What Is Law L/2016/037/AN of 28 July 2016 on Cybersecurity and the Protection of Personal Data?
Guinea’s official Gazette identifies Law L/2016/037/AN of 28 July 2016 on cybersecurity and the protection of personal data. The located text provides access, correction, objection, direct-marketing opt-out, conditional erasure, and portability rights, and states that it enters into force on promulgation. The statutory authority was to be created by regulation. Current official materials show an APDP project and data-protection work and revision by the ARPT, but the supplied research did not locate a clearly documented dedicated public APDP complaint route. This is a source-backed evidence profile based on the supplied official materials. The supplied research summary does not establish a Guinea-specific data-broker or public-record removal route, so this profile does not infer one from the general rights or the statutory authority design.
At a glance
- Full name
- Law L/2016/037/AN of 28 July 2016 on Cybersecurity and the Protection of Personal Data
- Short code
- Guinea Law L/2016/037/AN
- Jurisdiction
- Guinea
- Enacted
- 2016
- Last major update
- Current official materials show an APDP project and ARPT data-protection work/revision; no consolidated amendment status was located in the supplied pass
- Regulator
- Autorité de Protection des Données (APDP) (statutory authority to be created by regulation; public route not located)
- Private right of action
- Limited
Scope, who Guinea Law L/2016/037/AN covers
Protected data
Data subject rights
Right of access
Right to correction
Right to object to processing, including a direct-marketing opt-out
Conditional right to erasure
Right to data portability
Notable features
The law states that it enters into force on promulgation. The statutory authority was to be created by regulation; current official materials show an APDP project and ARPT data-protection work/revision, while a clearly documented public APDP complaint route was not located.
Enforcement & penalties
Penalties: The supplied research summary did not provide a consolidated penalty schedule or amount, so no penalty figure is stated here.
Private right of action: The supplied materials describe a statutory authority to be created by regulation, but do not establish a clearly documented public APDP complaint route or a separate private damages action.
Relevance to data brokers
The supplied research summary does not establish a Guinea-specific data-broker, people-search, or public-record removal route. The general rights in Law L/2016/037/AN should not be presented as a confirmed broker-deletion process.
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FAQ
What rights does Guinea’s Law L/2016/037/AN provide?+
The supplied research identifies access, correction, objection, direct-marketing opt-out, conditional erasure, and portability rights.
When does Guinea’s law enter into force?+
The located text states that Law L/2016/037/AN enters into force on promulgation.
Is there a public APDP complaint route in Guinea?+
The supplied research located an APDP project and ARPT data-protection work, but no clearly documented dedicated public APDP complaint route.
Official sources & citations
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