[ 2017-03-09 ]

Paul Kavanagh, General Manager of Golden Tulip Hotel

Court fines Golden Tulip General Manager GHC600
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced the General
Manager of Golden Tulip Hotel to a fine of GHS600
for his failure to register the company with the
Data Protection Commission.

Paul Kavanagh reappeared in court on Thursday
March 9 after being granted bail at the last
sitting of the court on March 1 to file all the
processes towards registration of the hotel with
the Commission.

According to Accra News’ Ama Brako Ampofo, in
court on Thursday, the expatriate told the court
that he had finally managed to register
Commission, which had dragged to him to court.

However, Justice Aboagye Tandoh, presiding, found
Mr Kavanagh guilty of the offence and ordered him
to pay GHS600, being the total of cost of 50
penalty units taking into consideration his
cooperation with the police and to serve as a
deterrent to others.

Mr Kavanagh, as General Manager of Golden Tulip,
was sued after a report was made to the police
that some institutions and organisations
identified as data controllers had failed to
register with the Data Protection Commission as
required of them as they were still processing
personal data of individuals.

ASP Stephen Agyei, prosecuting, had said the
defaulting companies were served with a final
notice to register or report to the police, which
they failed to comply with.

The Data Protection Commission was established in
2012 by an Act of Parliament under Act 843 as a
regulatory body for all data controllers,
stakeholders and other processes which deal with
data.

All institutions and individuals who collect data,
use and process personal information must register
with the Data Protection Commission. Act 56/95 of
the Commission states that any data controller who
fails to register with Data Protection Commission
would be liable to sanction which would be 200
penalty units or imprisoned for not more than two
years.

Source - classfmonline.com

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