Privacy Rights - Data Governance Africa

Setting the Stage The Data Privacy and Governance Society of Kenya (DPGSK), in partnership with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA),...

In early February 2026, Kenyan civil society actors moved to court in a landmark effort to subject the deployment of...

When President William Ruto assented to the amended Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (CMCA) on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, the...

When news broke that Facebook’s parent company, Meta, had reached a record settlement over privacy violations, many took it as...

Imagine this: You ace every stage of a recruitment process. Then, suddenly, the offer is yanked away. The reason? A...

In a courtroom revelation that could redefine the debate on privacy in Kenya, a Safaricom officer admitted to releasing a...

The High Court in Nairobi has overturned a decision by the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in a...

In June 2025, Kenya’s Parliament firmly rejected a controversial proposal in the Finance Bill 2025 that would have handed the...

The Employment and Labour Relations Court in Nyeri has dismissed a case filed by former Community Enterprise Officer, Darwin Kanai...

Legal and Regulatory Framework Kenya’s rules on cross-border data transfers are primarily found in the following legal instruments: Conditions for...