[kictanet] Data Privacy issues, Permission Marketing and nuisance SMSs

[Victor Kapiyo]

I agree.

The CS ICT announced that he would table the Data protection bill in
Parliament in May last year (
http://www.itwebafrica.com/ict-and-governance/256-kenya/232836-kenyas-data-protection-bill-ready-for-adoption).
However, we are still waiting for this more than 5 years since the bill was
first mooted. I would wish to encourage the CAK and the Ministry to
prioritize this crucial law and table in Parliament soon. It cannot and
should not wait any longer.

It will of course need additional amendments to take into account new
developments, including some of those proposed recently in the US.

Victor

Victor Kapiyo

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On 13 January 2015 at 09:04, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Apologies for cross posting.
>
> In the wake of a global scare on the security of consumer data, hacking
> incidences (the latest is closer to home where individuals were arrested
> when they threatened to release confidential NIC Bank customer information).
>
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/-NIC-Bank-database-hacking/-/539550/2587108/-/fdi7i3z/-/index.html
>
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> The Obama administration has issued far reaching guidelines on this issue.
>
> President Barack Obama wants companies to notify consumers within 30-days
> of a personal data breach. Despite a slew of pressing issues facing the
> administration and a potentially unsympathetic Republican-led congress, the
> White House today unveiled
> <http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/01/12/fact-sheet-safeguarding-american-consumers-families>a
> handful of legislative proposals aimed at safeguarding consumer privacy,
> continuing along a path established by its privacy and big data report
> published in May.
>
> The administration's Personal Data Notification and Protection Act is
> being pitched in part as beneficial to companies handling consumer data,
> since it provides a set of rules for data breaches that applies on a
> national level.
>
> Read on:-
>
> http://adage.com/article/privacy-and-regulation/obama-firms-notify-data-breach-30-days/296552/
>
> I also picked an old article in the CIO Magazine about a Mass SMS Campaign
> by Safaricom sometime last year on behalf of the Deposit Protection Fund.
> See below:-
>
>
> http://www.cio.co.ke/news/main-stories/we-did-not-share-consumer-data,-safaricom-says
>
>
> This is a good opportunity for both Govt, through policy making and
> security organs and the private sector to work together to create a solid
> framework that will enhance commerce, protect sensitive personal data and
> of course guard the country against external cyber-security aggression.
>
> Anyone on this list know of any such initiative?
>
>
> *Ali Hussein*
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