Rwanda’s law on the protection of personal data and privacy (DPP Law)

DPP Law Table of contents

Art. 26

Right to representation

The right of the data subject to representation is exercised where:

  1. the data subject is under sixteen (16) years of age, in which case he or she is represented by a person who has parental authority over him or her or who was appointed as his or her guardian;
  2. the data subject has a physical impairment and is unable to represent himself or herself, in which case he or she is represented by his or her parent, adopter, a centre or an association that caters for him or her guardian appointed by a court;
  3. the data subject has a medically determinable mental impairment and is unable to represent himself or herself, in which case he or she is represented by his or her parent, adopter, a centre or an association that caters for him or her or the guardian appointed by a court;
  4. there is any other reason, in which case he or she is represented by another person authorised in writing by the data subject in accordance with relevant law