Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019, cross-border transfer

Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019, s. 19 (cross-border transfer)

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In force since 3 May 2019.

A cross border transfer rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 19 September 2026.

What it requires

Before processing or storing personal data outside Uganda, confirm that the destination country's personal data protection measures are at least equivalent to this Act's, or obtain the data subject's consent to the transfer.

What it reaches

Obligation class

Transfer

What this law does

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Section 19 requires a data processor or data controller based in Uganda that processes or stores personal data outside Uganda to ensure either that the destination country has measures protecting personal data at least equivalent to this Act's, or that the data subject has consented to the transfer.

The Act sets no prior government-authorisation requirement and names no localisation duty; the section's two grounds, an adequacy-equivalent destination or consent, are the only conditions it states for a transfer outside Uganda.

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