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Provides telecom services, in the Gambia

Information and Communications Act, 2009, security of information and communications services (safeguards duty)since 3 lines

Information and Communications Act, 2009 (No. 2 of 2009), sec. 140(1)-(2) · Read the law's page

  • This binds an operator or service provider licensed under the Information and Communications Act, 2009 to provide information and communications services, a public telecommunications network, fixed or mobile telephony, or internet access, in The Gambia.
  • Take appropriate technical and organizational measures, jointly with other service providers where necessary, to safeguard the security of your services.
  • Make those measures sufficient, having regard to best practices and their cost, to give a level of security appropriate to the risk your services present.
Information and Communications Act, 2009, security of information and communications services (subscriber risk notification)since 5 lines

Information and Communications Act, 2009 (No. 2 of 2009), sec. 140(3)-(6) · Read the law's page

  • This binds the same information and communications service provider bound by section 140(1) and (2)'s safeguards duty.
  • Where a particular risk of a breach of the security of your services persists despite your safeguards, inform your subscribers of the risk and of the measures they may take to protect themselves.
  • Identify in that notice any software or encryption technology available to the subscriber to protect the security of their communications.
  • Where an event affecting or jeopardizing the security of your services occurs and reveals a previously unknown risk, promptly and free of charge inform the affected subscriber of the risk, the measures they may take, and the estimated cost involved.
  • Notifying subscribers of a security risk does not excuse you from taking immediate measures to restore your service's normal security level.

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