Data Protection in Burkina Faso

National data protection authority in Burkina Faso

The Burkina Faso's data protection authority is the Commission de l'Informatique et des Libertés ('CIL'). 

The CIL draws its membership from various segments of society. It is charged with:

  • making individual or regulatory decisions in cases provided for under the law;
  • assisting with data processing inspections and obtaining all information and documents needed for its mission;
  • issuing model rules to ensure security; and where appropriate, prescribing safety measures including the destruction of information;
  • issuing enforcement notices to data controllers and sharing with the prosecutor’s office the offenses of which the body is aware;
  • ensuring that the implementation of the right of access and rectification indicated in the acts and declarations do not impede the free exercise of this law;
  • receiving complaints and petitions;
  • staying informed of the latest technological developments, and keeps abreast of their effects on the right to the protection of privacy, the exercise of freedoms, and the functioning of democratic institutions;
  • advising individuals and organisations that use automated processing, or who carry out tests or experiments likely to lead to such processing;
  • responding to requests for public opinion; and
  • proposing legislation or regulations to the Government to adapt the protection of freedoms to technological evolution.

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