Lawrence We certainly do. My main worry, which should be the worry for many in the sector is simply this:- South Africa is currently enjoying a near monopoly when it comes to setting up serious globally competitive data centers. I understand Microsoft and Amazon already have or are in the process of doing so. While there are other factors to consider like infrastructure (electricity, connectivity etc) serious investors won’t even bother if there are no strong policy framework to support this. One of the frameworks is a solid data protection and security law. Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit." ~ Aristotle Sent from my iPad
On 10 Jan 2018, at 3:36 PM, Lawrence Dinga, CISSP via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Wow!
According the data from UNCTAD Website 23 (43%) African countries have put in place comprehensive privacy and data protection laws. Kenya led by CIPIT contested the adoption of the AU Convention on cyber security and data protection in 2014 and lobbied other Member States to reject it. Does it mean that up to now we don’t even have anything in the kitchen? I understand the data protection bill 2009 was copied verbatim from the EU Directive 95/46/EC on the Protection of Personal Data which is being replaced by the GDPR as from May 2018. Don’t you think we need to do something in the absence of anything cooking?
Regards
Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999
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I think the bill lapsed?
It should be a critically bill to be passed. I’m hoping that the community can review this bill again and possibly make representations to the house.
Regards
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On 10 Jan 2018, at 12:23 PM, Lawrence Dinga, CISSP via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear All,
Could someone kindly provide me with a link to the Privacy and Data Protection Bill? I read somewhere from this forum that it is in Parliament awaiting to be passed.
Thanks
Lawrence Dinga, MSc. (InfoSec & Forensics), CISSP Managecom Systems Ltd +254 721226324/ 0733973999
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