Malawi Data Protection Act 2024
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
| Short name | MW DPA |
| Region | Middle East & Africa |
| Country or scope | Malawi |
| Sector | Privacy |
| In your workspace | Off until you switch it on in Compliance › Manage. |
How Safeguard covers MW DPA
- Scan requirements: 6, all decided by a scan.
- Controls: the scan requirements below.
- Automated tests: none map to it directly. You can link any automated test to its controls yourself (how).
- Policy templates: 22 from the standard set.
How each kind of coverage works, and what the readiness score counts: Compliance frameworks.
What a scan checks
Each scan of a product checks these 6 requirements against what the scan found, including the product's software inventory (SBOM).
| Requirement | What Safeguard checks | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
MW-DPA-SEC Security Measures Including Encryption | Controllers and processors must implement technical and organizational measures such as pseudonymisation, encryption and regular risk assessments, presuming cryptographic integrity verification of the processing software (Data Protection Act 2024, security-of-processing obligation) | Scan |
MW-DPA-BREACH 72-Hour Breach Notification Readiness | Data breaches must be notified to MACRA within 72 hours; determining what was affected that quickly requires precisely identifiable components (PURL/CPE) in the processing stack (Data Protection Act 2024, breach-notification obligation) | Scan |
MW-DPA-ROPA Records of Processing | Controllers and processors must maintain records demonstrating compliance, which requires an enumerated inventory of the software systems and components that process personal data (Data Protection Act 2024, records/accountability obligation) | Scan |
MW-DPA-PROC Processor Engagement Safeguards | Processing on behalf of a controller may only be entrusted to processors giving sufficient guarantees of appropriate security measures, requiring third-party software suppliers to be identified (Data Protection Act 2024, controller-processor obligation) | Scan |
MW-DPA-DPO Accountable Data Protection Contact | A data protection officer must be designated in prescribed circumstances, so processing documentation should record an accountable creator contact (Data Protection Act 2024, DPO obligation) | Scan |
MW-DPA-DPIA Impact Assessment for High-Risk Processing | Data protection impact assessments are required for high-risk processing, which presupposes that the processing system is named and its constituent components are known (Data Protection Act 2024, DPIA obligation) | Scan |
Policy templates
All 22 from the standard set, adapted to MW DPA.
Malabo Convention (AU) - Sudan
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
Mali Law No. 2013-015 on Protection of Personal Data
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.