Law: No general data protection law has been enacted

Regulator: Liberia has not established a data protection authority.  

Summary: Liberia is yet to enact a general data protection law. However, Liberia's Constitution of 1986 (the Constitution) provides for the right to privacy. In particular, Article 16 of the Constitution provides that no person shall be subjected to interference with their privacy of person, family, home, or correspondence except by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

In the financial sector, the Central Bank of Liberia (CBL) issued regulations that address the protection of consumers's personal information. For instance, the Regulations Concerning Licensing and Operations of Electronic Payment (E-Payment) Services in Liberia stipulates that all e-payment service providers shall maintain privacy and confidentiality of customer information and data, unless sharing customer information and data is authorized by the customer or on a court order, or in keeping with the anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) regulations for financial institutions in Liberia. Similarly, the CBL's Regulations on Consumer Protection and Market Conduct include provisions on safeguarding consumer's information, such as the requirement for financial institutions to exercise the maximum protection of customer's information and not disclose any information about a consumer to a third party except where required by law or with the expressed consent of the consumer.

Liberia is a signing member of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Supplementary Act A/SA. 1/01/10 on Personal Data Protection within ECOWAS (the Act).