[kictanet] Kenyan Tech Firms and Transparency

[S.M. Muraya]

Where are we at with the (i) Freedom of Information and the (ii) Data
Protection/Privacy Laws?

These should/will apply to all sectors, Telcos, Legal, Healthcare,
Construction, Entertainment...
On Sep 10, 2013 7:06 AM, "Victor Kapiyo" <vkapiyo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Listers
>
> I think its a high time that Kenyan Tech Firms start releasing
> transparency reports like is being done by Google Yahoo! and others. It is
> important for the public to know among others what ISPs and mobile telcos
> are doing with user data, who has requested for it, who they have shared it
> with and why.
>
> Victor
>
> Yahoo legal action over data report
> 9 September 2013 6:14 PM
>
> Yahoo says the requests with which it complied applied to fewer than 0.01%
> of its users worldwide.
>
> Yahoo has begun legal action demanding it be allowed to disclose details
> of US national security agencies' requests to access the personal data of
> its users.
>
> The move comes a few days after Yahoo published its first transparency
> report, detailing the overall number of global government requests for data.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24014782
>
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