“Section 51(2) of the Data Protection Act is amended by inserting the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (b)—(ba) disclosure is necessary for the assessment, enforcement or collection of any tax or duty under a written tax law,” says the Finance Bill which has been tabl...
Key Words: Data Governance | GDPR | Kenya Data Protection Act | Brussel's Effect | Huduma Effect and Other Contextual InfluencesMukiri-Smith, HellenLeenes, RonaldEuropean Data Protection Law Review (EDPL)
In Africa, Kenya is among the countries that have sought to regulate access and use of personal data by passing a Data Protection Act in 2019. This is a step in the right direction and is a boost in the quest to inform the citizenry – individuals and corporate - of what ...
Kenya Data Protection Act, 2019 Only in the Provisioning stage. Namibia Data Protection bill was drafted in 2021 No progress on regulation yet. Nigeria Data Protection Bill was drafted in August 2020 National Data Protection Regulations were issued in January 2019. South Africa POPIA, 20...
Advising a large security services company that employs more than 300 employees in Kenya on the rights of the employee to access their personal data on termination of employment under the provisions of the Data Protection Act. Kenya Advising Cigna on Data Protection Laws ...
“right to be forgotten”, the Board decided that search engines should be considered as “data controllers” under the Turkish Data Protection Act, that individuals may primarily convey their de-indexing requests to the search engines and file complaints before the KVKK and search engines should ...
Experts say the East African nation lacks a comprehensive data protection even as the country moves towards becoming a digital economy. In addition to setting the conditions for the transfer of personal data outside Kenya, the Act provides for the exemptions to processing of data and outlines data...
The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is a bill passed in June 2018. It enhancesprivacy rights and consumer protectionfor residents of California. The CCPA becomes effective on 1 January 2020. California is the fifth-largest economy in the world and home to many tech giants. ...
Some African nations have introduced new data protection laws. For example, on December 7, 2023, Malawi introduced Bill No. 22 for the Data Protection Act, 2023, which seeks to provide a comprehensive legal framework for the regulation of pers...
Subsequently, the Kenyan Data Protection Act 2019 (the “DPA”), which is substantially modelled on the GDPR, came into force on 25th November 2019, breathing life into Article 31 of the Constitution of Kenya, which grants every person the right to privacy. The DPA governs the processing of...