Malta Data Protection Act (Cap. 586) 2018
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
| Short name | MT DPA |
| Region | Europe |
| Country or scope | Malta |
| Sector | Privacy |
| In your workspace | Off until you switch it on in Compliance › Manage. |
How Safeguard covers MT DPA
- Scan requirements: 6, all decided by a scan.
- Controls: the scan requirements below.
- Automated tests: none map to it directly. You can link any automated test to its controls yourself (how).
- Policy templates: 22 from the standard set.
How each kind of coverage works, and what the readiness score counts: Compliance frameworks.
What a scan checks
Each scan of a product checks these 6 requirements against what the scan found, including the product's software inventory (SBOM).
| Requirement | What Safeguard checks | Decided by |
|---|---|---|
MT-DPA-A32 Security of Processing | Technical and organisational measures appropriate to the risk must safeguard systems that process personal data; verifiable integrity hashes on deployed software components evidence this control (GDPR Art. 32, as given effect in Malta by the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
MT-DPA-A5F Integrity and Confidentiality Principle | Personal data must be processed in a manner ensuring its security and integrity, which requires the processing software stack to consist of components with known, assessable versions (GDPR Art. 5(1)(f), applied alongside the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
MT-DPA-A30 Records of Processing Systems | Controllers and processors must maintain records of processing activities, which presupposes an inventory of the software systems and components through which personal data flows (GDPR Art. 30; the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
MT-DPA-A28 Processor and Vendor Accountability | Processing carried out on behalf of a controller may only use processors offering sufficient guarantees, so third-party software components in the processing chain must have identifiable suppliers (GDPR Art. 28; the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
MT-DPA-A33 Breach-Notification Readiness | Personal data breaches must be notified to the supervisory authority without undue delay and where feasible within 72 hours, which requires affected software components to be rapidly and unambiguously identifiable (GDPR Art. 33; the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
MT-DPA-A24 Demonstrable Compliance | The controller is responsible for, and must be able to demonstrate, compliance of its processing; a machine-readable software inventory (SPDX or CycloneDX) supports demonstrable accountability (GDPR Art. 24 and Art. 5(2); the Data Protection Act (Cap. 586)). | Scan |
Policy templates
All 22 from the standard set, adapted to MT DPA.
Luxembourg Data Protection Law of 1 August 2018
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.
Moldova Law No. 133 on Personal Data Protection
National data-protection law: technical safeguards, records of processing software, third-party/processor accountability, and integrity controls.