<div dir="ltr"><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit">Hello Listers, </span></span></div><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit"><br></span></span></div><span id="ember239" class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit">As you are aware, personal data has become an extremely vital economic and governance resource in the contemporary information age. Vast amounts of personal data of Kenyans is collected, processed, shared and exploited by public organisations, private entities and business corporations locally and globally on a daily basis. </span></span><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit">In Kenya, this has necessitated regulation of the collection and management of personal data by organisations and corporations, resulting in the enactment of the Data Protection Act ... corporations and organisations have to, inevitably,  develop legally sound and comprehensive data protection and usage policies and statements to guide their staff, agents, assignees and licensees on the acceptable data management practices in order to avoid legal liability. </span></span></div><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit"><br></span></span></div><div><span class="ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;outline:0px;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;vertical-align:baseline;background:transparent;outline:0px;line-height:inherit">For further details, download my brief commentary at: </span></span><a tabindex="0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" href="http://www.lesinkonjoroge.com/New-Data-Protection-Law-Necessitates-Compliance-Policies-in-Organisations.html" id="ember243" class="gmail-feed-shared-text-view__hyperlink ember-view" style="box-sizing:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;font-size:14px;vertical-align:baseline;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none;font-weight:600;border:0px;color:rgb(102,94,208);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,BlinkMacSystemFont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:inherit">http://www.lesinkonjoroge.com/New-Data-Protection-Law-Necessitates-Compliance-Policies-in-Organisations.html</a>  <br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Dr. Tom Kabau <br>PhD (University of Hong Kong), LLM and LLB (University of Nairobi) <br>Senior Lecturer and Chair of Law, Science and Technology Department <br></span></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">School of Law <br></span></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology <br></span></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><font size="2"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Nairobi <br></span></font></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small">Cell Phone: +254 721 62</span><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small"></span><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small">8646 / +254 735 070312</span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small"><br></span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small">Advocate and Legal Consultant </span></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198);font-size:small">Lesinko, Njoroge & Gathogo Advocates </span></div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.lesinkonjoroge.com/" target="_blank">http://www.lesinkonjoroge.com/</a></font><br></div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:small;color:rgb(61,133,198)">Select Publications: </span><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1600181" style="font-size:small" target="_blank">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1600181</a></div></div><div style="color:rgb(136,136,136)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br><br></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>