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Polyclinique FARAH

Warning + formal notice; extra-ecowas transfers held illegitimate; 60 days to cure. ARTCI (Autorité de Protection), 13 September 2023.

Record ID
ci-artci-2023-0951
Case reference
Décision n°2023-0951
Jurisdiction
Côte d'Ivoire
Regulator
ARTCI (Autorité de Protection)
Type
enforcement notice
Date decided
13 September 2023
Respondent type
private
Sector
healthcare
Violations
unlawful cross-border data transfer, processing without authorisation
Provisions cited
arts. 49-53 Loi 2013-450, art. 17 Décision 2021-0676
Outcome
warning + formal notice; extra-ECOWAS transfers held illegitimate; 60 days to cure
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Source integrity
SHA-256 2d7928ce01d07061…
Record verified
30 July 2026

The facts

A control of the Polyclinique FARAH found that patient and employee data handled in its business software could be accessed from France for maintenance, constituting a transfer of personal data to a third country, with the transferred data unidentified in the documents provided and the data shared with processors not communicated to the Autorite de Protection. The clinic had also not completed the conformity and authorisation steps the law requires for identifier processing.

Orders and outcome

The Autorite de Protection issued a warning for non-compliance with the data protection law, a formal notice to correct all observed non-conformities within sixty days of receiving the decision, and a formal notice to bring itself into conformity with the law within the same period, failing which one of the sanctions provided by the law would be pronounced. Sworn agents were directed to verify compliance. Dated 13 September 2023.

HEALTHCARE · CROSS-BORDER-TRANSFER · VENDOR-RISK

Cite this decision

ARTCI (Autorité de Protection) (Côte d'Ivoire), Polyclinique FARAH, Décision n°2023-0951, enforcement notice of 13 September 2023. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/cote-d-ivoire/artci-autorite-de-protection/2023/polyclinique-farah-france-transfers/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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