Privacy & Data Protection
Hi Listers, this may be interesting you: Kenyan government takes another shot at infringing privacy and digital rights! "On December 12, 2020, Kenya’s President, Kenyatta Uhuru, assented to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2020 <https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NJ_Comments-on-the-Statute-Law-Miscellaneous-Amendments-Bill_2020.pdf> that amends the country’s Official Secrets Act, 1968, among other laws. The Bill states that Kenyans with mobile phones or other communication devices will be required to provide emails, WhatsApp messages, SMS or any other data which the government deems a threat to national security. Those who refuse to provide the data upon demand run the risk of serving a one-year jail term and/or paying a fine of Ksh1 million (~$9,000)." This is the link: https://techpoint.africa/2020/12/17/kenya-private-data/ Wathagi Ndungu
@Wathagi and @Watila Alex <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> at least we have a Data Commissioner in place, the future looks interesting post the 2022 election which might be the major focus for data conversations next year with more Kenyans coming online. Regards On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:37 PM awatila--- via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
please find my contributions below.
technology is moving so fast e.g. WhatsApp has introduced disappearing messages. what will happen if you are asked for a message that disappeared?
also cok2010 invalidated the official secrets act (it was specifically discussed during the naivasha conferences).
also without a strong privacy regime it will be difficult to attract foreign investors. lots of data are being moved to the EU from other jurisdictions because of their strong commitment to data privacy
regards
On Dec 18, 2020 19:14, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi Listers, this may be interesting you: Kenyan government takes another shot at infringing privacy and digital rights!
"On December 12, 2020, Kenya’s President, Kenyatta Uhuru, assented to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2020 <https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NJ_Comments-on-the-Statute-Law-Miscellaneous-Amendments-Bill_2020.pdf> that amends the country’s Official Secrets Act, 1968, among other laws.
The Bill states that Kenyans with mobile phones or other communication devices will be required to provide emails, WhatsApp messages, SMS or any other data which the government deems a threat to national security.
Those who refuse to provide the data upon demand run the risk of serving a one-year jail term and/or paying a fine of Ksh1 million (~$9,000)."
This is the link: https://techpoint.africa/2020/12/17/kenya-private-data/
Wathagi Ndungu
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I had the exact same thoughts! Are these privacy provisions not going beyond the law of the land?(COK) Another thing it will push most Kenyans to display "sensitive" media on blockhain. On another note does this not also feel like criminalization on the freedom of information, privacy, data and so on e.g towards other states? I forsee an insane amount censorship. On Sat, 19 Dec 2020, 05:52 Barrack Otieno via kictanet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
@Wathagi and @Watila Alex <awatila@yahoo.co.uk> at least we have a Data Commissioner in place, the future looks interesting post the 2022 election which might be the major focus for data conversations next year with more Kenyans coming online.
Regards
On Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 8:37 PM awatila--- via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
please find my contributions below.
technology is moving so fast e.g. WhatsApp has introduced disappearing messages. what will happen if you are asked for a message that disappeared?
also cok2010 invalidated the official secrets act (it was specifically discussed during the naivasha conferences).
also without a strong privacy regime it will be difficult to attract foreign investors. lots of data are being moved to the EU from other jurisdictions because of their strong commitment to data privacy
regards
On Dec 18, 2020 19:14, Wathagi Ndungu via kictanet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
Hi Listers, this may be interesting you: Kenyan government takes another shot at infringing privacy and digital rights!
"On December 12, 2020, Kenya’s President, Kenyatta Uhuru, assented to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill, 2020 <https://naturaljustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/NJ_Comments-on-the-Statute-Law-Miscellaneous-Amendments-Bill_2020.pdf> that amends the country’s Official Secrets Act, 1968, among other laws.
The Bill states that Kenyans with mobile phones or other communication devices will be required to provide emails, WhatsApp messages, SMS or any other data which the government deems a threat to national security.
Those who refuse to provide the data upon demand run the risk of serving a one-year jail term and/or paying a fine of Ksh1 million (~$9,000)."
This is the link: https://techpoint.africa/2020/12/17/kenya-private-data/
Wathagi Ndungu
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awatila＠yahoo.co.uk -
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Wathagi Ndungu