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Office of The Data Protection Commissioner Stories

Harassment cases of borrowers by digital lenders decline by 75% – Data Protection Office
Barack Oduor  |  May 15, 2024

The Data Protection Commissioner, Immaculate Kassait, noted a drastic decline in complaints against financial service providers since the introduction...

Kenya pushes for data governance as new technologies expose loopholes
John Mbati  |  May 07, 2024

Despite facing unique challenges, Africa also has opportunities such as global interests and partnerships that can contribute to sustainable growth an...

Kenya among countries seeking data harmonisation to ease travel across Africa
John Mbati  |  Apr 29, 2024

Some African countries, including Kenya, recently removed visa requirements to ease travel across the continent and Kassait believes data harmonisatio...

State to set up Africa's green energy data centre in Naivasha
Waweru Wairimu  |  Apr 24, 2024

The data centre will leverage on the government's digital superhighway which is among the pillars of President Ruto's bottom-up economic agenda.

Kenya seeks to be Africa’s digital leader with continental summit
Charity Kilei  |  Apr 15, 2024

Bridging the digital gap and enhancing accessibility to services, in collaboration with the media, will also be discussed at the summit.

Google to delete billions of data records in privacy lawsuit settlement
Amina Bonaya  |  Apr 02, 2024

The decision comes amid increasing scrutiny over tech companies' handling of personal data and their obligation to protect user privacy.