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 ...
Another example is provided by the Mauritius Data Protection Office, which on November 15, 2023 issued draft guidelines on how financial institutions can comply with the Mauritius Data Protection Act. Malabo Convention: The Malabo Convention entered ...
NAIROBI, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday signed into law Data Protection Bill in order to enhance consumer privacy. Kenyatta said in a statement that according to the new data law, Kenya establishes the office of the Data Commissioner and sets out the requirements...
Data Protection Act (DPA) Under Kenya DPA, you have the right to restrict or object to the processing of your Personal Information, and right to not be subject to solely automated processing. SelectContact Usin the header of this page to submit a data rights request to opt-out these process...
(iv) identify and adopt additional measures (examples are provided in Annex 2 of the Recommendations); (v) take any formal procedural steps that the adoption of the supplementary measure may require; and (vi) re-evaluate at appropriate intervals the level of protection afforded to the data ...
The Act would later be operationalised through the appointment, in November 2019, of Kenya’s first data commissioner. The Act governs the use, processing, and archiving of personal data; establishes the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner; makes provision for the regulation of...
The Data Protection Bill also concerns topics other than the provisions of the GDPR. The Information Commissioner's Office (I.C.O.), U.K.'s Data Protection Authority, explained that reading the GDPR and the Data Protection Bill is essential. ...
Egypt’s new data protection law will place new duties on companies at home and abroad. Aissatou Sylla of Hogan Lovells, and Ahmed El Sharkawy and Naila Ramsay of Sharkawy & Sarhan consider the law’s impact.
The digital development wave has swept the world, South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa have put forward clear plans and goals for digital economy development. The IP networks are the most critical new digital infrastructure and build the foundation of digital econo...
“Data Subject”). It imposes significant obligations on organisations which are established or resident in Kenya or are situated outside Kenya but process or control the personal data of data subjects located in Kenya. The DPA establishes a regulator, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner...