What Is Law No. 1/2016 of 22 July on the Protection of Personal Data?
Equatorial Guinea’s official ORTEL index lists Law No. 1/2016 of 22 July on the protection of personal data. The located Spanish text supports access, rectification, cancellation, and objection rights, and describes a route concerning data obtained from public sources or advertising. The law states a 20-day post-publication commencement rule. The exact Gazette publication day was not located in the supplied pass, so a confirmed commencement date is not stated here. ORTEL’s located user-protection material describes a telecom-focused complaint route. It should be distinguished from a general privacy route: an operational Órgano Rector contact and a public general privacy-complaint endpoint were not located in this pass.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law No. 1/2016 of 22 July on the Protection of Personal Data
- Short code
- Equatorial Guinea Law 1/2016
- Jurisdiction
- Equatorial Guinea
- Enacted
- 2016
- Regulator
- Órgano Rector under Law No. 1/2016 (operational contact not located)
- Private right of action
- Limited
- Statutory citation
- Law No. 1/2016 of 22 July on the Protection of Personal Data
Scope, who Equatorial Guinea Law 1/2016 covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to rectification
Right to cancellation
Right to object
A public-source and advertising exclusion route is described in the located Spanish text
Notable features
The law includes a 20-day post-publication commencement rule, but the exact Gazette publication day was not located. The available ORTEL complaint material is telecom-focused and should not be treated as a general privacy regulator route.
Enforcement & penalties
Regulator: Órgano Rector under Law No. 1/2016 (operational contact not located)
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule, so no penalty amount is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied materials locate an Órgano Rector in the law and an ORTEL telecom complaint route, but they do not establish an operational general privacy-complaint process or a separate private damages action.
Relevance to data brokers
No Equatorial Guinea-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route was located. The rights described above should not be presented as a confirmed broker-deletion process.
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FAQ
What rights does Equatorial Guinea Law No. 1/2016 describe?+
The located Spanish text supports access, rectification, cancellation, and objection rights, and describes a public-source and advertising exclusion route.
When did Law No. 1/2016 commence?+
The law states a 20-day period after publication, but the exact Gazette publication day was not located in the supplied pass, so a confirmed commencement date is not stated here.
Can I use ORTEL as a general privacy complaint route?+
The located ORTEL material is telecom-focused. An operational Órgano Rector contact and a public general privacy-complaint endpoint were not located, so ORTEL’s telecom route should not be presented as a general privacy route.
Official sources & citations
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