Cyber and Data Protection Act, 2021 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Cyber and Data Protection Act, 2021 Chapter 12:07 Published on 11 March 2022 Commenced on 11 March 2022 [This is the version of this document from 11 March 2022.] An Act to provide for data protection with due regard to the Declaration of Rights under the Constitution and the public and national interest; to establish a Cyber Security Centre; a Data Protection Authority and to provide for their functions; to create a technology driven business environment and encourage technological development and the lawful use of technology; to amend sections 162 to 166 of the Criminal Code (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] to provide for investigation and collection of evidence of cyber crime and unauthorised data collection and breaches, and to provide for admissibility of electronic evidence for such offences and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing. ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe. Part I – Preliminary 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07]. 2. Object The object of this Act is to increase cyber security in order to build confidence and trust in the secure use of information and communication technologies by data controllers, their representatives and data subjects. 3. Interpretation In this Act— "child" means any person under the age of eighteen years; "code of conduct" refers to the Data Use Charters drafted by the data controller in order to institute the rightful use of IT processes, the Internet, and electronic communications of the structure concerned, and which have been approved by the Data Protection Authority; "consent" refers to any manifestation of specific unequivocal, freely given, informed expression of will by which the data subject or his or her legal, judicial or legally appointed representative accepts that his or her data be processed; "critical database" means a computer data storage medium or any part thereof which contains critical data; "data" means any representation of facts, concepts, information, whether in text, audio, video, images, machine-readable code or instructions, in a form suitable for communications, interpretation or processing in a computer device, computer system, database, electronic communications network or related devices and includes a computer programme and traffic data; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1