<div dir="ltr">Data protection is a journey that we must travel, the earlier we begin the better, it was more obvious that dissenting voices had to be heard but listening keenly you realize they are from a specific quarter, this should not stop the movement and the onus is to all stake holders to ensure that the journey does not stop coz the benefits of data protection out weigh its absence. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Mon, Oct 15, 2018 at 12:58 PM Grace Githaiga 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">
<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="box-sizing:border-box;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 href="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2001298938/companies-fight-to-retain-hold-on-customers-data" style="box-sizing:border-box;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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