Duty LXD-5255
Generates text with AI, in Ghana
Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force proposed proposed
Cybersecurity Act, Cybersecurity Standards and Enforcementsince 3 lines
Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), s. 59, and Second Schedule item 59(4) · Read the law's page
- This binds the public and private sectors generally in Ghana; the Act states no size or sector gate for this duty.
- Comply with the cybersecurity standards the Cyber Security Authority develops, establishes, adopts and publishes on its website, which by section 59(1) cover education and skills development, hardware and software engineering, governance and risk management, research and development, and any other area the Authority determines in line with international best practice.
- Breaching an adopted standard is an administrative penalty of not less than two hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than twenty-five thousand penalty units, payable to the Cyber Security Authority.
Cybersecurity Act, Duty to Report Cybersecurity Incidentsince 3 lines
Cybersecurity Act, 2020 (Act 1038), ss. 47(2) and 47(5)-(6), and Second Schedule item 47(6) · Read the law's page
- Report a cybersecurity incident to the relevant Sectoral Computer Emergency Response Team, or to the National Computer Emergency Response Team where the institution has no Sectoral team, within twenty-four hours after the incident is detected.
- Where the institution is itself a cybersecurity service provider licensed by the Authority, also submit a periodic report on its operations, including any cybersecurity incident, within the period the Authority sets.
- Failing to report within the twenty-four-hour window is an administrative penalty of not less than two hundred and fifty penalty units and not more than five thousand penalty units, payable to the Cyber Security Authority.
- This binds the person in charge of any public or private institution in Ghana that detects a cybersecurity incident, not only the owner of a critical information infrastructure or a licensed cybersecurity service provider.
Proposed Data Protection Bill (announced March 2026) - AI, Deepfakes, and Automated Decision-Makingproposed4 lines
Ghana Data Protection Bill (proposed 2026); announced by Minister Samuel Nartey George at the 2026 Data Protection Conference, Accra, ; not yet tabled in Parliament
- This measure is proposed and binds nobody yet; what follows is what it would require if it is enacted in this form.
- Disclose the use of AI-generated synthetic media, such as deepfakes.
- Obtain consent before producing AI-generated synthetic media, such as deepfakes.
- Ensure that automated decisions affecting data subjects are explainable, contestable, and subject to human oversight.