Papua New Guinea. Human rights / constitutional. Constitutional provision
Constitution s49Constitution of the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Section 49 – Right to Privacy
In force
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Digital Government Act 2022 and data governance policy not verified.
§1Summary
- Synopsis
Protects reasonable privacy of private and family life, communications and personal papers, while allowing laws for biometric capture for passports, visas and voting.
- Key themes
- Unique features
Express carve-out for biometric data collection for ID purposes.
- SaaS relevance
No general data protection statute; government data rules (Digital Government Act 2022) affect SaaS sold to PNG agencies.
§2Dates
- Key dates
- Adopted
- In force
§3Text and authority
- Text
- Authoritative text constituteproject.org
- Authority
- None designated
§4Where it applies
- Domestic law of
- Papua New Guinea
§5Sources and verification
- Sources consulted
- Verification
Medium confidence.
Partly verified
Medium confidence.Digital Government Act 2022 and data governance policy not verified.