<div dir="auto">Interesting perspective Eng Kariuki, its interesting International actors have come out guns blazing which is indicative of content ownership.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:22 John Kariuki via kictanet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>Grace, listers. <div id="m_4941503618179885882yMail_cursorElementTracker_1539616203994">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. </div><div id="m_4941503618179885882yMail_cursorElementTracker_1539616864296"><br></div><div id="m_4941503618179885882yMail_cursorElementTracker_1539616864585">John Kariuki. <br><div id="m_4941503618179885882ymail_android_signature"><a href="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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin:0 0 20px 0"> <div style="font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#6d00f6"> <div>On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:59, Grace Githaiga via kictanet</div><div><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding:10px 0 0 20px;margin:10px 0 0 0;border-left:1px solid #6d00f6"> <div id="m_4941503618179885882yiv3314565807">
<div><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Major firms have opposed proposals to limit how they use personal data from millions of Kenyans, threatening the implementation of robust data protection laws. </span><br><br><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">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.</span><br style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px"><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px">Read more at: </span><a rel="nofollow noreferrer" href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001298938/companies-fight-to-retain-hold-on-customers-data" style="color:rgb(51,122,183);text-decoration-line:none;font-family:raleway,sans-serif;font-size:14px" target="_blank">https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001298938/companies-fight-to-retain-hold-on-customers-data</a><br>
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