[kictanet] The European Union General Data Protection Regulation(GDPR)

Erick Mwangi erick.mwangi at gmail.com
Thu May 31 12:19:13 EAT 2018


Listers,

I do agree this is immense and am sure a number of African countries will
be affected. I think its prudent for companies to review all their
information assets and understand why the hold, how and why they retain and
process it. Secondly is to establish and document a lawful basis for
processing the personal data. I think a lot of African countries do handle
and process data of EU citizens and its the 3rd party contractual
agreements that will expose most of these. I think a process should be in
place to accurately reflect their obligations and liabilities.

Best

E Njoroge Mwangi
Technology| FINTECH | Big Data

Cell +44 7539372742
Skype: Erick.mwangi

On Thu, May 31, 2018 at 12:17 AM, Juliet Maina via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Jack, please see attached.  As Eng. Obam states, we should go further and
> consider the Kenyan context specifically and how to improve our own data
> protection landscape. For organisations offering services in the EU, or
> sharing personal data with EU businesses, it will be important to engage
> with data privacy specialists to ensure compliance, and maintain standards
> that will allow European businesses to continue engaging with them. Until
> we have a data protection law in force, this will be done at an
> organisational level, based on the level of exposure.
>
> Kind regards,
> Juliet
>
> On Wed, May 30, 2018 at 10:23 PM, Baiju Shah via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> GDPR, the implications that could be associated, it requires a lot of
>> change in handling of personal data and being able the option to any of the
>> users delete their data especially when deal with a company or an
>> individual European Union. Further if there is non compliance the fines are
>> at a starting of €20m plus.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> On Thu, 31 May 2018 at 00:13, Daniel Obam via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with Eng. Kariuki , the implications of GDPR are immense. The
>>> discussions ought to match the gravity of the impact of GDPR. E.g. What do
>>> we, as Kenya, have to do not to be negatively affected by the European
>>> regulations.?
>>>
>>> I know we don’t have privacy and personal data protection legislation.
>>>
>>> iPad
>>>
>>> On 30 May 2018, at 07:32, JACK MAINA via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Barrak,
>>>
>>>
>>> Could you have a copy of the paper by Juliet Wangui on how GDPR will
>>> affect African countries? Could you recirculate it?
>>>
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>> Jack Maina
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> *From:* kictanet <kictanet-bounces+jackmaina=ho
>>> tmail.com at lists.kictanet.or.ke> on behalf of Barrack Otieno via
>>> kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> *Sent:* Monday, May 28, 2018 10:48 PM
>>> *To:* Jack Maina
>>> *Cc:* Barrack Otieno
>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] The European Union General Data Protection
>>> Regulation(GDPR)
>>>
>>> Hi bwana Kariuki,
>>>
>>> The GDPR conversation has been going on on this list for a couple of
>>> months. If you check the archives, you will even find a paper by
>>> Juliet Wangui on how GDPR will affect African countries. I am also
>>> happy to note that companies such as Kenya Airways and Elewana
>>> collections have taken steps to comply with GDPR requirements such as
>>> appointment of Data Protection officers and revision of their privacy
>>> policies. I am sure there are many others that might have done so
>>> without much fanfare.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On 5/28/18, John Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> wrote:
>>> > Last  Friday May 25,2018, The European Union General Data Protection
>>> > Regulation(GDPR) came into effect heralding a new data and privacy
>>> > protection regime which require large-scale privacy changes across
>>> > organizations.There are new protocols for handling and storing private
>>> data
>>> > and also sharing it with third parties. GDPR will not only impact
>>> Kenya IT
>>> > industry but also all companies conducting business in Europe and
>>> handling
>>> > private data of EU citizens. Even State agencies dealing with EU
>>> citizens
>>> > and handling their personal data are not exempt.
>>> > So why are listers so silent about this matter which  has the
>>> potential to
>>> > profoundly affect not only  the sector but also the country in
>>> general?Who
>>> > will help companies to be GDPR compliant by investing in solutions and
>>> > services to help customers with GDPR compliance?Who will develop
>>> privacy
>>> > policies,procedures and compliance programmes?Who will equip employees
>>> with
>>> > skills to handle data privacy issues?
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > John Kariuki
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>
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