The Irony of Data Privacy in Ghana
Data privacy, also referred to as information privacy, is the aspect of information technology (IT) that deals with the preparedness of an organization or individual to decide what data about him/her in a computer system can be shared with third parties. The Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the legislation which has replaced the Data Protection Directives 95/46/EC. This regulation has become necessary in order to balance the protection of individual’s privacy rights as well as the rights of organizations and governments to collect and use data for business and administrative purposes. The new data protection law took effect from …