by Victor K | Jun 5, 2022 | Access, Highlights, Privacy, Submissions
The past few years have seen seismic shifts in the ICT sector in Kenya. The shift from analogue to digital TV broadcast has resulted in the emergence of new digital TV stations providing news, information and entertainment to Kenyans. Equally, the rise in mobile phone...
by Victor K | May 26, 2022 | Cyber Security, Highlights, Privacy
By Meshack Masibo and Victor Kapiyo The Lipa Na M-Pesa service has seen tremendous growth since it was launched in 2012. Early this month, Safaricom made a major shift in its privacy policy when it announced that it would start concealing part of the identity details...
by Mwendwa Kivuva | Mar 31, 2022 | Cyber-bullying, Highlights, Human Rights, kictanet post, Privacy
On 29th March 2022, KICTANet and Meta convened a stakeholder engagement bringing together various civil society groups to discuss emerging concerns on the use of social media in the upcoming 2022 elections. This was a hybrid event with over 70 online and physical...
by Victor K | Mar 17, 2022 | Election laws, Highlights, Policy Brief, Privacy
By Meshack Masibo Increasingly, elections are becoming more data intensive as the adoption of technology for personal data collection, storage, and processing, during the entire election cycle have grown in recent years. The 2022 general election will be different and...
by Victor K | Feb 24, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By Amrit Labhuram Humans are a profoundly social species. Within half a century, the nature of social connections amongst humans has undergone significant change. From physical interactions, we have transitioned our social connections to global online communities such...
by Victor K | Feb 18, 2022 | Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By Meshack Masibo One of the reasons behind the enactment of the Data Protection Act, 2019 and its attendant regulations was to create a framework that safeguards the right to privacy in the ever-increasing world where personal data is being monetised. Privacy is...
