ACT
An Act to provide for data protection with due regard to the Declaration of Rights under the Constitution and the public and national interest;
to establish a Cyber Security Centre; a Data Protection Authority and to provide for their functions; to create a technology driven business
environment and encourage technological development and the lawful use of technology; to amend sections 162 to 166 of the Criminal Code (Codification and Reform) Act [Chapter 9:23] to provide for investigation and collection of evidence of cyber crime and unauthorised data collection and breaches, and to provide for admissibility of electronic evidence for such offences and to provide for matters connected with or incidental to the foregoing.
ENACTED by the Parliament and the President of Zimbabwe.
PRELIMINARY
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07].
Object
The object of this Act is 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.
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