Data Protection
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(i) receive and investigate complaints under this Act; and
(j)vary conditions and terms of a licence issued under this
Act.
5. (1) The President, through the Civil Service Commission,
shall appoint a Data Protection Commissioner who shall be a public
officer with the following skills, qualifications and expertise:
Data
Protection
Commissioner
(a) minimum university degree level in information
communication technologies;
(b) data protection rules and operations;
( c) data protection laws; and
(d) at least four years at senior management level in a
related field.
(2) The Data Protection Commissioner is responsible for the
day to day administration of the Office of the Data Protection
Commission.
6. (1) The Civil Service Commission shall, on the
recommendation of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner,
appoint as public officers two Deputy Data Protection
Commissioners and other staff as may be necessary for the
performance of the functions of the Office of the Data Protection
Commission.
Appointment
of Deputy
Data
Protection
Commissioners
and other
staff
(2) The two Deputy Data Protection Commissioners are
responsible for the formulation of policies and planning and for
data processing system.
PART III
INSPECTORATE
7. (1) The Civil Service Commission may appoint a suitably
qualified person to be an inspector for the purposes of ensuring
compliance with this Act.
Inspector
(2) The Civil Service Commission shall issue an inspector with
an identification card and a certificate of appointment in the
prescribed form which are prima facie evidence of the inspector’s
appointment.
8. (1) An inspector may, for the purpose of enforcing the
provisions of this Act, at any reasonable time and with a warrant—
(a) enter and inspect the business premises of a data controller
or data processor;
Power of
inspectors
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