Société Quipux Afrique SA

Warning + formal notice; cloud transfers held illegitimate; 60 days to cure. ARTCI (Autorité de Protection), 23 August 2023.

Record ID: ci-artci-2023-0938
Case reference: Décision n°2023-0938
Jurisdiction: Côte d'Ivoire
Regulator: ARTCI (Autorité de Protection)
Type: enforcement notice
Date decided: 23 August 2023
Respondent type: private
Sector: technology
Violations: unlawful cross-border data transfer (cloud), processing without authorisation
Provisions cited: arts. 49-53 Loi 2013-450, art. 17 Décision 2021-0676
Outcome: warning + formal notice; cloud transfers held illegitimate; 60 days to cure
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 11 July 2026

Summary

The Autorité found Quipux Afrique's platform data hosted in clouds whose locations were not clearly identified and without any transfer authorisation, holding the cloud transfers illegitimate. It issued a warning and formal notices to cease the breaches, come into conformity within 60 days, and apply the prescriptions of its prior opinions.

CLOUD · CROSS-BORDER-TRANSFER · GOVERNMENT-CONTRACTOR

Cite this decision

ARTCI (Autorité de Protection) (Côte d'Ivoire), Décision n°2023-0938, enforcement notice of 23 August 2023. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/cote-d-ivoire/artci-autorite-de-protection/2023/quipux-cloud-transfers-illegitimate/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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