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German Court- and Constitutionality of Data Retention Laws
by Leonard Aloo 03 Mar '10

03 Mar '10

This may be of interest to some listers.Regards, Leonard Obura Aloo German high court: law ordering phone, e-mail traffic data retention violates constitution MELISSA EDDY Associated Press Writer 5:23 AM EST, March 2, 2010 BERLIN (AP) — Germany's highest court on Tuesday overturned a law allowing authorities to retain data on telephone calls and e-mail traffic for help in tracking criminal networks. A law ordering data on calls and e-mail exchanges be retained for six months for possible use by criminal authorities violated Germans' constitutional right to private correspondence and must be revised, the Federal Constitutional Court ruled. In its ruling, the court said the law failed to sufficiently balance the need for personal privacy against that for providing security, although it did not rule out data retention in principle. "The disputed instructions neither provided a sufficient level of data security, nor sufficiently limited the possible uses of the data," the court said. Nearly 35,000 Germans had appealed to the court to overturn the law, which stems from a 2006 European Union anti-terrorism directive requiring telecommunications companies to retain phone data and Internet logs for a minimum of six months in case they are needed for criminal investigations. The court upheld the EU directive, saying the problem lay instead with how the German parliament chose to interpret it. Under the German law, which went into effect Jan. 2008, information about all calls from mobile or landline phones was retained for six months, including who called whom, from where and for how long. The following year, that law was expanded to include the data surrounding all contact via e-mail. Although the laws forbid authorities from retaining the contents of either form of communication, they met with fierce opposition from civil rights groups. "Massive amounts of data about German citizens who pose no threat and are not suspects is being retained," Germany's commissioner for data security issues, Peter Schaar, told ARD's morning show. Experts argue the information is crucial to being able to trace crimes involving heavy use of the Internet, including tracking terror networks and pursuing child pornography. _______ Associated Press writer Verena Schmitt-Roschmann contributed to this report. http://www.fox43.com/business/sns-ap-eu-germany-data-retention,0,1005335.st…

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AfTLD and ICANN meeting programmes
by alice 02 Mar '10

02 Mar '10

Dear all, AfTLD meeting is already in process see programme here: http://www.aftld.org/ke2010/index.html ICANN meeting starts on Saturday 6th March ICANN meeting schedule can be found here: http://nbo.icann.org/full-sched best alice

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VANCANCY ANNOUNCEMENT - Project Coordinator
by Edith Adera 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

If you know anyone interested, please circulate. Deadline is this Friday (Re-advertised). Edith

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Bloggers Contacts... Please Assist
by Marie-Anne Kinyanjui 01 Mar '10

01 Mar '10

Does anyone have the direct contacts of the following blog owners? * Coldtusker * Kenyanpoet * Rafiki Kenya * Intelligensia * Paula Kahumbu Thanks in advance for your help on this. Regards, Kui DISCLAIMER: The information contained in or accompanying this e-mail is intended for the use of the stated recipient only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. Any views or opinions presented herein are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the Nation Media Group. �To get all breaking news alerts send the word BREAK to 6667 or visit http://mobile.nation.co.ke to read news on your mobile phone.�

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Africa - The Next Tiger?
by Matunda Nyanchama 26 Feb '10

26 Feb '10

This may interest members of this list. Africa - the New Asia ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”- George Bernard Shaw ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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help choose IGF 2010 logo
by Judy Okite 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Dear Colleagues, at the IGF2010 Facebook page, there is a IGF2010 Logo selection activity taking place and thought I would share this with you just in case its still under way: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=112966&id=160245077254&ref=mf Kind Regards, -- “To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are and what you stand for, where you want to go and why you want to get there.” Kofi Annan

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Tender for Supply, Installation and Commissioning of Servers, Peripherals and Accessories
by Shem Ochuodho 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Might interest some people. Apologies to those whom it may not concern. For any clarification or further communication, contact the e-addresses in the advert. Rgrds, Shem Shem J. Ochuodho, MSc (Eng), PhD, LLD (Hon) Senior Advisor Ministry of Telecom & Postal Services Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS), Juba Kenya Community Abroad (KCA) 2007 Excellence Award Winner AfricaOnline 2005 Industry Pioneer Award Recipient Father of Internet in Kenya (CSK 2000) Cell: +249-955-021-040/+256-477-232025/+254-734-137371 Skype: shem.ochuodho

