3. ensure that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful and accountable
manner;
4. facilitate the secure transfer of personal data about citizens and residents of
the Federal Republic of Somalia held by international organisations to
appropriate government entities for purposes of providing public services
and related governmental functions;
5. establish a framework for secure government processing of personal data to
enhance the welfare of the people of the Federal Republic of Somalia;
6. increase the beneficial use of personal data in the digital economy of the
Federal Republic of Somalia and its participation in regional and global
economies;
7. establish an authority designated for the protection and oversight of public
and personal data within the Federal Republic of Somalia.
Article 4: Scope of the Law
This Law applies only to a data controller where:
1. the data controller is domiciled, resident or operating in the Federal
Republic of Somalia;
2. the processing occurs within the Federal Republic of Somalia; or
3. the processing relates to the monitoring of the behaviour of, or targeted
offering of goods or services to, a data subject in the Federal Republic of
Somalia.
Article 5: Exemptions
1. This Law does not apply to the processing of personal data solely for
personal, recreational or household purposes.
2. Subject to sub-article 3, data controllers that are domiciled, resident, or
operating in the Federal Republic of Somalia are exempt from this Law:
a) if they process personal data relating to data subjects who are within the
Federal Republic of Somalia; and
b) until the second anniversary of the date on which it comes into force, if
they are not data controllers of major importance.
3. This Law does not apply to processing of personal data:
a) by competent authorities for the purposes of the prevention,
investigation, detection, prosecution or adjudication of criminal offences
or the execution of criminal penalties;
b) by competent authorities for the purposes of prevention or control of a
national public health emergency;
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