Jurisdiction snapshot
Trends and climate
Would you consider your national data protection laws to
be ahead or behind of the international curve?
Senegalese national data protection legislation is behind the
international curve. The law is silent on many issues, such as:
- data protection for people under 18 years old;
- the notification of breaches to the Senegalese Data Protection
Authority;
- cookie requirements; and
- data transfer agreements.
These failings explain why the European Union does not consider
Senegal to be a safe jurisdiction in terms of data protection.
However, it has never been blacklisted.
Are any changes to existing data protection legislation
proposed or expected in the near future?
