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Serves under-18s, in Botswana

Data Protection Act, 2024, sensitive personal data and children's datasince 3 lines

Data Protection Act, 2024 (Act No. 18 of 2024), s. 29, Part VI (ss. 30-33) · Read the law's page

  • Obtain consent given or authorised by a parent or a person with parental duties over a child under sixteen before processing that child's personal data for an information-society service offered directly to them; a child who is sixteen may consent themselves.
  • Do not process racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade-union membership, genetic data, biometric data used to uniquely identify a person, health data, or data concerning sex life or sexual orientation, unless a listed exception applies, such as the data subject's explicit consent or data the person has manifestly made public.
  • Process personal data relating to a person's criminal convictions or offences only under the control of a public authority, or under a law that provides appropriate safeguards.

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