Population: 2,606,971
Capital: Windhoek
President: Hage Geingob
2019 Freedom House Score: 75/100
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.
Personal data is not specifically defined under Namibian law.
The collection and processing of personal data in not addressed in Namibian law.
There is no data protection authority in Namibia, and no requirement to appoint data protection officers.
There are no restrictions for international data transfers in Namibia.
There are no security or breach notification requirements in Namibia.
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