What the law says is that we should give them six months to acquaint themselves with the provisions of the law. He noted that data controllers & processors are over 500,000 in Nigeria.

Like data controllers, data processors must also be registered, and when necessary appoint a representative established in Guyana. The Explanatory Memorandum said that both a data controller and a ...

“Data controllers are required to renew their registration and pay the prescribed fees on or before December 1 every year after the first registration,” the OIC notice further said.

Section 18 (1) of the Data Protection Act provides that no person shall act as a data controller or data processor unless registered with the data commissioner.

In Ghana, the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) mandates that data controllers and processors adopt technical and organizational measures to prevent the unauthorized use of personal data.

Data controllers are required to provide thorough information, including contact details, data processing descriptions, and measures taken to ensure compliance.

The European Data Protection Board (EDPB), the umbrella group of the EU’s data protection authorities, has issued new Guidelines 01/2024 of October 9, 2024 on the processing of personal data ...

According to section 4 (1), any person, whether alone or jointly with others, who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data shall apply for a data controller licence.

By shifting its European data processing to Ireland, OpenAI is on track to join multiple Big Tech companies that are monitored by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) for GDPR enforcement.