Tag: Data Commissioner
Tala Becomes First Digital Lender to Bag Data Controller Approval
In mid-July, the state opened the registration of data controllers and data processors. The exercise was revealed by the Office of the Data Protection...
Investigations Begin on Debt-Shaming Digital Lenders on Personal Data Abuse
Digital lenders' woes are adding up as The Data Protection Commissioner goes after those who have been engaging in debt shaming of defaulters.
The...
ORPP To Deregister People Illegally Listed as Members of Political Parties
Kassait's office held a meeting with the ORPP to ‘establish the status and resolve that the names of the complainants are deregistered by political parties.’
Immaculate Kassait Data Commissioner Tenure Starts Following Swearing-In Ceremony
Last month (October 2020), President Kenyatta appointed Immaculate Kassait as Kenya’s first Data Commissioner.
The office was created when the Data Protection Act was passed...
President Nominates Former IEBC Director Immaculate Kassait as Data Commissioner
Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta has formally appointed former IEBC director Immaculate Kassait as the country's first Data Commissioner.
This was announced by the Speaker of...
Kenya Will Have a Data Protection Commissioner Soon – CS Mucheru
Kenya will have a data commissioner pretty soon, according to the Cabinet Secretary for ICT.
"Data protection law is already in place. We shall be...
