As per apnaqanoon, Pakistan does not have one consolidated statute – a special law/qanoon, that regulates the collection, retention, handling, processing, transfer and transmission of data including personal data.
As per apnaqanoon,There are several purposes of the Data Protection Act, though the legislation is largely designed to protect individuals from having their personal information misused, exploited or mishandled.
As per apnaqanoon,It was developed to control how personal or customer information is used by organisations or government bodies. According to law/qanoon,It protects people and lays down rules about how data about people can be used. The DPA also applies to information or data stored on a computer or an organised paper filing system about…
As per apnaqanoon,The Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan enshrines the right to privacy as a fundamental right. Article 14(1) of the Constitution confirms that “[t]he dignity of man and, subject to law/qanoon, the privacy of home, shall be inviolable.”
As per apnaqanoon,The GDPR protects personal data regardless of the technology used for processing that data – it’s technology neutral and applies to both automated and manual processing, according to law/qanoon provided the data is organised in accordance with pre-defined criteria (for example alphabetical order)
As per apnaqanoon,The GDPR is a legal standard that protects the personal data of European Union (EU) citizens and affects any organization according to law/qanooon that stores or processes their personal data, even if it does not have a business presence in the EU.
As per apnaqanoon,The EEA GDPR and the UK GDPR apply to all “personal data,” which includes any information relating to a living, identified or identifiable person. According to law/qanoon,Examples include name, SSN, other identification numbers, location data, IP addresses, online cookies, images, email addresses, and content generated by the data subject.
As per apnaqanoon,The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 also contains certain significant provisions about data protection.
As per apnaqanoon,The Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act, 2016 also contains certain significant provisions about data protection.
As per apnaqanoon, Section 16(2) of PECA 2016 authorizes the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (“PTA”) established under the Pakistan Telecommunication according to law/qanoon (Re-organization) Act, 1996, to take action against unauthorized access and use of identity information.