Benin — data protection and AI governance

Loi portant protection des données personnelles (Loi 2009-09), in force since 2009-05-22. Supervisory authority: CNIL-Bénin.

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Data protection

Instrument
Loi portant protection des données personnelles (Loi 2009-09)
In force since
2009-05-22
Authority
CNIL-Bénin
Penalties
Amendes
Key obligations
  • Déclaration
  • Consentement

What the engine decides here

Indicative coverage

This jurisdiction's legal attributes are not modelled yet: no decision is staked on it. The engine flags the uncertainty in its response rather than assuming a permissive regime — not knowing is an answer, guessing is not.

Three decisions, computed just now

Same actions, this jurisdiction's context. These answers come out of the engine as the page renders — the same function the API calls.

  • Read an internal contract

    Low-risk operation

    ALLOW
  • Send a customer record to US_FED

    Low-risk operation

    ALLOW
  • Decide on a job application

    Decision reserved for a human

    DENY

Advisory decisions. StructureClerk decides; your infrastructure enforces.

Do your agents operate in Benin?

The authority API makes these attributes executable: an ALLOW, APPROVE, DENY or ESCALATE decision before the agent acts, with signed evidence any third party can verify.

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