Liberia

Liberia has no enacted comprehensive data protection law. Its first dedicated instrument, "An Act for the Collection, Processing, Transmission, Storage, Protection, and Use of Personal Information in Liberia," was developed by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications with EU and Internews support under the Liberia Media Empowerment Project and validated by more than 50 stakeholders at a Monrovia forum in December 2024. President Joseph Boakai submitted the bill to the Legislature in 2025 and House committee review began, but as of June 2026 it has not been enacted. The draft tracks the ECOWAS Supplementary Act (2010) model. It would govern the collection, processing, storage, transmission, and use of personal data relating to Liberian residents, individuals in the ECOWAS region, and beyond; impose obligations on controllers and processors; establish data subject rights consistent with the regional model (access, rectification, erasure, objection); and create penalties for unauthorised access, unlawful processing, breach concealment, and malicious disclosure. Cross-border transfer restrictions consistent with the ECOWAS framework are anticipated. No data protection authority exists. The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications is the lead drafting ministry but is not expected to be the permanent supervisor; the bill is understood to contemplate a new or designated regulator. Until enactment, Liberia has no statutory data protection regime and no supervisory enforcement, which is itself material for anyone assessing data-handling risk in the market.