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NEWS!! KENYA ICT BOARD UPCOMING EVENTS
by Lucy Gachui Odhiambo 25 Feb '10

25 Feb '10

Greetings from Kenya ICT Board! This is an exciting and busy time for us at the board and indeed the industry at large with several events coming up this month and next. A summary of these are attached herewith. Our participation in these events is largely in line with our capacity building mandate and our role in creating awareness of industry initiatives. If you would like more information about any of these events, please get in touch with the undersigned. We realize that this list may not be exhaustive as the sector is very diverse and dynamic, so we kindly urge you to bring to our attention events we may not be aware of (in March and April ) so that we can post them on our website and to inform our mailing lists. Sincerely, Lucy Gachui Odhiambo Communications Manager Kenya ICT Board 12th Floor Telposta Towers Koinange Lane PO Box 27150 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Cell 0737- 839047 Tel: 254-020-2093040 <http://www.ict.go.ke> www.ict.go.ke Kenya ICT Board Mission: To champion and actively enable Kenya to adopt and exploit ICT, through promotion of partnerships, investments and infrastructure growth for socio economic enrichment

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Dr Ndemo's Presentation @ UoN
by Matunda Nyanchama 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Friends, I must have missed the note in which this presentation was circulated. Would someone send me a copy. Many thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Matunda Nyanchama, mnyanchama(a)aganoconsulting.com Agano Consulting Inc.; www.aganoconsulting.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- “If you have an apple and I have an apple and we exchange these apples then you and I will still each have one apple. But if you have an idea and I have an idea and we exchange these ideas, then each of us will have two ideas.”- George Bernard Shaw ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail, including attachments, may be privileged and may contain confidential or proprietary information intended only for the addressee(s). Any other distribution, copying, use, or disclosure is unauthorized and strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and permanently delete the message, including any attachments, without making a copy. Thank you.

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Re: [kictanet] ICT TV Station
by S.Murigi Muraya 24 Feb '10

24 Feb '10

Now, will Skunkworks rise up to the Challenge? Tech skills they have. -----Original Message----- From: robert yawe <robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:29 To: murigi.muraya(a)gmail.com Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Subject: Re: [kictanet] ICT TV Station Dear Mr. Aguyo, A history A few months ago I proposed that Dr. Ndemo give us a presentation on the Malili ICT Park so that we would be in the picture of what was going on. Because I knew many would not have been able to attend we it was proposed that the session be recorded, and as there are members on this list who are not resident locally the recording should be digitised and posted online. As a result of this proposal Skunkworks indicated that they would be able to set up an IPTV "station" and what they needed was a server to install onto. The Present To be able to assist them in putting up the "station" I and a few philanthropic Kenyan's have offered to finance the purchase of the server for the Skunkworks group as an R&D project and to test the local technical skill levels on the same. I hope this clears the fog. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 From: Sam Aguyo <saguyo(a)yahoo.com> To: robertyawe(a)yahoo.co.uk Cc: kictanet(a)lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Wed, 24 February, 2010 8:50:06 Subject: ICT TV Station Scene One Robert says: I would like to offer 20,000/- towards the IPTV server and Hairy Harry has also agreed to contribute 20,000/- towards the same, please send us details on the project. If there are any organisations or individuals out there who feel philanthropic enough, jionyeshe. Evelyn can we get some rack space for this little box? <This indicates that Bob and Harry are contributing 20k each to be used to set up an IPTV station> Scene two Robert says: Once the prototype is tested we shall then move to the next level of commercialization at which point we shall look into the most appropriate hardware. Please note that this is a knee jack reaction as a resolved of the fiasco that was Dr. Ndemo's presentation recording. Murigi Muraya says: <Skunkworks have been raising funds for a mail server that could also be used as a media or video conferencing server also if enough funds are raised to get a good server.> Robert says: So please lets move forward with the initial test I am interested in the IPTV component so the server is to be used solely for that purpose. Now i do not understand this new venture. Sam

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