Mauritius Joins the Data Protection Convention
"Republic of Mauritius became the second non-European state - after Uruguay in 2013 - to ratify the Convention for the protection of individuals with regard to Automatic Processing of Personal Data, also known as ""Convention 108"", and its Additional Protocol, taking the total number of states parties to the treaty to 49.
The Privacy Commissioner of the Republic of Mauritius, Drudeisha Madhub, deposited the accession documents in the presence of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, During an international conference held in Strasbourg under the theme "Convention 108: from a European reality to a global treaty".
Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia have already been invited to accede to the treaty and will most likely be the next countries to become parties. The treaty will enter into force in respect of the Republic of Mauritius on 1 October 2016. ""Convention 108"" is the only existing international treaty which grants individuals the right to the protection of their personal data, aiming also to prevent any abuses which may accompany the processing of these data."