[kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010, Discussions :Day 7 of 8 Theme:E-Crime, Online Privacy & Data Security- Continuation

Wed Jul 14 18:42:06 EAT 2010

--- On Tue, 7/13/10, Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com> wrote:
Still on the SIM  card registration, there is no law that binds me to Register HURAY! 
@Judy,

Am not a "learned -friend" but If I was @ CCK I would not go the "Law" way to bind users on registration. I could achieve the same thing through gazettement of regulations.

However they probably know something I dont because their (CCK) adverts on the issue keeps talking of putting a law in place to do this..

walu.

--- On Tue, 7/13/10, Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010, Discussions :Day 7 of 8 Theme:E-Crime, Online Privacy & Data Security- Continuation
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2010, 7:28 PM

Ayub,
thank you, for your comment:-) ....I wish someone would answer that question....
bottom line, we are awesome innovaters, but what happens when crime is committed, do we want to wait till then, if they have not taken place?

Still on the SIM  card registration, there is no law that binds me to Register HURAY! 
Secondly, does this registration continue till after 30th? a case and scenario....someone is out of the country, they have been for the last month and will be back after 30th July...what happens to them? they get disconnected?then what? 

Kind Regards,

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Ayub Gitonga <ayub.gitonga at gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Judy,When you brought up this issue, It quickly reminds me of a policy document which I read published by the GOK way back in 2004, i.e.  NATIONAL INFORMATION & COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) POLICY which recognized these emerging issues but the gava has lagged behind in put in place  solutions (Laws) can safeguard us against these threats and this in effect means the this policy document is no longer a living doc. 

The question remains who is responsible... Of course I believe the min of Information & Communication is the line Min... are they overwhelmed or is it our legislators who are too busy increasing their salaries instead of passing Laws...

Thanks Ayub

On 13 July 2010 06:47, Judy Okite <judyokite at gmail.com> wrote:

Good Morning,

As we near, closing these discussions we, feel free to
contribute to the former threads by clicking on the correct subject/title.

Today we continue with , 

a)     
E-crime- situation in Kenyab)     
E- Voting- where Kenya is @

And today we add 

c)      c)  Online privacy and data security

 i)     
Sim card registration-  on the 21st June 2010 the
government through  CCK(Communication
Commission of Kenya) declared it mandatory for all mobile users to register
their Sim cards

More info: http://www.cck.go.ke/news/2010/news_21june2010.html

“The exercise is aimed at safeguarding the public against
acts of insecurity, including the wide spread threats posed by terrorism, drug
trafficking, money laundering, extortion, fraud, hate messages, and incitement
that are now wide spread throughout the world, “said the Minister for
Information and Communication.

Currently
we have 18million (I stand to be corrected ) mobile users in Kenya, In these
forms, one has to give their residential area , their identity card number,
their birth information etc… That is a whole lot of data on Kenyans… in short ,
a grand database! From yesterday’s discussions we saw that currently we have no
LAW  to guard this database.

Q. What will stop the Authority from using my details
wrongly?

Q.
What happens if I don’t register by 31st of July? I will be
disconnected? Under what LAW?

ii) When I send a SMS to 3007 with an ID card number, it returns with
voter details, full names, place of voting and voter card number of the ID card
holder, however,

1, the system put in place, does not verify in any way that
it’s the real owner of the ID card, that has sent this query?

a)     
Can this data be manipulated? Then what?

A question, on top of my head, with all these ongoing, what
creates demand for LAW?(if there is anything, like that)

Your queries, comments, inputs,
corrections are welcome!

Kind Regards,

-- 
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