Kenya has inched closer to the implementation of the draft data protection regulations meant to safeguard the handling of personal information by State and non State actors.
This is after a task force- established to undertake a review of Kenya’s Data Protection Act of 2019 and propose regulations to fill the identified gaps on Thursday completed three-day virtual public participation on the draft rules.
During the public participation that commenced on Tuesday to Thursday, Kenyans gave their views on three sets of data protection regulations currently under consideration.
They include Data Protection (General) Regulations, 2021; Data Protection (Compliance and Enforcement) Regulations, 2021 as well as Data Protection (Registration of Data Controllers and Data Processors) Regulations, 2021.