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Protection des personnes a l'egard du traitement des donnees a caractere personnel

Official privacy legislation providing Burkina Faso's clearest current legal baseline for AI-adjacent data governance.

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National government
Published
1 Jan 2021
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Official police academy legal repository PDF for Burkina Faso's privacy law.
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Loi n 001-2021/AN portant protection des personnes a l'egard du traitement des donnees a caractere personnel

Burkina Faso's primary privacy law creating the national baseline for data governance and AI-adjacent compliance.

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National government
Published
1 Jan 2021
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Official police academy legal repository PDF for Burkina Faso's privacy law.
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