The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act defines and criminalizes cyber harassment (suspended), cybersquatting (suspended), illegal access of information (applicable), identity theft (suspended) and fake news (suspended) through provisions outlawing false publications, publication of false information and publication of child pornography. […]
The digital migration impacted business in Kenya in various ways. This article highlights 3 results of successful migration: New business opportunities After the digital migration, many businesses switched to digital signals resulting in better quality picture, sharper, brighter picture and […]
In the process of spearheading the digital migration, the Communications Authority was required to engage all stakeholders and especially media houses and other broadcast licensees whose business models and revenues would be affected by the migration. In December 2012, against […]
The digital migration process in Kenya was initiated in 2009, three years after an ITU Member States Conference signed the GE06 Regional Agreement. The agreement set the time-line of 17th June 2015 within which member nations ought to have switched […]
The Kenya Data Protection Act provides for the appointment of data protection officers by private companies and businesses that process sensitive information about its customers and employees. This is particularly important to ease the compliance burden for businesses by having […]
The ODPC is established under section 5 of the Act as a body corporate with perpetual succession similar to Office of the Attorney General or the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. The Data Commissioner shall be appointed for […]
The 6th Director of FBI once stated “There are only 2 types of companies: those that have been hacked and those that will be. And even they are converging into one category: companies that have been hacked and will be […]
The Data Protection Act has been promulgated partly because of the amount of data that commercial businesses hold about customers from both direct and indirect sources. The Act requires businesses to collect data directly from the customers unless specifically exempted. […]
The Data Protection Act provides various rights of a data subject that apply to both actual and potential customers and employees. These include the right to: be informed of the use to which their personal data is to be put; […]
The Data Protection Act in many cases provides consent as a legitimate ground for processing of personal information. Owing to the sensitive nature of personal information, the Act does not leave us guessing what consent means. All businesses should take […]
