[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

Tue Oct 16 20:06:27 EAT 2018

Thanks Lilian but I’d also like to express a similar sentiment. Unless I’m
ill-informed on the purpose and the target of the audience- i think the fee
is high and might be prohibitive.

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 at 16:46, Keith Andere via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> 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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