<div dir="ltr">TBH I never leave accurate details with security officers. I also try to use Safaricom shops for MPESA transactions, but I have also noticed some no longer insist that I leave them with my personal details in a book like they used to before. I usually wonder if there is a databank somewhere that someone has created. Is this a possibility?</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 20, 2022 at 11:54 AM Liz Orembo 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div>I have always been very careful leaving my details in such places. But somehow Muriuki Mireithi of Embakasi East caught up with me and has been competing with Safaricom in sending spam messages.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Imagine a politician addressing you with all your 3 names like it's an Mpesa message...🤷🏿♀️</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jul 20, 2022, 11:08 Keith Andere via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Grace,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You are not alone. I have also been a victim of these messages. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The funny thing is, while I live in area one, I am not a voter in that area but the local MCA aspirant is one sending me these messages. I keep wondering where on earth they picked that I am a resident of that area and send me such messages.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On what Liz brought out on the use of personal identification document at buildings, what is the implication of that in view of the data protection act? Those handlers seem not to care as we still see them with old filled books some with data collected over the years.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Regards</div><div dir="auto">Keith </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 at 09:54, Linda Wairure via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I agree, I recently checked the Registrar of Political Parties portal on ecitizen and apparently I am a member of the Maendeleo Democratic Party, I don't know when or how I registered but they indicate the membership number as well. They have all the details, full names, constituency, ID, county and ward. How does this happen?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">On the security collection of names, ID and email at times.Many do that for security purposes just incase. However, with the Data Protection Act and regulations in place the company in charge is to register with the ODPC.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jul 2022, 10:37 Liz via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I also wonder where they get people's numbers. I am reminded of the way political parties registered people who are not their members, perhaps using our IDs and phone numbers. This is the reason I am against security guards at different premises collecting these details. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 20 Jul 2022 at 09:54, Grace Githaiga via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr">Good morning Listers,</div><div class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">Have any of you received this (attached) unsolicited political text(s)? Where are these politicians getting people's phone numbers? And are they not aware that we now have a Data Protection Act?</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif">KICTANet did a brief on <a href="https://www.kictanet.or.ke/?mdocs-file=44723" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">Personal Data and Elections 2022</a> that assesses, the effect of the Data Protection Act 2019 implementation on the impending Kenyan elections in 2022 The significance of the Act lies in the fact that, in contrast to past elections, the 2022 election is the first to be held under a data protection statute</font>.</div></div><div id="gmail-m_9139843904749172448m_-8457635140188240658m_2908324293666019216m_7754870772298199284gmail-m_2774854088800036773m_-6671044926021008856ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><br></div>
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