[kictanet] Invitation to Data Protection Forum and Submission of Comments to Kenya Data Protection Bills (Thursday 23 August, 2018)
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
ekenyanito at gmail.com
Wed Aug 22 16:45:24 EAT 2018
Dear all,
Please find attached the program.
Please note the times changed to 8am-1.30pm (instead of a whole day event).
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Best Regards,
Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
Digital Programme Officer
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On 08/20/2018 01:13 PM, Mwanah Cephas Okoth wrote:
> Morning,
>
> Thanks Ephraim.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:25 AM, Ephraim Percy Kenyanito via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>>
> wrote:
>
> Dear partner ,
>
> Greetings from ARTICLE 19 Eastern Africa.
>
> ARTICLE 19 in partnership with the *Centre for Intellectual
> Property and Information Technology*Law (*CIPIT*- Strathmore
> University Law School) and Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANET)
> seek to convene a one day Data Protection Dialogue Forum from
> *8**am – 5:30pm*on /*Thursday 23 August, 2018). */
>
> While, the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 guarantees freedom of
> expression and the right to privacy, under Article 31 and 33;
> Kenya lacks a legally binding comprehensive data protection
> framework while also retaining laws which are broad and can be
> used to infringe on privacy on citizen data.
>
> The lack of a comprehensive data protection law and existence
> of laws that can be broadly interpreted to allow for free
> collection of personal data, storage, usage, and dissemination
> to other parties has created a situation where citizens are
> not notified whenever their data is collected and do not have
> remedies whenever their data is breached on unnecessarily
> retained by both public and private actors.
>
> We note that the ICT committees of the Senate led by Hon Gideon
> Moi has drafted a Data Protection Bill 2018 and similarly, the
> Ministry of ICT Taskforce on the Development of the Policy and
> Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya,
> chaired by Communications Authority’s Mercy Wanjau has developed a
> Policy and a draft Data Protection Bill aimed at a Regulatory
> Framework for Privacy and Data Protection in Kenya and to fill
> this gap.
>
> Please find below the links to the Data Protection Policy and
> Ministry Bill and the Senate Bill.
>
> http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill-,2018
> <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/privacy-and-data-protection-policy-and-bill-,2018>
>
> http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm
> <http://jadili.ictpolicy.org/docs/the-data-protection-bill,-2018-ch9IKrCm>
>
> It is with this in mind that the 3 partner organizations and will
> be meeting multiple data protection experts, lawyers, academia/
> data scientists, CSOs, journalists and bloggers to collate
> recommendations for policy reform on from *8**am – 5:30pm*on
> /*Thursday 23 August, 2018)*/at Strathmore Law School.
>
> Kindly confirm your availability at your earliest convenience to
> _ephraim at article19.org <mailto:ephraim at article19.org>_
>
> Please note that even though you might not be able to participate
> physically, you can nominate a representative or comment on this
> bills and Policy via the links above.
>
> We look forward to your participation.
>
> Best regards,
>
> --
>
> Best Regards,
> Ephraim Percy Kenyanito
> Digital Programme Officer
>
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