by David Indeje | Oct 4, 2023 | Cyber Security, Highlights, kictanet post, Privacy
By John Walubengo The recent penalties slapped on three entities by the Office of the Data Protection Commission (ODPC) serve as a wake-up call to the realities of the Kenyan Data Protection Act (2019), enacted more than three years ago. Whereas this is not the first...
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...
by David Indeje | Jan 25, 2023 | Gender, GIZ women, Highlights, kictanet post
By Neema Mujesia KICTANet, with support from GIZ has been implementing a project to strengthen women’s online safety and data protection. As part of the project, KICTANet hosted a roundtable discussion on December 8, 2022, on the role of the Office of the Data...
by Angela Minayo | Jan 12, 2023 | Gender, GIZ women, Highlights, kictanet post
Kenya passed the Data Protection Act in 2019 to operationalise the right to privacy under Article 31 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. The Country is still trying to understand the ramifications of the Act in processing personal data and how to comply with the...
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...
