UNITEL, SA

Fine imposed (usd 75,000 akz-equivalent). APD, June 2024. month-precision date

Record ID: ao-apd-2024-0003
Case reference: Deliberação 001-003/2024 batch
Jurisdiction: Angola
Regulator: APD
Type: penalty notice
Date decided: June 2024
Respondent type: private
Sector: telecoms
Violations: failure to implement security measures, unauthorised data access
Provisions cited: Lei 22/11 de 17 de Junho
Outcome: fine imposed (USD 75,000 AKZ-equivalent)
Penalty: USD 75,000 (≈ USD 75,000 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

The APD fined UNITEL USD 75,000 (kwanza equivalent) for failing to implement adequate measures to protect a citizen's personal data, a failure that enabled the fraudulent transfer of her phone number's ownership and identity data. Deliberations 001-003/2024 batch, dated 30 April and 19 June 2024.

TELECOMS · SIM-SWAP · SECURITY-MEASURES · 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/unitel-fraudulent-sim-identity-transfer/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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