[kictanet] Google loses round one of court battle with Waiguru

[Mark Kipyegon]

From the news article, the offending site is hosted on the blogspot[.]com platform which is a product of Google.

Google has policies in place regarding disclosure of personal information to authorities. You can easily check them out online.

On 11 Dec 2014, at 07:49, "Victor Kapiyo via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> I don't think they are the right party in the suit. Unless they host those sites.
> 
> On Dec 10, 2014 8:24 PM, "Ngigi Waithaka via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Exactly how does Google come into this?
> 
> Waithaka Ngigi
> 
> Alliance Technologies
> Nairobi, Kenya
> 
> www.A1.io
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> On 10 Dec 2014 12:56, "Grace Githaiga via kictanet" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> The Constitutional and Human Rights Division of the High Court, sitting in Nairobi, declined to grant Google Kenya’s prayers to be struck out of the case in which Ms Waiguru has sued Google Kenya and its mother company Google Incorporated.
> 
> Google Kenya had made the application in response to a suit the Cabinet Secretary had filed against it and Google Inc. as part of her fight with a Kenyan website Daily Post over publication of a story she claims was defamatory.
> 
> 
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> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Google-loses-first-round-battle-against-Waiguru/-/539546/2550536/-/item/0/-/y9ryi1z/-/index.html
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