[kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10-Security

John Walubengo jwalu at yahoo.com
Mon May 4 14:36:37 EAT 2009


mmhh,

very quiet on the list...where are those guys Harry and Evans who had jumped onto security last week ;-):

walu.

--- On Mon, 5/4/09, mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: mwende njiraini <mwende.njiraini at gmail.com>
> Subject: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10
> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 9:59 AM
> Good morning,
> 
> 
> 
> The focus of our discussion this week is on cybersecurity
> and trust.  We
> will seek to address privacy and data security issues.
> 
> 
> 
> Like many other Kenyans, we frequently register to use
> various online
> services provided by the government and businesses.  The
> registration
> process requires that we provide personal information
> including physical,
> postal address, telephone numbers, credit card numbers,
> etc.  The younger
> generation and the young-at-heart are readily sharing
> “personally
> identifiable information” including photos and events
> through social
> networking sites including facebook, youtube, myspace,
> flickr, twitter,
> etc.
> 
> 
> 
> Personal information collected and made available in the
> public domain such
> as the electoral register, telephone directory can be
> combined with
> information for example from  supermarkets loyalty cards to
> create valuable
> market information  to  track individual preferences and
> purchase profiles.
> This information may unfortunately be subject to abuse and
> theft.
>  Consequently, ‘trust’ in policies and the security
> measures that the
> government and businesses establish to protect user
> information is therefore
> an essential element for the success of e-transactions
> (both e-government
> and e-commerce)
> 
> 
> 
>    - How can we create a cyber security culture in Kenya?
> What is the role
>    of the educators, peers and parents in digital literacy
> with respect to
>    privacy and security?
>    - Does the current legal environment provide for the
> protection of
>    privacy on the internet?  How can we establish a balance
> between security
>    and right to privacy?
> 
> Looking forward to hearing from you.
> 
> 
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Mwende
> 
> 
> 
> References
> 
> 1.     Protecting your Privacy on the Internet:
> http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.html#2
> 
> 2.     Privacy Policies:
> http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf,
> http://twitter.com/privacy
> 
> 3.     Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights :
> http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12
> 
> 4.     Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada:
> Protecting Your Privacy
> on the Internet: 
> http://www.priv.gc.ca/fs-fi/02_05_d_13_e.cfm
> 
> 5.     Privacy illustrations:
> http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/illustrations/index_e.cfm
> 
> 6.     http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/
> 
> 
> 
> *Disclaimer: Views expressed here are the author’s own*
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