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Registration for Global Data Law Part II: "African Data Protection Laws: Regulation, Practice, and Policy" (September 13-15, 2022)

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Data Protection and Consent

Information regarding Art. 13 GDPR and S. 23 of the Ghanaian Data Protection Act, No. 843 of 2021 (DPA) *

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Data Protection and Consent *

By clicking ‘I consent’, I expressly consent and authorize the University of Passau, the University of Ghana and Friedrich Ebert Foundation to process my personal data for the purpose of facilitating my participation in the ‘African Data Protection Laws: Regulation, Practice, and Policy Conference’ taking place in Accra Ghana from 13-16 of September 2022 pursuant to Art. 6 (1) (a) of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and corresponding Ss. 18 and 20 of the Ghanaian Data Protection Act, No. 843 of 2021 (DPA). My data are only used for the purpose of the registration process to organize and conduct the ‘African Data ‘Protection Laws: Regulation, Practice, and Policy Conference’, including documenting conference participation any directly related follow-up work and will be deleted by 16th November 2022. Data marked as mandatory are required in order to register for and to participate in the event. My data will be shared between the University of Passau, the University of Ghana who are the organizers of the conference and Friedrich Ebert Foundation who provides technical IT support to facilitate hybrid mode conference. My data will not be shared or processed beyond the joint controllers (University of Passau and University of Ghana) and Friedrich Ebert Foundation (conference sponsor as a third party). I have been made explicitly aware of the absence of an EU Commission resolution regarding Article 45 (3) of the GDPR in respect of Ghana. This means, the adequacy level of data protection in Ghana has not yet been determined to meet the requirements of the GDPR. Furthermore, I have been explicitly informed of the right to revoke my consent (Article 7 (3) of the GDPR) vis-à-vis the University of Passau and / or the University of Ghana and / or Friedrich Ebert Foundation at any time. Once the consent is withdrawn, the legitimacy regarding the processing in the period from the consent until the withdrawal is inviolate I have been made aware of the information regarding Art. 13 GDPR and S. 23 of the DPA and my rights according to Art. 15 GDPR; Ss. 23, 32 and 35 of the DPA (right to information).

Controllers

University of Passau
Innstraße 39
D-940322 Passau
Tel.: +49851/509 - 1107

University of Ghana
P.O. Box LG 25
Legon, Accra
+233-(0)302-213820
+233-(0)302-213850

Data Protection Officers

University of Passau
Data Protection Officer
Nikolastraße 12
D-94032 Passau
+49851/509 – 1107

Purpose of Data Processing and Possible Consequences of Failure to Provide Personal Data

Personal data are processed in order to carry out and confirm your registration for the African Data Protection Laws: Regulation, Practice, and Policy Conference, taking place at the University of Ghana in Accra on the 13^th to 16^th September 2022 and to organize and conduct the conference, including any direct related follow-up work.

Data marked as mandatory are required for the conferment and in order to participate in the it.

Legal Basis

Data are processed for carrying out and confirming the registration and for organizing and conducting the conference, including directly related follow-up work.

Art. 6 paragraph 1 (a) and (e) in conjunction with Art. 6 paragraph 3 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in conjunction with Section 4 of the Data Protection Act of Bavarian (BayDSG), and S. 20 (1) DPA.

Recipients

Provided that you give consent, members of the University of Passau and the University of Ghana are responsible for the processing the personal data necessary for the organization of the Conference.

Furthermore, legal regulations regarding archiving must be observed and documents must be given to the university archive before erasure. The university archive decides whether documents are transferred to the archive or not.

Transfer of Data to a Third Country

As the conference takes place in Ghana, transfer of your personal data to Ghana is necessary in order to carry out and confirm your registration for the event and to organize and conduct the event, including any direct related follow-up work.

Statement on the Level of Protection

Ghana has not yet received an EU Commission resolution regarding Article 45 (3) of the European Data Protection Law. This means, the adequacy level of data protection in Ghana has not been determined to meet the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Currently, there are no alternative warranties between the University of Passau and the University of Ghana as required under Article 46 (1) of the General Data Protection Regulation for the transfer of personal data to a third country.

Duration of Storage

As a rule, data are deleted when the event is concluded and any direct related follow-up work has been completed (approximately one to two months after the last day of the event), latest by November 16^th 2022.

Documents may be transferred to respective universities archive and are usually stored indefinitely.

Your Rights

You have rights according to Art. 15 et seq. GDPR and Sections 27 (2),32, 34 and 35 et seq. DPA respectively, depending on which law is applicable to you.

In particular, you have the following rights:

Right of access to the personal data concerned (Art. 15 GDPR); (Sections 27 (2),32, 34 and 35 DPA);

Right to correction (Art. 16 GDPR); (S. 33 (1) (a) of the DPA);

Right to erasure (Art. 17 GDPR); (S. 33 (1) (b) of the DPA);

Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18 GDPR); (S. 39 of the DPA);

Right to object to processing if the data processing is based on Art. 6(1)(e) GDPR (Art. 21 GDPR);

Right to object the processing of personal data including for direct market purposes (Ss. 20 (2) (3) and 40 DPA)

Right to data portability (Art. 20 GDPR);

Right to withdraw consent given at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out on the basis of the consent until the withdrawal, if the data processing is based on consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) or Article 9(2)(a) (Art: 7 (3) GDPR).

In order to withdraw your consent please contact Dr. Patricia Boshe, africandatalaws@uni-passau.de, phone +49851/509 3498 or Dr. Sena Dei-Tutu,lawschool@ug.edu.gh.

Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (Art. 77 GDPR); (S. 77 (1) DPA).

The supervisory authority in Bavaria is the Commissioner for Data Protection of Bavaria (Bayerische Landesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz).The supervisory authority in Ghana is the Data Protection Commission.

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