Burkina Faso’s National Lottery Operator (LONAB) Launches a Nation Wide Campaign on Personal Data Protection. 

Burkina Faso’s National Lottery operator (LONAB) has launched a nationwide awareness campaign aimed at strengthening personal data protection practices.

The initiative began on June 15 will run until June 29. It is being conducted in partnership with Burkina Faso’s Commission de l’Informatique et des Libertés (CIL). This is the country’s data protection authority. It seeks to reinforce understanding of data protection obligations among employees, sales representatives and business partners. 

LONAB collects, processes and stores personal information relating to customers, employees and business partners as part of its day-to-day operations. The campaign focuses on strengthening awareness and accountability around the management of personal data. It will also reinforce governance and compliance standards across its operations. 

The awareness campaign was launched at a ceremony chaired by Technical Advisor Aymar Tiendrebeogo on behalf of director general Ibrahim Zarani. The campaign comes as personal data plays an increasingly important role in organisational operations amid ongoing digital transformation. 

Tiendrebeogo said the initiative forms part of LONAB’s broader efforts to reinforce responsible data management across its operations. 

“LONAB intends to position itself as a model in terms of data protection,” he said. 

LONAB said the initiative also supports efforts to modernise professional practices and reinforce governance and compliance standards across the organisation.

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As part of the campaign, joint teams from LONAB and the CIL will conduct awareness sessions at agencies across the country’s provinces. The programme will help understand data protection rules, encourage good practices and clarify responsibilities linked to the processing of personal information. 

Pascal Kiendrebeogo, director of gaming supervision, said the initiative would involve stakeholders throughout the organisation’s network, including head office staff, sales representatives and sales partners.