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Over the years, KICTAnet has contributed to the development of various ICT laws in Kenya, among them the Kenya Information & Communications Act 2013, [10] Kenya Data Protection Act 2019, [11] [12] Kenya Computer Misuse & Cybercrimes Act 2018, [13] Kenya ICT Policy 2006, Kenya ICT Policy 2019, [14] and the Kenya Data Protection Policy 2019.
Data portability is a concept to protect users from having their data stored in "silos" or "walled gardens" that are incompatible with one another, i.e. closed platforms, thus subjecting them to vendor lock-in and making the creation of data backups or moving accounts between services difficult.
The Kenya Parliament building is set on fire. The Kenya Finance Bill protests, widely known by #RejectFinanceBill2024, or Gen Z protests, were a series of decentralized mass protests in Kenya against tax increases proposed by the Government of Kenya in the Finance Bill 2024. [11] Following the storming of the Kenyan Parliament, president ...
The Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12) is a United Kingdom Act of Parliament which updates data protection laws in the UK. It is a national law which complements the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and replaces the Data Protection Act 1998. The Act was to be significantly amended by the Data Protection and Digital ...
The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) is the independent regulatory agency for the ICT (Information, Communications and Technology) industry in Kenya with responsibilities in telecommunications, e-commerce, broadcasting, cyber security, and postal/courier services. The CA is also responsible for managing the country's numbering and ...
Information privacy, data privacy or data protection laws provide a legal framework on how to obtain, use and store data of natural persons. The various laws around the world describe the rights of natural persons to control who is using its data. This includes usually the right to get details on which data is stored, for what purpose and to ...
Freedom of information laws allow access by the general public to data held by national governments and, where applicable, by state and local governments. The emergence of freedom of information legislation was a response to increasing dissatisfaction with the secrecy surrounding government policy development and decision making. [1]
The General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679), [1] abbreviated GDPR, or French RGPD (for Règlement général sur la protection des données) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA). The GDPR is an important component of EU privacy law and human ...