Privacy | KICTANet Think Tank

AI Driven Profiling Is More Pervasive Than We Think.

by David Indeje | Mar 8, 2023 | Access, Digital Economy, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post, Privacy

By John Walubengo Last month the Governor of Kisumu County issued a protest tweet and letter to one of the local airlines plying the Nairobi-Kisumu route. He told them they were overcharging, given that his one-way bill was double what he was used to paying. In their...

Should Private Security Firms Collect Your Personal Data?

by David Indeje | Dec 27, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy

By John Walubengo Most Kenyans have become accustomed to leaving their details on visitor’s books at the entrance of office buildings. The guards are strictly instructed not to allow visitors without writing their personal details in the book. In most cases, one...

Hustler Fund – What Are the Data Privacy Implications?

by David Indeje | Dec 19, 2022 | Digital Economy, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy

By John Walubengo As per the Kenya Kwanza “Plan,” President William Ruto launched the Hustler Fund, and millions of Kenyans have been onboarded and borrowed over 8 billion shillings so far. The Hustler Fund is a savings and loan digital product that allows...

Data Protection, Three Years Later – The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

by David Indeje | Nov 23, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy

By John Walubengo It has been three years since the Kenyan Data Protection Act was enacted in November 2019 and two years since the first Data Commissioner was appointed and sworn into the Office of the Data Protection Commission. A lot has taken place over this...

Highlights of KICTANet Training of Trainers on Women’s Data Protection and Privacy

by David Indeje | Oct 27, 2022 | Cyber-bullying, GIZ women, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy

By Florence Ouma KICTANet is hosting a Training of Trainers on Women’s Data Protection and Privacy from Oct 26- 27. This training workshop is a partnership with the Digital Transformation Centre Kenya, German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ), and the EU...

Data Privacy – Why Should You Care?

by David Indeje | Oct 18, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy

By John Walibengo. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) recently made a move against the mobile Digital lenders who were reported to have abused personal data. That sent the strongest signal yet, that the Kenyan Data Commissioner, the privacy...