Cyber and Data Protection Act, 2021
Contents
Part I – Preliminary ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
1. Short title .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
2. Object ........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 1
3. Interpretation ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 1
4. Application .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Part II – Data Protection Authority ............................................................................................................................................................... 4
5. Designation of Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority as Data Protection Authority ........................ 4
6. Functions of Data Protection Authority ........................................................................................................................................... 4
Part III – Quality of data .................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
7. Quality of data ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Part IV – General rules on the processing of data ................................................................................................................................. 5
8. Generality .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
9. Purpose ......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5
10. Non-sensitive data ................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
11. Sensitive information ........................................................................................................................................................................... 6
12. Genetic data, biometric sensitive data and health data ......................................................................................................... 7
Part V – Duties of data controller and data processor ......................................................................................................................... 8
13. Duties of data controller .................................................................................................................................................................... 8
14. Rights of data subject ......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
15. Disclosures when collecting data directly from data subject ............................................................................................... 8
16. Disclosures when not collecting data directly from data subject ....................................................................................... 9
17. Authority to process ........................................................................................................................................................................... 10
18. Security ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
19. Security breach notification ............................................................................................................................................................ 10
20. Obligation of notification to Authority ....................................................................................................................................... 10
21. Content of notification ...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
22. Authorisation ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
23. Openness of processing .................................................................................................................................................................... 12
24. Accountability ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Part VI – Data subject ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
25. Decision taken on basis of Automatic Data Processing ........................................................................................................ 12
26. Representation of data subject who is child ............................................................................................................................ 12
27. Representation of physically, mentally or legally incapacitated data subjects ............................................................. 12
Part VII – Transborder flow ........................................................................................................................................................................... 13
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