ECOWAS Data Protection Act
ECOWAS
ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection — regional instrument governing data processing across West African member states.
Authoritative source ↗ZenoXCare — marketing
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ECOWAS·15 member states
Economic Community of West African States compliance overlay
15-member West African economic community whose Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection (2010) is the regional baseline for member-state data-protection regimes.
15
Member states
10
DP enforced
5
DP pending
0
No DP statute
Anchor regional instrument
ECOWAS secretariat: https://www.ecowas.int/ ↗
Member states (15)
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- Enacted · Enforced
GH Ghana
- Enacted · Enforced
NG Nigeria
- Enacted · Enforced
CI Côte d'Ivoire
- Enacted · Enforced
SN Senegal
- Enacted · Enforced
BJ Benin
- Enacted · Enforced
TG Togo
- Enacted · Enforced
BF Burkina Faso
- Enacted · Enforced
ML Mali
- Enacted · Enforced
NE Niger
- Enacted · Dormant
GN Guinea
- Enacted · Dormant
GW Guinea-Bissau
- Pending
SL Sierra Leone
- Pending
LR Liberia
- Pending
GM The Gambia
- Enacted · Enforced
CV Cabo Verde
Frequently asked
- What is ECOWAS?
- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). 15-member West African economic community whose Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection (2010) is the regional baseline for member-state data-protection regimes.
- Which countries are ECOWAS member states covered by ZenoXCare?
- ECOWAS has 15 member states tracked in the ZenoXCare African jurisdictions registry: Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire, Senegal, Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Guinea, and 5 more. Each country has its own compliance overlay page under /standards-and-compliance/africa/{iso2}.
- What regional instrument anchors ECOWAS compliance at ZenoXCare?
- ECOWAS's compliance baseline anchors to ECOWAS Data Protection Act (ECOWAS). ZenoXCare's alignment to this instrument is currently aligned. Authoritative source: https://www.ecowas.int/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/SIGNED-Personal-Data-Protection.pdf.