Practice overview
Data Protection & Privacy
The firm helps organisations understand how personal data moves through their operations, identify privacy risk, and build practical controls for collection, use, storage, disclosure, retention, and deletion.
Privacy and data-protection guidance for organizations collecting, processing, storing, or sharing personal data.
The Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843) and the Data Protection Commission’s compliance framework apply to data controllers and processors in Ghana. Compliance can include registration, governance, privacy notices, security safeguards, processor oversight, impact assessment, and incident planning.
How we help
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Compliance assessments
Data mapping, gap analysis, risk prioritisation, controller or processor analysis, and practical remediation planning.
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Privacy notices and policies
Customer-facing notices, employee privacy materials, consent language, retention rules, and internal governance policies.
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Data-controller registration
Readiness review, supporting information, registration or renewal coordination, and maintenance of compliance records.
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Vendor and processor arrangements
Privacy and security terms for service providers, cloud vendors, data sharing, international processing, and outsourcing.
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Impact and product reviews
Privacy-by-design support and impact assessments for new systems, digital products, analytics, monitoring, and high-risk processing.
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Incident response
Breach-response planning, fact gathering, legal assessment, communications support, regulator engagement, and lessons-learned reviews.
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Information on this page is general and does not constitute legal or tax advice. Advice should be obtained for the specific facts and current law applicable to each matter.
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