So many gaps here. I suppose the university has an inhouse designer or even if they commissioned one for this task, do they know the source of their images or any material that is used? If a designer is not utilising image source such as Unsplash or Canva or other such places that have both free and paid for images, then I think these are the ones to educate first. I suppose the University of Kabianga has a corporate communications office or PR office or something equivalent to that? How are they qualified to hold those offices without the knowledge that what they put out in public needs to be without question? In fact that 500K is little, he should be awarded more money for privacy violation... On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 at 09:07, Kukubo Masibo via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Listers,
A court has ordered the University of Kabianga to pay a former University of Nairobi student Sh500,000 for using his image in online marketing and soliciting funds from a regional bank without his consent.
Sitting at the High Court in Kericho, Justice Asenath Ongeri declared that the university violated fundamental rights to privacy and human dignity by publishing an image of Mr Shimlon Mwangi Kuria without his express consent.
You can read some more here... https://nation.africa/kenya/news/kabianga-university-to-pay-ex-uon-student-s...
Are we in a privacy awakening? What is the importance of these decisions to the right to privacy and do they reveal an awareness gap on privacy rights, especially on the part of higher learning institutions? How do we boost awareness among these institutions?
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