Morocco plans to train 20,000 young people in data protection
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lavieeco
Morocco’s National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection and the National Institute of Innovation and Advanced Technology have signed a partnership to train at least 20,000 young people. The pilot phase will last six months in the Casablanca-Settat region before a possible nationwide rollout, according to Lavieeco.
The National Commission for the Control of Personal Data Protection (CNDP) and the National Institute of Innovation and Advanced Technology (NIIAT) want to train at least 20,000 young Moroccans in privacy and personal data protection. The two institutions signed an agreement on Wednesday 21 October in Rabat for NIIAT to join the DATA-TIKA programme, according to Lavieeco.
A pilot phase will be conducted for six months in the Casablanca-Settat region, before a gradual nationwide rollout. The partnership also aims to raise educators’ and the institute’s partners’ awareness of the responsible use of digital data.
NIIAT intends to integrate privacy protection into the design of technologies, following the “Privacy by Design” approach. Led by the CNDP, DATA-TIKA comes under Moroccan Law No. 09-08 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data.
The initiative comes amid debate over the protection of young people online in Morocco, where the government plans to ban social media for those under 15, a measure announced on 21 October (the proposed ban on social media for under-15s).
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