MAXAM - Companhia de Pólvoras e Explosivos de Angola, SA

Fine imposed (usd 150,000 akz-equivalent). APD, June 2024. month-precision date

Record ID: ao-apd-2024-0001
Case reference: Deliberação 001-003/2024 batch
Jurisdiction: Angola
Regulator: APD
Type: penalty notice
Date decided: June 2024
Respondent type: private
Sector: industrial
Violations: unlawful cross-border data transfer, failure to notify regulator
Provisions cited: Lei 22/11 de 17 de Junho
Outcome: fine imposed (USD 150,000 AKZ-equivalent)
Penalty: USD 150,000 (≈ USD 150,000 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

The APD fined explosives company MAXAM USD 150,000 (kwanza equivalent) for the illegal transfer of a national citizen's personal data to the United Kingdom and for failing to notify the APD of its employee-data processing. Part of the deliberations 001-003/2024 batch dated 30 April and 19 June 2024; the published notice does not attribute individual dates per entity.

CROSS-BORDER-TRANSFER · NOTIFICATION · EMPLOYMENT-DATA · FINE

Cite this decision

APD (Angola), Deliberação 001-003/2024 batch, penalty notice of June 2024. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/angola/apd/2024/maxam-angola-illegal-transfer-uk/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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