Niger Law 2022-59 compliance and requirements, so your data handling holds up when someone asks.

What it is

What is Niger's Law 2022-59 and what is it used for?

Law No. 2022-59 on the Protection of Personal Data (Loi n° 2022-59) is Niger's personal data protection law. It applies to public and private legal persons and to individuals who collect, process, transmit, store or use personal data, to controllers and processors established in Niger, to those outside Niger that use means of processing located there, and to those that target people in Niger or offer them goods or services; a controller outside Niger must appoint a representative in the country.

The Haute Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel (HAPDP), an independent administrative authority seated in Niamey, checks that processing complies with the Law. The practical test: for any personal data you hold, could you show its purpose and basis, who was told, how it is protected and where it goes?

Current law. Law No. 2022-59 of 16 December 2022 on the protection of personal data, as published by the Haute Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel on its legislation page together with the HAPDP's consolidated version of April 2026, which the HAPDP says is an information document that does not replace the texts in the Journal Officiel. Confirm current wording and the authority's guidance with your legal advisers.

Who it is for

Who needs to comply with Niger's Law 2022-59?

The Law reaches organisations of every size that handle personal data in Niger. Organisations usually come to Sterling for a structured programme from one of four directions:

• Any organisation processing personal data in Niger or about people in Niger. The law covers public and private legal persons and individuals, controllers and processors established in Niger and those outside it that use means in Niger or target people there.
• Controllers that must declare or seek authorisation. Ordinary processing is declared and a receipt issued; genetic, medical, offence, biometric, profiling, interconnection, national-identifier and transfer processing needs prior authorisation.
• Private companies that must name a correspondent. Every private legal person responsible for processing designates a data protection correspondent and notifies the HAPDP.
• Developers and providers of artificial intelligence and connected objects. The law applies to them directly, with a declaration duty to the HAPDP for those operating from Niger.

The aim is handling of personal information that you control and can evidence. Compliance depends on how the rules are applied every day, not on a policy document alone.

Requirements

What are the main Niger Law 2022-59 requirements?

Strip away the vocabulary and Niger's personal data law requires a business to comply in six areas of handling personal data. The list below puts each one in business terms; the Law and the regulator's guidance give the full wording and exceptions.

• File with the authority before you process: most processing is declared to the HAPDP first, and listed categories such as biometrics, national identifiers, profiling and transfers abroad need its prior authorisation.
• Process lawfully, fairly and only as needed: collect data on a valid ground such as consent or contract, for stated purposes, keep it accurate and proportionate, and retain it no longer than the purpose requires.
• Tell people and honour their rights: individuals are informed at collection and can access, object, correct, delete, restrict or port their data, and can challenge purely automated decisions.
• Keep a register and name a correspondent: controllers and processors keep a register of processing, run impact analyses where required, and private companies designate a data protection correspondent notified to the authority.
• Secure the data and report breaches fast: apply measures such as encryption, resilience and regular testing, bind processors by written contract, and notify the authority of a breach without delay.
• Get approval before data leaves Niger: transfers to another State need the authority's authorisation and depend on that State's protection level, with narrow exceptions such as specific consent or an approved contract.

Compliance route

How do you achieve Niger Law 2022-59 compliance?

There is no certificate at the end of this route. Compliance is something your organisation demonstrates, to the HAPDP if a complaint or incident arises, and to customers who ask. Sterling helps you build and run the programme; interpretation of the law in contested cases remains with your legal advisers and, ultimately, the regulator and the courts.

1. 01
   Map the personal information you handle.Customers, staff, users and suppliers: what is collected, for which purpose, on which basis, where it is stored, who processes it for you and whether it leaves Niger.
2. 02
   Gap analysis: compare current practice with the Law.Each area of the Law reviewed against what actually happens, with actions, owners and dates agreed.
3. 03
   Put the controls and routines in place.Complete the formalities the Law asks for, rewrite notices and consent wording, put security measures and processor contracts in place, name who is responsible and agree a breach procedure.
4. 04
   Test the programme and review the results.Internal review of samples, a simulated incident or data-subject request, and a management review that closes findings with evidence.
5. 05
   Operate, demonstrate and keep it current.Answer requests, record incidents and report them as the Law requires, keep formalities current, review transfers, refresh training and follow the HAPDP's guidance as it is issued.

