Why African countries should be concerned about General Data Protection Regulation
Listers Interesting Whitepaper by Juliet Wangui Maina an Associate at Tripleoklaw Advocates LLP, Nairobi. Excerpts:- The changes introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) have been a cause for concern for many countries and businesses. It is an even bigger cause for concern in Africa, as the continent has an array of standards of national data protection legislation while many African countries have no data protection legislation at all. Juliet Wangui Maina, Associate at Tripleoklaw Advocates LLP, discusses some of the issues facing African organisations and how they can ensure compliance with the GDPR. See attached document for more information. Regards *Ali Hussein* *Principal* *Hussein & Associates* Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with.
Great insight, thanks for sharing Ali. Juliet thanks for your contribution that is building a wealth of knowledge in the ICT policy space. Regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Advocate. On Aug 28, 2017 3:31 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers
Interesting Whitepaper by Juliet Wangui Maina an Associate at Tripleoklaw Advocates LLP, Nairobi.
Excerpts:-
The changes introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) have been a cause for concern for many countries and businesses. It is an even bigger cause for concern in Africa, as the continent has an array of standards of national data protection legislation while many African countries have no data protection legislation at all. Juliet Wangui Maina, Associate at Tripleoklaw Advocates LLP, discusses some of the issues facing African organisations and how they can ensure compliance with the GDPR.
See attached document for more information.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*Principal*
*Hussein & Associates*
Tel: +254 713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim
Skype: abu-jomo
LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
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Chiromo Road, Westlands,
Nairobi, Kenya.
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