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Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force proposed proposed
Personal Data Protection Law, automated decisionssince 3 lines
Loi n°001-2021/AN, arts. 15, 19, 31 (automated individual decisions) · Read the law's page
- Do not base an administrative or private decision assessing a person's behavior solely on automated processing that produces a profile or personality assessment of them.
- Where the processing relies on artificial intelligence, disclose to the data subject the criteria and the nature of the personal data behind the automated decision, from the moment you collect it.
- Obtain a CIL authorization before using an automated decision-support tool that profiles a person or relies on artificial intelligence techniques for predictive purposes in an administrative or private decision.
National Artificial Intelligence Roadmap 2026-2030 (Feuille de Route Nationale sur l'Intelligence Artificielle 2026-2030), evolved from the National AI Action Plan 2026-2028 processproposed0 lines
Feuille de route nationale sur l'intelligence artificielle 2026-2030, validated by the Ministère de la Transition Numérique, des Postes et des Communications Électroniques on 17- following a workshop at the Université Virtuelle du Burkina Faso; developed out of the National AI Action Plan process launched via a situational-analysis workshop in Ouagadougou on ; not a binding legal instrument as of
Loi n°025-2018/AN du 31 mai 2018 portant Code pénal, computer and data systems offenses (Livre VII, Titre I, Chapitre 1)in force6 lines
Loi n°025-2018/AN du 31 mai 2018 portant Code pénal, Livre VII, Titre I, Chapitre 1 (infractions relatives aux systèmes et données informatiques, Art. 711-1 à 711-13) · Read the law's page
- Do not access, or remain present in, a computer system without right; a heavier penalty applies where the access or continued presence results in data being suppressed, modified, or altered.
- Do not hinder or falsify the operation of a computer system, or introduce, damage, delete, alter, or suppress computer data without right.
- Do not intercept a non-public data transmission to, from, or inside a computer system without right.
- Do not reproduce, extract, or copy computer data belonging to another person without right.
- Do not produce, sell, obtain, import, or distribute a device, program, password, or access code intended to commit any of the above offenses, unless it is for authorized testing or protecting a computer system.
- Do not take a person's digital identity, or use data identifying them, in order to disturb them or harm their honor, private life, or property.
Loi n°048-2019/AN du 12 novembre 2019 portant protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique, database and news exceptionsin force2 lines
Loi n°048-2019/AN, Database and News-Facts Exclusions (Arts. 10 et 22), portant protection de la propriété littéraire et artistique, 12 novembre 2019 · Read the law's page
- Treat a database compiled through the selection or arrangement of its contents as a protected work: do not reproduce all or a substantial part of it without the rights holder's authorization, even for otherwise-permitted private use.
- Rely only on the Law's enumerated exceptions rather than a general fair-use or text-and-data-mining defense when quoting, analyzing, or reproducing a protected work: a short quotation or analysis, a press review, or current-events reporting, each requiring clear credit to the author and source, and none framed as covering AI training.