Tanzania inaugurates data protection commission ahead of digital ID rollout

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially unveiled the country’s Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC), urging businesses and organizations processing personal data to strictly summit to the authority of the body.

The inauguration ceremony took place April 3 at the Julius Nyerere International Convention Center in the capital Dar es Salaam

The data protection authority, the president said, has been put in place to ensure that the dignity and privacy of Tanzanians, as reflected in their data, is protected, Citizen …

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