Unregistered data controllers to be sanctioned-DPC
January 19, 2021
Mrs Patricia Adusei-Poku (left) addressing the media Photo Michael Ayeh
Data controllers who fail to register with the commission will be sanctioned, the Executive Director of the Data Protection Commission (DPC), Mrs Patricia Adusei-Poku has warned.
She indicated that out of the numerous data controllers in the country, less than 5,000 had registered and acquired the right certification, while the majority of them failed to fulfil that requirement under the Data Protection Act of 2012.
“We will make our best effort and chase up as many as we can to prosecute those we can prosecute but I think it’s a big collaborative effort of all able citizens that will change the statistics and increase the number for us in a shortest possible time,” she added.