December 2025: archive · Data Protection Digest

GH · LEGISLATION

Ghana enacts its VASP Act, the third new African crypto law in three months

Ghana's Virtual Asset Service Providers Act passed Parliament on 19 December 2025 and received presidential assent on 30 December, the third new standalone digital-asset statute on the continent inside three months, after Nigeria's ISA 2025 and Kenya's VASP Act 2025.

30 December 2025 · Legislation · Crypto & digital assets

ZA · ENFORCEMENT

Information Regulator takes the matric results fight to the Supreme Court of Appeal

The Information Regulator sought leave to appeal a North Gauteng High Court ruling that let the Department of Basic Education publish the 2025 matric results in newspapers despite the Regulator's enforcement notice prohibiting it.

30 December 2025 · Enforcement

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