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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,...
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...
16 Apr 2021
New rules for Data Protection
The Officer of the Data Protection Commissioner released Draft Data Protection Regulations earlier this week for public participation. The Regulations comprises: The Data Protection (Compliance and En...
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...
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...
30 Jan 2021
Data Protection Day 2021: Kenya’s steps into compliance
Yesterday, the 28 of January 2021; was the 15th Data Protection Day and the 40th anniversary of Convention 108. Data Protection Day or Privacy day is a day to raise awareness and promote privacy and d...
22 Jan 2021
The guidance note on Personal Data Protection on COVID-19
In March 2020, the World
Bank declared COVID-19
as a global Pandemic
prompting governments
and health officials to take
precautionary measures to
curb the spread of the virus. Some
of the measures put...
15 Jan 2021
Establishment of the Taskforce on Development of the Data Protection (General) Regulations
The Cabinet Secretary for Information, Communications, Technology, Innovation and Youth Affairs, has constituted a Taskforce to be known as the Taskforce on the Development of the Data Protection, Gen...
15 Jan 2021
What’s up WhatsApp? The truth behind the new privacy policy
Introduction WhatsApp is a free, multiplatform messaging app that lets you make video and voice calls, send text messages, and more with just a Wi-Fi connection. It is owned by Facebook (Facebook acqu...
13 Nov 2020
Kenya appoints her first Data Commissioner
As the Data Commissioner, she will be responsible for the enforcement of the Data Protection Act...
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