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    "speaker_name": "Sen. Halake",
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        "legal_name": "Abshiro Soka Halake",
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    "content": "Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Sir. With regards to enforcement and oversight, this Bill has elaborate plans for compliance and ensuring that infringements will be dealt with. This Bill caters for personal, social and economic aspects. It will also enable us, as a nation, to trade with others on the online space, which is the future of commerce. This will lead to economic success in our country. Going forward, we will be looking at it in terms of direct foreign investment in our country. More requirements will be placed on our companies to ensure that they have data protection laws. More importantly, even as we go into economic partnership agreements with other countries, the data protection law will play a major part in whether or not other countries want to do business with us. Therefore, this is a very timely Bill and we hope it will be a game changer for us, in terms of digital space. This Bill will definitely make sure that rights to portability of data are catered for. For instance, one will be able to move with their data wherever they want or request that their data be moved or retained in a certain state. This Bill also provides for certain strict requirements on content. However, what is very important is that it is an enabler of our economic development. As a country, we talk about the Big Four Agenda, which includes universal health care. Major parts of information within the health system are held electronically. It is about time that we have laws and frameworks that govern how our health information is handled. Therefore, this Bill will not only cater for the commerce aspect, but also enable personal restrictions on our health and economic data. In addition, as an organization we will have robust systems in place. Mr. Speaker, Sir, the European Union is very strict when it comes to working with other countries. They have said that there is no more working with countries that do not have frameworks within which personal data is handled, e-commerce will be The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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