Kenya High Court’s Worldcoin Determination: Upholding Consent, Accountability and Data Sovereignty in Biometric Data Processing
On 05 May 2025, the High Court of Kenya declared Worldcoin’s biometric data collection in Kenya unlawful and in violation of the Data Protection Act (DPA) and the Constitution.1 Worldcoin, a global digital identity cryptocurrency initiative commenced data collection in…
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Purpose Limitation and Data Minimization in the 2019 Data Protection Bill
By Alex Gatawa* The following post is the second of CIPIT’s analysis of the data protection principles provided for under section 25 of the Data...
Read More2019 KENYA POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS: THE DATA PRIVACY PERSPECTIVE
By Jackie Akello and Jaaziyah Satar. Kenya is set to have its sixth census since independence beginning on the night of 24th August 2019. The...
Read MorePrivacy expanded: What is the right to privacy, as required in the Data Protection Bill?
This is the first in a series of blogs where the CIPIT team analyses the principles of data protection as provided in Section 25 of...
Read MorePublic Participation and Data Protection
Last year, CIPIT hosted a series of public participation fora over three months in response to a request for comment on a proposed Data Protection...
Read MoreThe 2019 Data Protection Bill: A step in the right direction?
By Grace Bomu* CIPIT welcomes the publication of the Data Protection Bill by Kenya’s National Assembly. The center has been involved in policy development for...
Read MoreWhat Does a Data Protection Law Mean for the B2C Relationship? Exploring a possible Life-Cyle.
Data protection is definitely in vogue in Africa. This may be a response to the economic potential of having robust data protection safeguards, and the...
Read MoreCIPIT Hosts Novel Moot Court Competition on IT Law in East Africa
CIPIT’s bi-annual moot competition aims to be innovative and to attract teams from across East Africa, and the 2018 edition was no exception. This year’s...
Read MoreTHE CIPIT MOOT 2018
The Matter of Mangala & WAP -vs- The Guacamole Republic of Avocado (GRA) As promised, here is the account of the recently concluded CIPIT ICT...
Read MoreExperiences during the 2018 CIPIT Moot
By Kanyangi Esther Nyachia, Kanyangi Leah Aoko and Jackline Chepng'eno Sang.
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