Here are my initial comments quick comments to the draft policy brief on data protection in Kenya, will add more as i read through more critically *Personal Data* Magnify the scope of definition of the word: “Personal Data”, currently it seems quite undetaled ‘personal data’ should be defined to mean any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person (‘data subject’); an identifiable natural person is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier (Web data such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags) or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person; *On Anonymous data:* Talk more about “pseudonymisation’ as a means to process personal data in such a way and manner that the personal data can no longer be attributed to a specific data subject without the use of additional information, provided that such additional information is kept separately and is subject to technical and organisational measures to ensure that the personal data are not attributed to an identified or identifiable natural person; Regards Rop On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 7:38 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:

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1. KICTANet's draft policy brief on data protection in Kenya (Grace Githaiga)

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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 09 May 2018 19:38:37 +0300 From: Grace Githaiga <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: [kictanet] KICTANet's draft policy brief on data protection in Kenya Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Dear Listers

Greetings.

In the last two decades, Kenya mobile communications and internet connectivity have rapidly increased. With these developments, the country has also developed a data economy. The data economy is the wealth and resources created from collection and processing of data. It is the cornerstone of the fourth industrial revolution which uses digital technologies to carry out processes, be they physical, digital, or biological. A key feature of the revolution is data-driven decision making, creation of new products, services and innovation.?

A team of KICTANet listers have been working to produce a draft policy brief on Data Protection in Kenya which I attach.? We would appreciate your comments on it as it is still being reviewed. We will be receiving comments in the next two weeks (until May 25, 2018).

Thanks alot good people.?

Best regards

Githaiga, Grace

Co-Convenor Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) Twitter:@ggithaiga Tel: 254722701495 Skype: gracegithaiga Alternate email: [email protected] Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gracegithaiga www.kictanet.or.ke

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