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19 Nov 2021
Elections 2022: The ODPC should tame political parties on data privacy breach
On June 18th 2021, the Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu shared a link through which members of the public could verify their political party membership status. Many Kenyans took to e-Citize...
5 Nov 2021
A sneak peek at China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL)
On Monday, November 1, 2021, China’s Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) took effect, months after it was promulgated by the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress. This...
29 Oct 2021
Stakeholders Add Their Voice to Draft Strategic Plan by Office of the Data Protection Commissioner during Public Participation Forum
A draft strategic plan by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in Kenya was taken through a validation forum by stakeholders under public participation. The ODPC and the UK Embassy he...
15 Oct 2021
What next for Huduma Cards after court calls for data protection impact assessment
Data security came to play at the High Court in Nairobi on Thursday, October 14, 2021, after Justice Jairus Ngaah declared that the government’s decision of November 18, 2020, to roll out Huduma Car...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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