Data Protection in Senegal

Definitions in Senegal

Definition of Personal Data

“Personal Data” means all data relating to an identified or identifiable individual by reference to an identification number or one, or many, characteristics of his / her physical, physiological, genetic, psychical cultural, social and economic identity.1

Definition of Sensitive Personal Data

“Sensitive Personal Data” means all data relating to religious, philosophical or political opinions or union activities; sex, life, race, health, social measures and prosecutions; and criminal and administrative sanctions.2

Definition of Electronic Trading

“Electronic Trading” means the act of offering, purchasing or supplying goods and services via computer systems and telecommunication networks such as the Internet or any other network using electronic, optical or other similar means enabling remote exchanges of information.3

Definition of Processing

“Processing [of Personal Data]” means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon data, whether or not by automatic means, such as collection, use, recording, organisation, storage, adaptation, alteration, retrieval, transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, encryption, erasure or destruction of personal data.

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