Challenging the Constitutionality of the Personal Data Protection Act: Tito Magoti v Attorney General
The Personal Data Protection Act (CAP 44 of 2023) (hereinafter “PDPA”) represents a significant legislative effort by Tanzania to establish robust principles for the protection of personal data. Further the Act is an important stride in fulfilling the requirements of…
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Children’s Rights to Data Protection and Privacy in the Digital Age: Existing Laws and Policies
Introduction The digital age has significantly altered the way in which children exercise and realize their rights. Children can engage, communicate, share, play, and learn...
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Key Insights from the Draft Registration of Telecommunication Service Subscribers (Regulations) 2022
Why create new regulations? The mandatory registration of SIM cards caused uproar raising key issues on the legality and necessity of the process. It also...
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MANDATORY SIM CARD REGISTRATION: WHY THIS IS ALARMING FOR DATA PROTECTION AND THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY OF KENYANS
The ongoing SIM card registration by Safaricom has been met with opposition, with many Kenyans doubting the motive behind it. All mobile subscribers have been...
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Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and championing their utilisation in the Kenyan data protection environment
Icons made by surang from www.flaticon.com What are PETs? Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) are a category of technologies capable of enabling, enhancing, and preserving data...
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Data Protection (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations 2021: Key Considerations
Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com In April 2021, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) issued draft guidelines and invited comments from the...
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Honey, I blogged the kids: What bloggers need to know about children’s rights and the internet*
Blogs about or involving children range from those by parents sharing their personal journey to those by media outlets and medical professionals. Whatever the nature...
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Zoom and COVID-19: A brave new world
According to an analysis by SimilarWeb, in the month of March there was a 535% rise in daily traffic to the Zoom.us download page. However,...
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THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING END-TO-END ENCRYPTION AMONG MESSAGING APPS
Encryption is a data-protecting process that converts information or a message into an unreadable form, preventing access by anyone other than the intended recipient.[2]The use...
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THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING END-TO-END ENCRYPTION AMONG MESSAGING APPS
By Margaret Zalo A lot of information is shared back and forth on messaging platforms on a daily basis. While governments have an incentive to monitor...
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