Guidebook: Data Protection & Privacy in Kenya from a Gender Perspective
On Fri, 13 Jan 2023 at 10:22, David Indeje via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:
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> Dear Listers,
> In 2019, Kenya enacted the Data Protection Act 2019 (DPA), to
> operationalize the right to privacy in Kenya.
>
> Since then, Kenya has established the Office of the Data Protection
> Commissioner whose mandate is to enforce data protection rights and
> principles as envisioned in the DPA.
>
> Despite this, there exists a gap in awareness and understanding of
> existing safeguards for data subjects and more so women under the law and
> privacy features on social media platforms.
>
> This guidebook aims to raise awareness on data protection and privacy in
> Kenya from a gender perspective.
>
> For more information :
>
> KICTANet has developed three learning materials to raise awareness and
> deepen understanding of data protection with a gender lens. These learning
> materials include a comic strip on women and data
> <www.kictanet.or.ke/comic-on-women-data-keeping-safe-online/>, a policy
> brief on data protection and privacy from a gender perspective
> <www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/data-protection-and-privacy-a-gender-perspective/>
> and the Guidebook on Data Protection and Privacy from a Gender
> Perspective
> <www.kictanet.or.ke/mdocs-posts/guidebook-on-data-protection-and-privacy-from-a-gender-perspective/>
> .
>
> —
> *Kind Regards,*
>
> *David Indeje*
>
>
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