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 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 Tanzania reports. It will ensure the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Act which went into effect in 2022.