Potraz lines up sensitisation workshops on data pr...

Potraz lines up sensitisation workshops on data protection

The Herald - Breaking news. — **Gift Machengete**

The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe will be conducting public sensitisation and awareness workshops across the country to educate citizens about their rights as enshrined under the Cyber and Data Protection Act.

The Cyber and Data Protection Act was gazetted on March 11, 2022 to increase cyber security in order to build confidence and trust in the secure use of information and communication technologies by data controllers, their representatives and data subjects.

In a public notice, POTRAZ Director-General, Gift Machengete said the workshops will start in Harare Province and transport will be available to ferry attendees to the venues.

“The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe, as the Designated Data Protection Authority of Zimbabwe, would like to inform all citizens that their online activities generate a trail of data as websites and applications collect data on among other things, individual behaviours and interests.

“Some organisations also collect and process personal information for various purposes.

“To ensure personal data is protected from abuse or manipulation, Government has enacted the Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07].

“The Act ensures that individuals have better control over their personal information and that this information is processed for a legitimate purpose and in a lawful, fair and transparent manner.

“In this regard, POTRAZ is organising public sensitisation and awareness workshops across the country to educate data subjects about their rights as enshrined under the Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07], beginning with Harare Province on 20, 22 and 27 June 2023,” reads the notice.

Transport to the workshops will be available for registered participants only from the Main Post Office along Innez Terrace Ave at 0800 hours and back at 1430 hours.