Re: [kictanet] Does Kenya have an Anti Spam Law?
Listers, Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication? Regards -- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
Hi Barrack, I think the issue of unsolicited communications was handled in the Consumer Protection Regulations under the Kenya Communications and Information Act. Unfortunately, that only covers licencees. Depending on what you are looking at, section 9 of the Consumer Protection Act may also apply. Best 2015-08-11 15:09 GMT+03:00 Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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Many thanks Grace, I will have a look at it. Interesting that it only covers licensee's. It might be difficult to police users though. The likes that post adverts in the middle of facebook posts. :-) Regards On 8/11/15, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) <nmutungu@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Barrack, I think the issue of unsolicited communications was handled in the Consumer Protection Regulations under the Kenya Communications and Information Act. Unfortunately, that only covers licencees. Depending on what you are looking at, section 9 of the Consumer Protection Act may also apply. Best
2015-08-11 15:09 GMT+03:00 Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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-- Grace L.N. Mutung'u Nairobi Kenya Skype: gracebomu Twitter: @Bomu
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On 11 August 2015 at 15:31, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Many thanks Grace,
I will have a look at it. Interesting that it only covers licensee's. It might be difficult to police users though. The likes that post adverts in the middle of facebook posts. :-)
Barrack, adverts on Facebook or Gmail or Twitter posts are not spam. Those are what makes these companies be in business. They own the platform. You on the other hand use the platform to communicate for free. As Ali would put it, you are the product. Your Eyeballs=advertisement revenue. ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya "There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
Ehe, Is that what internet.org means? I have heard a lot of controversy around it. Please enlighten me. Regards On 8/11/15, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
On 11 August 2015 at 15:31, Barrack Otieno via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Many thanks Grace,
I will have a look at it. Interesting that it only covers licensee's. It might be difficult to police users though. The likes that post adverts in the middle of facebook posts. :-)
Barrack, adverts on Facebook or Gmail or Twitter posts are not spam. Those are what makes these companies be in business. They own the platform. You on the other hand use the platform to communicate for free. As Ali would put it, you are the product. Your Eyeballs=advertisement revenue.
______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
"There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime." - Maxwell Anderson
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Dear Barrack, This Wikipedia entry on global spam legislation may be of interest to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country Regards, Mildred. On 8/11/15, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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Barrack, Grace and all Non that I know of. The particular law mentioned doesn't really cover the full spectrum of the problem which should also cover SMS (which I daresay the telcos are the biggest culprits of sending unsolicited nuisance SMS Blasts). The rule of thumb these days is an opt-in as opposed to opt-out functionality. Simply put, I mean that Telco X should stop sending me unsolicited SMSs. Instead they should ask my permission first before sending me SMSs that I have no interest in reading. It seems trivial but one day it will come to bite them. Do we have laws to enforce this? Unfortunately not that I know of. In other words this is called:- PERMISSION MARKETING. And when it comes to this we are in the dark ages.. Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Barrack,
This Wikipedia entry on global spam legislation may be of interest to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country
Regards, Mildred.
On 8/11/15, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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Interesting Ali, I am yet to see anyone charged for being a nuisance. The City Council call it in their bylaws being disorderly in the public. Regards On 8/11/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Barrack, Grace and all
Non that I know of. The particular law mentioned doesn't really cover the full spectrum of the problem which should also cover SMS (which I daresay the telcos are the biggest culprits of sending unsolicited nuisance SMS Blasts). The rule of thumb these days is an opt-in as opposed to opt-out functionality. Simply put, I mean that Telco X should stop sending me unsolicited SMSs. Instead they should ask my permission first before sending me SMSs that I have no interest in reading. It seems trivial but one day it will come to bite them. Do we have laws to enforce this? Unfortunately not that I know of. In other words this is called:-
PERMISSION MARKETING.
And when it comes to this we are in the dark ages..
Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Barrack,
This Wikipedia entry on global spam legislation may be of interest to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country
Regards, Mildred.
On 8/11/15, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
Barrack :-) Yes, internet.org is about building eyeballs in the only region in the world that is recording double digit growth in internet usage - Africa (and Asia to smaller extent). As we say in Kiswahili - Hakuna cha ubwete! (There is nothing for free!) :-) Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi Sent from my iPad
On Aug 11, 2015, at 4:53 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting Ali,
I am yet to see anyone charged for being a nuisance. The City Council call it in their bylaws being disorderly in the public.
Regards
On 8/11/15, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Barrack, Grace and all
Non that I know of. The particular law mentioned doesn't really cover the full spectrum of the problem which should also cover SMS (which I daresay the telcos are the biggest culprits of sending unsolicited nuisance SMS Blasts). The rule of thumb these days is an opt-in as opposed to opt-out functionality. Simply put, I mean that Telco X should stop sending me unsolicited SMSs. Instead they should ask my permission first before sending me SMSs that I have no interest in reading. It seems trivial but one day it will come to bite them. Do we have laws to enforce this? Unfortunately not that I know of. In other words this is called:-
PERMISSION MARKETING.
And when it comes to this we are in the dark ages..
Ali Hussein Hussein & Associates +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
"Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought". ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
Sent from my iPad
On Aug 11, 2015, at 3:55 PM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear Barrack,
This Wikipedia entry on global spam legislation may be of interest to you. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_spam_legislation_by_country
Regards, Mildred.
On 8/11/15, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Listers,
Does Kenya have an Anti Spam law?, can anyone familiar with the present law point me to an area that deals with Spam or other unsolicited communication?
Regards
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
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KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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Ali Hussein -
Barrack Otieno -
Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) -
Mildred Achoch -
Mwendwa Kivuva