information, offences by corporations, additional penalties

Jurisdiction

Rwanda

Source
Bill - Personal Data Protection, 2019 (in French, English, and Kinyarwanda) - CHECK FOR UPDATES [https://reggi.cloud.regology.com/regulations/RW-BILL/RW-BILL_OS_PDP]