Togo plans to set up a Personal Data Protection Authority (IPDCP) to better secure its digital ecosystem and protect users against cybercrime, Togo First reported. A draft decree for the project, which comes under the law on protection of personal data that was passed about a year ago, was discussed on 16 December during the council of ministers.
The IPDCP will carry out investigations and interventions, as well as impose sanctions on offenders, within the framework of the government policy aimed at protecting personal data. The government said the new body will ensure that any processing of personal data respects the fundamental rights and freedoms of individuals as well as the interests of the state, local authorities, businesses and other legal entities.
