HI PSSA Project Support for Harm onization of the I CT Policies in - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

HI PSSA Project Support for Harm onization of the I CT Policies in Sub-Sahara Africa, Meeting w ith the Nam ibia I CT Ministry and Data Protection Stakeholders PRESENTATI ON DATA PROTECTI ON LAW / POLI CY I NTERNATI ONAL PERSPECTI VES Pria Chetty, International Legal Expert on Data Protection International Telecommunication Union

Sum m ary of the Content

Objectives of I nternational and Regional Assessm ent

Purpose of Data Protection Law  Harm onised approaches to data protection  Give effect to right to privacy for inform ation  Respond to I CT technology developm ents im pacts right to the protection of personal data in com m ercial activities  Respond to electronic governm ent ( eGov) activities  Address violations of inform ation privacy Data protection regulation - ensure that the benefits of using inform ation and com m unication technologies is not concurrent w ith w eakened protection of personal data

Definitions  Data  Data subject  Data Controller  Data Protection Authority  Personal data  Sensitive Data  Processing

Questionnaire  Organisational I m pact  I ndustry I m pact  Scope of Law – Personal I nform ation  I m pact of legislating principles of data protection  I m pact of legislating rights of data subjects  I nput into governance and sanctions  Market and industry practicalities

Thank You Questions/ Discussion? Pria Chetty I TU I nternational Expert: Data Protection Mobile: + 27 83 384 4543 Email: pria.chetty@gmail.com Sam son Muhapi Nam ibia National Expert: Data Protection Tel: + 264 811 492 432 Mob: + 264 85 1415 800 E-mail: smuhapi@gmail.com