[kictanet] my take: IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10

[Victor Gathara]

Its only when we have something valuable exposed that we move to secure
it. I think that the move toward securing the Kenyan netspace will only
take off once we have important content online such as financial
history, credit card information, address information and so on. This
requires legislation. The FOI act should be speeded up to 'force'
government to avail data online. The recently signed (then unsigned?)
law on communications has some enabling legislation for e-commerce. Not
sure it takes into account security but government should be clear on
who the onus to secure data on one's network is. I think more a problem
for industry players than 'Wanjiku'...If you create a site where you
require my credit card details then by all means you should take the
blow if someone steals the info and misuses my card!
 
Victor

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From: kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+v-gathara=dfid.gov.uk at lists.kictanet.or.ke] On
Behalf Of mwende njiraini
Sent: 04 May 2009 09:00
To: Victor Gathara
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] IG Discussion 2009, Day 6 of 10



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
<http://privacy.gov.au/internet/internet_privacy/index.html#2> 

2.     Privacy Policies: http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf
<http://www.facebook.com/policy.php?ref=pf> , http://twitter.com/privacy
<http://twitter.com/privacy> 

3.     Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
:http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12
<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
<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
<http://www.priv.gc.ca/information/illustrations/index_e.cfm> 

6.     http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/
<http://www.diplomacy.edu/ISL/IG/> 

 

Disclaimer: Views expressed here are the author's own


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