Data Protection Atlas

Malawi

Tier 3 Comprehensive law Africa

Principal framework: Data Protection Act 2024 (2024). Regulator: MACRA (interim).

At a glance

Principal law
Data Protection Act, 2024
Regulator
Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA)

Structure

Structural pattern
Not assessed
Sub-jurisdictions
None — no sub-national axis
ISO code
MW

A Pattern 4 jurisdiction has no sub-national layer to model. Devolution elsewhere in the legal system does not imply it here — check each Act rather than reasoning from the country.

Transfers and adequacy

EU member
No
EEA member
No

Instruments

No instrument profiled yet.

Sources

  • Primary Data Protection Act, 2024 no verified URL yet

    Link returned 404 on 2026-07-26 and was removed. Find the current address before citing.

Never independently verified — seeded from the prototype.