[kictanet] Companies fight to retain hold on customers’ data Read more at: https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001298938/companies-fight-to-retain-hold-on-customers-data

Keith Andere kephand at gmail.com
Tue Oct 16 16:45:27 EAT 2018 

Colleagues,

I echo the sentiments expressed herein on the fees. The government and
organisers can find alternative fundraising to connect the "unconnected"

Regards,

Keith.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 16:24 Barrack Otieno via kictanet, <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Grace and listers,
>
> The fee is  prohibitive for mwanainchi. There is still room for the
> organizers to do something about it.
>
> Regards
>
> On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:01 Grace Githaiga via kictanet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Lilian
>>
>> Thanks so much for sharing the link. But niko na swali.  Is this correct
>> that a  one day conference package is Kes 20,000?  Is this amount not on
>> the higher side for a government summit?  Please clarify.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>>
>> Githaiga, Grace
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, 16-10-2018 at 09:27 Lilian Kimeto via kictanet wrote:
>>
>> Dear Listers,
>> The conversation around data protection will feature at Connected Summit.
>>
>> Please plan to be there by registering on www.connected.go.ke
>>
>> Regards,
>> Lilian Kimeto
>> The ICT Authority
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2018, 09:17 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Muraya,
>>>
>>> The onus is on the Kenyan ICT Community to ensure this data protection
>>> conversation does not become elitist. It may just stiffle innovation which
>>> is not what we want. We have thousands of mobile money agents who basically
>>> fall under SME's, this are the guys who will be affected the most. That
>>> said, we have to start somewhere.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 22:17 S.M. Muraya via kictanet, <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Engineer,
>>>>
>>>> Please forgive the innumerable links in this response.
>>>>
>>>> Foreign firms which cannot invest + trust in local talent have no
>>>> business being here. State officials who have sold out to foreign firms
>>>> have nothing to show at the NSE. Apart from Safaricom, which technology
>>>> firm has listed since 2008? If local/genuine IT firms were winning
>>>> go.ke contracts would they not have to list (IPO) to fund expansion?
>>>>
>>>> Why are Africans expected to be so mediocre so as not to require or
>>>> prioritize data localization?
>>>>
>>>> Factoring Kenya is part of a war zone, is data localization/latency
>>>> (especially for emergency services) negotiable?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001299117/police-alert-al-shabaab-planning-major-attack-along-kenya-somalia-border
>>>>
>>>> https://ntv.nation.co.ke/news/2720124-4804978-yxgoj6/index.html
>>>>
>>>> Terror’s highway: 115km highway rendered impassable by Al Shabaab
>>>> militants
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.crn.com.au/news/global-data-warehouse-snowflake-expands-reach-with-sydney-deployment-473217
>>>>
>>>> He added that Australia had become a major market for cloud providers,
>>>> citing Microsoft and Amazon Web Services' local data centres, adding that
>>>> data sovereignty and latency are of top priority.
>>>>
>>>> "By providing an Australian deployment, Snowflake enables customers
>>>> with Australian data to keep that information close to home,” Muglia added.
>>>> “They now have more control over their data and how they comply with
>>>> Australian data protection regulations."
>>>>
>>>> https://www.ukfast.co.uk/emergency-services.html
>>>>
>>>> Our data centres are approved as Police Assured Server Facilities
>>>> (PASF) with connectivity to the private networks used by all the emergency
>>>> services including HSCN, PSN, PSN for Policing and the Internet, from a
>>>> full data centre colocation move to trialling the latest technologies to
>>>> help plan and respond to emergencies.
>>>>
>>>> With services already being supplied to a number of forces including
>>>> the Met Police and the National Crime Agency (NCA) our credibility to
>>>> deliver the benefits of cloud services to the required standards is well
>>>> established.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://www.ukfast.co.uk/press-releases/cabinet-office-renews-emergency-response-contract-with-ukfast.html
>>>>
>>>> Following an open tender competition through the Digital Marketplace,
>>>> the Cabinet Office has signed a renewed contract with UKFast’s public
>>>> sector department for the delivery of a private cloud platform for
>>>> ResilienceDirect, which supports effective response to incidents like
>>>> natural disasters, terror attacks and power outages.
>>>>
>>>> The secure platform delivers a suite of capabilities to prepare,
>>>> exercise, respond and recover, supporting a co-ordinated and efficient
>>>> response linking the national tier Government Departments COBR and the
>>>> local emergency services working collaboratively with local councils,
>>>> utility providers and many other sectors.
>>>>
>>>> The British hosting firm won the initial two-year contact in 2016 and
>>>> the extension gives the Cabinet Office access to UKFast’s industry leading
>>>> government hosting services and round-the-clock support for another year,
>>>> with the option of a further year’s extension.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 6:23 PM John Kariuki via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Grace, listers.
>>>>> That approach will ultimately certainly fail because Data Protection
>>>>> is not just a local matter. It is an international matter whose underlying
>>>>> theme is privacy. The subject of privacy has been substantially ventilated
>>>>> by UN, EU and even AU. The legal basis is quite solid and is unlikely to be
>>>>> shaken by private interests. In any case, even if a weak law is passed, it
>>>>> will certainly fail the "Adequacy Test" and will quickly be amended.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Kariuki.
>>>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>>>>> <https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&af_sub3=EmailSignature>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:59, Grace Githaiga via kictanet
>>>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Major firms have opposed proposals to limit how they use personal data
>>>>> from millions of Kenyans, threatening the implementation of robust data
>>>>> protection laws.
>>>>>
>>>>> The companies, including multinationals want unfettered access to the
>>>>> data they have on their customers, some of which may have been collected
>>>>> without users’ knowledge.
>>>>> Read more at:
>>>>> https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001298938/companies-fight-to-retain-hold-on-customers-data
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Githaiga, Grace
>>>>>
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