Tag: Data Protection Act 2019

On June 1, 2026, Florida became the first U.S. state to sue an AI company. The target was OpenAI and ...

Kenya's Statistics Bill 2026 is currently in public participation, and the deadline is today, May 20. The Bill responds to ...

Lately, AI has been finding its way into Kenyan courtrooms, and not always gracefully. Lawyers are using it to draft ...

Kenya is pushing forward the Statistics Bill 2026, with one of the objectives of the bill, promoted by the Cabinet ...

When news broke of an AI Bill, dubbed Artificial Intelligence Bill, 2026, sponsored by Nominated Senator Karen Nyamu, the big ...

Under the new Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) draft mandates, Kenyan transport operators must move beyond simple registration ...

Kenya's new proposed local data storage regulations will affect every major mobility platform operating in the country and could force ...

Kenya's data protection regulator has launched a formal investigation into Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, confirming what digital rights advocates had ...

Did you know that under Kenyan law, you have the right to see what your former employer wrote about you ...

When reports emerged in early March that Safaricom would begin masking phone numbers in M-PESA transaction notifications, the details were ...

TikTok has confirmed it will not introduce end-to-end encryption for direct messages on its platform. The company says the decision ...

As every M-Pesa user has become accustomed to, paying at a till number or through Paybill means the merchant on ...

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner recently fined Platinum Credit Limited KES 400,000 for sending promotional text messages without ...

President William Ruto signed Kenya's controversial Cybercrime Bill into law a week ago, and it's already landed in court. Gospel ...

A recent court ruling has clarified the rights of an internet service provider (ISP) like Zuku (Wananchi Group) to a ...

In the last three years, generative AI has been captivating the tech world, and its ability to analyse massive datasets ...

Kenya is taking steps to protect children online. New guidelines from the Communications Authority (CA) require "age verification mechanisms" for ...

UDA nominated senator Gloria Orwoba has allegedly had a Kenyan journalist, Edgar Wabwire, arrested. The journalist is currently in police ...

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has warned against unauthorized sharing of personal data. Kenyans in recent weeks ...

The Finance Bill 2024 was announced on May 9th. This bill aims to change several existing tax laws, including Income ...

It’s been 3 years since the first Data Commissioner for Kenya was appointed. Finally, the Kenyan data watchdog has started ...

Tools For Humanity, creators of the Worldcoin crypto project, are registered as Data Controllers with the Office of the Data ...

The government of Kenya is launching a policy framework for efficient online registration of births and deaths. In brief, it ...

Last week, we learned that Data Controllers and Data Processors must register their organizations according to the stipulations in the ...

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has announced the commencement of the registration of Data Controllers and Data ...

The Data Protection Act, 2019, was signed into law back in 2019. It presented a series of features and requirements, ...

The office of the Data Protection Commissioner, alongside the COVID-19 ICT Advisory Committee has published a draft Guidance Note on ...

The Data Protection Act went live in 2019. The law has been under exploration for an extended period, following pressure ...

  Data protection has become a new requirement for companies in the recent past. The Internet is now part and ...