Check the route before you sign. The Law creates no certificate of compliance, so treat any offer of a "Niger Law 2022-59 certificate" with suspicion. If a customer wants independent assurance, ISO/IEC 27701 or ISO/IEC 27001 is certifiable by an accredited certification body; confirm the body's accreditation scope directly with the accreditation body concerned.

Cost

How much does Niger Law 2022-59 compliance cost?

The cost of a Niger Law 2022-59 programme is driven by how much personal information you hold, how many systems and suppliers touch it, and how much already works. Your proposal shows each component, with what is included and what remains for your legal advisers.

Timeline

How long does Niger Law 2022-59 compliance take?

Timing depends on how scattered your personal information is, how quickly system owners respond and how much has to change. Your proposal sets out the phases for your scope, long enough to map the information, fix the gaps and show that requests and incidents are handled the way the procedures say.

If a customer or contract has set a date, tell us at the outset and we will say plainly what can be in place by then and what should follow.

Your engagement

What your Niger Law 2022-59 engagement includes

Your scope covers the full programme, from the information map to evidence that runs. Sterling does not certify, attest or validate compliance with the Law, and the Law creates no certificate of compliance; the HAPDP supervises it, and we work alongside your legal advisers.

• Information map, gap analysis and plan

  Sources, systems, suppliers and overseas flows, with actions and owners agreed.

• Policies, notices and procedures

  Notices, consent wording, request, security and breach procedures, processor contract terms and transfer documents, drafted from Sterling's own templates with your teams.

• Effivity ISO & GRC software

  Registers, requests and incidents managed in Effivity, included with the engagement at no additional cost.

• Training for everyone

  Internal auditor training for your review team, as applicable to your standard, and preferential Sterling Academy access, including complimentary awareness training for your people as part of the engagement.

• Internal review and management review

  Sample testing, an incident exercise and findings closed with evidence.

• Formalities support

  Help preparing the formalities the Law asks for and the responsible person's role, with findings closed with evidence.

Sterling OS™ sets how we deliver. Design™ is guided support, where your team builds the programme with our consultants' direction; Drive™ is managed support, where our consultants do most of the work with your input. You choose one of the two, not both in sequence. Once the programme is operating, Sustain™ keeps reviews, training and updates on schedule, and Automate™ is Effivity, where the records live.

The Haute Autorité de Protection des Données à caractère Personnel (HAPDP), an independent administrative authority seated in Niamey, checks that processing complies with the Law.

Often combined with

Standards organisations pair with Law 2022-59 (Niger)

• ADGM Data Protection Regulations 2021ADGM data protection compliance for entities under the 2021 Regulations: lawful bases, DPO, impact assessments, 72-hour breach notice and transfers, all-inclusive proposal.
• APEC CBPRAPEC CBPR certification and requirements explained: Global CBPR and PRP, Accountability Agent review, annual renewal and how Sterling prepares your team.
• APPI (Japan)APPI compliance for Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information: the requirements, PPC breach reporting, cross-border rules and an all-inclusive programme.
• Bahrain PDPLBahrain PDPL compliance and requirements explained: consent, notification to the Authority, transfers abroad, 72-hour breach reporting, rights, cost and timing.
• CCPA / CPRACCPA compliance and requirements under the CPRA: notices, consumer rights, opt-outs, risk assessments, cybersecurity audits and ADMT, in an all-inclusive programme.
• Cyber and Data Protection Act (Zimbabwe)Zimbabwe's Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07]: POTRAZ licensing, lawful processing, security and transfers, built into a programme.