[kictanet] Why African countries should be concerned about General Data Protection Regulation

[Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu]

Great insight, thanks for sharing Ali.

Juliet thanks for your contribution that is building a wealth of knowledge
in the ICT policy space.

Regards,

Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu
Advocate.
On Aug 28, 2017 3:31 PM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> Interesting Whitepaper by Juliet Wangui Maina an Associate at Tripleoklaw
> Advocates LLP, Nairobi.
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> Excerpts:-
>
> The changes introduced by the General Data Protection Regulation
> (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’) have been a cause for concern for many
> countries and businesses. It is an even bigger cause for concern in Africa,
> as the continent has an array of standards of national data protection
> legislation while many African countries have no data protection
> legislation at all. Juliet Wangui Maina, Associate at Tripleoklaw Advocates
> LLP, discusses some of the issues facing African organisations and how they
> can ensure compliance with the GDPR.
>
> See attached document for more information.
>
> Regards
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