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15 Oct 2021
Regulating the legal tech space, Bills in the pipeline
Bridging the nexus between technology and the law has proven to be an increasingly tumultuous domain to regulate. However, this has not discouraged Kenyan legislators from attempting to regulate the...
27 Aug 2021
Post BREXIT Data Partnerships: Kenya’s First ‘Adequacy Partnership/ Decision’?
The United Kingdom on Thursday announced their Post-Brexit approach to international data transfers which includes future partnerships with Kenya. India, Brazil and Indonesia are also in this priority...
6 Aug 2021
ODPC, time to press play?
Is your company compliant with the Data Protection Act, 2019? Or does it have systems to ensure that it is compliant with data protection laws? The Act which was enacted in 2019 regulates the processi...
31 Jul 2021
Data Policy Framework for Africa
The African Union Commission (AUC) is in the process of developing a Data Policy Framework for Africa. The process which is made possible by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbei...
23 Jul 2021
Data Breaches and Cyber Security: What you need to know
A few years ago, many corporations used to think data protection meant security of systems. And this was because they thought the word protect meant security in the context of cyber security. While se...
10 Jul 2021
The Cost of Data Breaches
Growth of Technology Kenya’s digital landscape has grown immensely amid the Covid-19 Pandemic period partly due to the reliance of technology as a saving grace. With the growth, new technology and i...
3 Jul 2021
Data Sovereignty: Threat to Cloud?
On June 22, Senegal’s President Macky Sall launched a national data centre which will host Senegal’s all government data and digital platforms in an effort to strengthen its digital sovereignt...
18 Jun 2021
A Review of a report on publicly available Data Policies of Commercial Banks
The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT), Strathmore University has published a study of the Publicly Available Data Policies of Commercial Banks operating in Kenya ...
28 May 2021
State of the GDPR at 3 and its global effect
As of Tuesday 25 May, it was 5 years of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). 3 years since its enforcement and its impact on the world can be felt. The Regulations have elevated the awareness o...
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,...
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