OFFICE OF THE DATA PROTECTION COMMISSIONER
ODPC is a personal data regulatory office established pursuant to the Data Protection Act of 2019 with a mandate of regulating the processing of personal data.
Promoting Data Protection in a Digitally Transformed Economy
E-Services
Mandate of ODPC
The mandate of the office is derived from the Data Protection Act,2019 and includes:
- Regulate the processing of personal data
- Ensure that the processing of personal data of a data subject is guided by the principles set out in section 25 of the Act
- Protect the privacy of individuals
- Establish the legal and institutional mechanism to protect personal data
- Provide data subjects with rights and remedies to protect their personal data from processing that is not in accordance with the Act