[kictanet] KRA in plan to snoop on your WhatsApp chats

[Kukubo Masibo]

As usual, the government with its high-handed handling of citizens and
their data.

There is a high chance that no Data Protection Impact Assessment was
done, despite how invasive, self-serving, and short-sighted this data
extraction is.

This will be challenged in Court and it will fail. The Office of the Data
Protection Commissioner needs to step up and play an advisory role to
government commissions and agencies. This ignorance and disregard for the
law is embarrassing and concerning.

Kind regards

On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 10:02 AM Victor Kapiyo via KICTANet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is setting up an advanced forensic
> laboratory that will allow it to mine data, including hidden accounts and
> records, from taxpayers’ computers and mobile phones to detect tax and
> financial fraud.
>
> The move by the taxman’s newly formed intelligence management division
> comes amid a strong shift to online transactions and electronic
> record-keeping by businesses as opposed to the traditional paper-based
> accounting systems.
>
>
> https://nation.africa/kenya/business/kra-in-plan-to-snoop-on-your-whatsapp-chats-3811392
>
> Happy to have your thoughts on this development.
>
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