Re: [kictanet] Invitation to Data Protection Forum and Submission of Comments to Kenya Data Protection Bills (Thursday 23 August, 2018)
Dear partner , Greetings from ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa. ARTICLE 19 in partnership with the *Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology*Law (*CIPIT*- Strathmore University Law School) and Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) seek to convene a one day Data Protection Dialogue Forum from *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018). */ While, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 guarantees freedom of expression and the right to privacy, under Article 31 and 33; Kenya lacks a legally binding comprehensive data protection framework while also retaining laws which are broad and can be used to infringe on privacy on citizen data. The lack of a comprehensive data protection law and existence of laws that can be broadly interpreted to allow for free collection of personal data, storage, usage, and dissemination to other parties has created a situation where citizens are not notified whenever their data is collected and do not have remedies whenever their data is breached on unnecessarily retained by both public and private actors. We note that the ICT committees of the Senate led by Hon Gideon Moi has drafted a Data Protection Bill 2018 and similarly, the Ministry of ICT Taskforce on the Development of the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya, chaired by Communications Authority’s Mercy Wanjau has developed a Policy and a draft Data Protection Bill aimed at a Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya and to fill this gap. Please find below the links to the Data Protection Policy and Ministry Bill and the Senate Bill. http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill... http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm It is with this in mind that the 3 partner organizations and will be meeting multiple data protection experts, lawyers, academia/ data scientists, CSOs, journalists and bloggers to collate recommendations for policy reform on from *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018)*/at Strathmore Law School. Kindly confirm your availability at your earliest convenience to _ephraim@article19.org <mailto:ephraim@article19.org>_ Please note that even though you might not be able to participate physically, you can nominate a representative or comment on this bills and Policy via the links above. We look forward to your participation. Best regards, -- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Digital Programme Officer *ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA * *DEFENDING FREEDOM **OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION* W _https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/ _Tw @article19eafric Fa_facebook.com/article19org <http://facebook.com/article19org> _PGP Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1
Morning, Thanks Ephraim. On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Dear partner ,
Greetings from ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa.
ARTICLE 19 in partnership with the *Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology* Law (*CIPIT*- Strathmore University Law School) and Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) seek to convene a one day Data Protection Dialogue Forum from *8**am – 5:30pm* on *Thursday 23 August, 2018). *
While, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 guarantees freedom of expression and the right to privacy, under Article 31 and 33; Kenya lacks a legally binding comprehensive data protection framework while also retaining laws which are broad and can be used to infringe on privacy on citizen data.
The lack of a comprehensive data protection law and existence of laws that can be broadly interpreted to allow for free collection of personal data, storage, usage, and dissemination to other parties has created a situation where citizens are not notified whenever their data is collected and do not have remedies whenever their data is breached on unnecessarily retained by both public and private actors.
We note that the ICT committees of the Senate led by Hon Gideon Moi has drafted a Data Protection Bill 2018 and similarly, the Ministry of ICT Taskforce on the Development of the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya, chaired by Communications Authority’s Mercy Wanjau has developed a Policy and a draft Data Protection Bill aimed at a Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya and to fill this gap.
Please find below the links to the Data Protection Policy and Ministry Bill and the Senate Bill.
http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data- protection-policy-and-bill-,2018
http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm
It is with this in mind that the 3 partner organizations and will be meeting multiple data protection experts, lawyers, academia/ data scientists, CSOs, journalists and bloggers to collate recommendations for policy reform on from *8**am – 5:30pm* on *Thursday 23 August, 2018)* at Strathmore Law School.
Kindly confirm your availability at your earliest convenience to *ephraim@article19.org <ephraim@article19.org>*
Please note that even though you might not be able to participate physically, you can nominate a representative or comment on this bills and Policy via the links above.
We look forward to your participation.
Best regards,
-- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Digital Programme Officer
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Dear all, Please find attached the program. Please note the times changed to 8am-1.30pm (instead of a whole day event). -- Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Digital Programme Officer *ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA * *DEFENDING FREEDOM **OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION* W https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/ Tw @article19eafric Fa facebook.com/article19org <http://facebook.com/article19org> PGP Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1 On 08/20/2018 01:13 PM, Mwanah Cephas Okoth wrote:
Morning,
Thanks Ephraim.
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> wrote:
Dear partner ,
Greetings from ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa.
ARTICLE 19 in partnership with the *Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology*Law (*CIPIT*- Strathmore University Law School) and Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET) seek to convene a one day Data Protection Dialogue Forum from *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018). */
While, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 guarantees freedom of expression and the right to privacy, under Article 31 and 33; Kenya lacks a legally binding comprehensive data protection framework while also retaining laws which are broad and can be used to infringe on privacy on citizen data.
The lack of a comprehensive data protection law and existence of laws that can be broadly interpreted to allow for free collection of personal data, storage, usage, and dissemination to other parties has created a situation where citizens are not notified whenever their data is collected and do not have remedies whenever their data is breached on unnecessarily retained by both public and private actors.
We note that the ICT committees of the Senate led by Hon Gideon Moi has drafted a Data Protection Bill 2018 and similarly, the Ministry of ICT Taskforce on the Development of the Policy and Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya, chaired by Communications Authority’s Mercy Wanjau has developed a Policy and a draft Data Protection Bill aimed at a Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya and to fill this gap.
Please find below the links to the Data Protection Policy and Ministry Bill and the Senate Bill.
http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill... <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill-,2018>
http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm>
It is with this in mind that the 3 partner organizations and will be meeting multiple data protection experts, lawyers, academia/ data scientists, CSOs, journalists and bloggers to collate recommendations for policy reform on from *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018)*/at Strathmore Law School.
Kindly confirm your availability at your earliest convenience to _ephraim@article19.org <mailto:ephraim@article19.org>_
Please note that even though you might not be able to participate physically, you can nominate a representative or comment on this bills and Policy via the links above.
We look forward to your participation.
Best regards,
--
Best Regards, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito Digital Programme Officer
*ARTICLE 19 EASTERN AFRICA * *DEFENDING FREEDOM **OF EXPRESSION AND INFORMATION* W _https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/ <https://www.article19.org/regional-office/eastern-africa/> _Tw @article19eafric Fa _facebook.com/article19org <http://facebook.com/article19org> _PGP Fingerprint: B0FA394AF73DEB7AA1FDC7360CFED26DE6BA8DC1
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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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