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21 May 2021
Regulatory Impact Assessment on the Data Protection Regulations
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) vide a Gazette Notice No. 4697 informed the public that a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) on the proposed Data Protection (Registration of Data...
14 May 2021
Children of a lesser god? How Whatsapp is imposing Terms and Conditions outside the EEA
WhatsApp’s new terms of service will go into effect from May 15, 2021 all over the world except for the EU. This is because WhatsApp users in Europe can opt-out of the new privacy policy owing to th...
7 May 2021
Public Bodies and data protection: What you need to know
Public bodies are expected to comply with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, 2019. The Act defines a data controller as a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which,...
7 May 2021
Big Data 101
The term ‘big data’ refers to a collection of data that is large and complex. It is data that grows drastically with time and is difficult to process or store using the traditional data management...
30 Apr 2021
A note on the Data Protection (General) Regulations
Earlier this month, the Data Protection Task Force along with the Office of the Data Commissioner (ODPC) and the Ministry of ICT, published 3 draft regulations for public participation. This note prov...
23 Apr 2021
Primer on the proposed registration of Data controllers and processors
The Data Protection Commissioner has published the draft Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021. These Regulations will give effect to the provision o...
9 Apr 2021
Data Protection Regulations: What To Expect
In January 2021, the Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, Technology, Innovation and Youth Affairs Hon. Joe Mucheru constituted the Taskforce on the Development of Data Protection Genera...
2 Apr 2021
Data Protection and COVID-19 Health data at the workplace
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the lives and livelihoods of many individuals. Many businesses are still trying to catch up with the new normal which has greatly affected how transactions take pla...
13 Mar 2021
ICT sector priorities: Conversation between Senate and Industry
The Senate Standing Committee on Information, Communication and Technology held a meeting this week with the Kenya Private Sector Alliance and the Kenya ICT Action Network to deliberate on emerging le...
5 Mar 2021
Universal Service Fund: A conversation between CA & the Senate
This week, members of the Senate ICT Committee has a conversation with the Communications Authority on the utilization of the Universal Service Fund(USF). The USF is a fund that is funded by telecommu...
26 Feb 2021
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner: 100 days later
The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) on Wednesday commemorated 100 days since the swearing-in of the first Data Commissioner and the establishment of the Office. On this day, the ODPC...
19 Feb 2021
The Internet – Our modern super highway & fair usage policies
Safaricom did a brave thing in being open and transparent about its policies, and in his opinion the fair usage policy as published is quite generous and caters for most customers....
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