Data Protection Commission clamps down on organisations breaching regulations, microfinance firm and health facility referred to police for prosecution

The Data Protection Commission (DPC) on Monday embarked on an exercise in Accra to enforce data protection requirements and found two hospitals operating with expired data protection certificates, while another health facility had outstanding fees and other compliance issues.

Monday's Field exercise In relation to the organisations ed on Monday (October 12, 2026), the Director of Regulatory and Compliance at the Commission, Mr Quintin Akrobotu, said the microfinance company had failed to renew its registration and complete a compliance report sent to it the previous year.

Briefing the press, the Executive Director of the Commission, Dr Arnold Kavaarpuo, said the Commission is no longer relying solely on education and persuasion to secure compliance, 14 years after the passage of the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843).