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Population: 2,606,971
Capital: Windhoek
President: Hage Geingob
2019 Freedom House Score: 75/100
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Despite several high-profile data security incidents in Namibia, no particular policies, frameworks, or strategies deal directly with cybercrime, cybersecurity, or data privacy. Namibia recognises the right to privacy as a fundamental human right in its Constitution, and the government is currently drafting a Data Protection Policy to protect citizens against abuse of their personal data and to regulate extraterritorial data transfers. The Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) is expected to finalise a draft Data Protection Bill to be published in either 2019 or 2020.
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Personal data is not specifically defined under Namibian law.
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The collection and processing of personal data in not addressed in Namibian law.
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There is no data protection authority in Namibia, and no requirement to appoint data protection officers.
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There are no restrictions for international data transfers in Namibia.
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There are no security or breach notification requirements in Namibia.
