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Safaricom, businesses risk hefty fines in Lipa na M-Pesa breaches

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner has said it is engaged with various stakeholders on the data protection concerns relating to information that may be obtained when payment is made through the Lipa-Na- Mpesa platform. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

Safaricom is yet to finalise a plan to block customer contact details when making payments through Lipa na M-Pesa.

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