Category: Data Protection Law
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3 Strategies that your Company can use to comply with the Data Protection Act
In my everyday interaction with clients working in technology, it is clear that most companies feel disconnected from the hype around data protection when going about their day-to-day activities. Most companies don’t feel that data protection is important until they land an investor who asks them if they are registered…
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What are Image Rights and why should You care?
Image is everything. A picture is worth 1000 words. I am sure you have heard one of those quotes somewhere. And it is true that when creating and promoting a brand online, using pictures is one of the most effective ways of communicating with your audience. However, in the era…
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3 Things that you MUST include in your Privacy Policy
Yesterday, I spent the better part of my day drafting a privacy policy for a popular Kenyan e-commerce company. While drafting the policy, I had to look at the generic policy that they had on their website and adapt it to Kenyan law to make sure that they are on…
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5 Key things that you need to comply with the Data Protection Act
The Data Protection Act has become the talk of town as consumers are becoming more privacy sensitive and authorities are starting to enforce against privacy violations by big and small organizations. In a first of many to come, Oppo Kenya was fined 5 million shillings by the Data Protection Commissioner for violating privacy laws.…
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Must you register as a Data Controller or Processor?
In 2022, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner issued a directive to companies and organizations handling personal data to register as data controllers/processors. The directive targeted organizations in specific fields such as digital lending, financial payments, healthcare, property management, internet service provision, and transport services to register. Additionally, companies in e-commerce that use…