CABO VERDE LAW AND PRACTICE Contributed by: Nelson Raposo Bernardo, Joana Andrade Correia, Manuel Esteves de Albuquerque and Mafalda Contumélias Batista, Raposo Bernardo & Associado s
8.2 Geographical Scope Law 133/V/2001, of 22 January, applies in an international context where there are any inter - national treaties in place. 8.3 Role and Authority of the Data Protection Agency The competent authority is the Comissão Nacion- al de Protecção de Dados (the National Commis- sion of Data Protection, or CNPD), which is an independent administrative entity that exercises its authority throughout the national territory. Generally, the CNPD is the national authority endowed with the power to supervise and moni - tor compliance with the laws and regulations in the area of personal data protection, with strict respect for human rights and the fundamental freedoms and guarantees enshrined in the Con - stitution and the law.
about the purposes of the data and for the same to be rectified or updated. Law 133/V/2001, of 22 January, establishes the general legal framework for the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data. It applies to the processing of personal data wholly or partly by automated means, and to the processing of personal data other than by automated means contained in manual files or part of manual files. The law shall also apply to the processing of personal data carried out: • in the context of the activities of an estab - lishment of the controller situated within the national territory; • outside the national territory in places where the Cabo Verdean law applies by virtue of international public law; and • by a controller who is not established on the national territory, who, for purposes of processing personal data, makes use of automated or other types of equipment situ - ated in the national territory, except where such equipment is used only for purposes of transit.
9. Looking Forward 9.1 Upcoming Legal Reforms
Some reforms are expected in relation to the Recovery of Business and Insolvency Code.
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