Abstract
The Political unrest in Burundi makes the right to privacy a far less an urgent issue in reform than the need for political stability. Nevertheless, the country acknowledges the inevitable need to reform the legal and regulatory framework for the protection of personal data and privacy. The objective is to minimize the risks posed by government administrative activities and increased use of ICTs on data security and personal privacy. Burundi has made some efforts to secure the cyber space by amending some of the existing laws such as the penal code, the criminal procedure code, telecommunications law and other sensitive sector specific legislation. However, the country is yet to embark into a substantial legal reform to secure personal data in a comprehensive manner. Reforms are still in patchworks despite displayed continued effort to secure personal data and privacy. This chapter provides for an overview of the present legal and regulatory framework for the protection of personal data and privacy in Burundi.
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Ministere de la Fonction Publique, du Travail et de la Securite Sociale and UNDP, (A) 2011, p.41.
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Nalwoga, L., p. 85
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See Ministère de la Fonction Publique, du Travail et de la Securite Sociale and UNDP (A).
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See Ibid; and Ministère de la Fonction Publique, du Travail et de la Securite Sociale and UNDP., (B),2012, p. 101.
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This was through the ratification of the Treaty for the establishment of the East African Community which was signed on the 30th November 1999, and entered into force on 7th July 2000, whereby Burundi acceded the Treaty on the 18th June 2007.
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The Workshop on Cyber Laws and e-Justice held on 25th - and 26th April 2006; and the Workshop on Information Security held on the 27th and 28th April 2006.
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See EAC, 2010, para 2.2 (b).
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Online article ‘Burundi Shuts Down Civil Society’ of November 23, 2015.
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Online article, ‘The biometric identity card she violates our privacy?’
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See Jean Paul Nkurunziza and Alain Ndikumana.
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Ministère de la Fonction Publique, du Travail et de la Securite Sociale and UNDP,(A) supra, note 2.
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Ibid, p. 34.
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Article 19 paragraph 2.
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Law No. 1/011 of 1997.
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Law No. 100/112 of April 5, 2012.
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Law No. 1/34 of December 2008.
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Law No. 1/13 of July 2009.
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Law No. 1/06 of March 2010.
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Law No. 1/02 of January 2009.
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Law No. 25/01 of November 2003.
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Law No. 1/09 of May 2011.
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Law No. 1/06 of December 2005.
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Law No. 1/07 of April 2010.
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Law No. 1/02 of February 2009.
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Created by decree No. 100/182 of 30 September 1997.
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Law No. 1/03 of January 24, 2013.
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EastAfrica_WS_Report.pdf, p. 6.
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Boshe, P. (2016). Data Protection Regulation in Burundi. In: Makulilo, A. (eds) African Data Privacy Laws. Law, Governance and Technology Series(), vol 33. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47317-8_14
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