The legal industry is an age-old profession anchored on working directly with people. In celebrating customer service week, we appreciate the role of lawyers as customer service representatives, serving every client with care, diligence, and integrity. In this video series, we engage with various practice leaders in the firm to discuss various aspects of the …
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Introduction The positions of CIO, CISO, Digital Manager and Head Of I.T now have to be conversant with data protection laws namely, the provisions of the Kenyan Data Protection Act, 2019 & The Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act; as well as common gaps in information security practices within the organization. The fourth industrial revolution …
Data currently plays a central role in the management of COVID-19 in Kenya. In this in-depth write-up, our TMT team Catherine Kariuki, Janet Othero, Joyanne Wanjiru, Sherry Bor and Amrit Labhuram assess the implications of government processing personal information in contact tracing and tracking efforts. Further, what are the data protection and privacy considerations to …
There has been a shift in life globally with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic has caused lockdowns, curfews and restrictions to the lives we normally used to live. This is not the first time such a pandemic has happened but there is a lot different now than there was during the Spanish flu or …
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The High Court of Kenya sitting in Nairobi dismissed an application to suspend 26 sections of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrime act, 2018. The High Court Judge James Makau dismissed a case filed by the Bloggers Association of Kenya (BAKE) that challenged the constitutionality of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act (the Act). The Act …
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Privacy at the workplace arises from the interaction between the employer and employee. It is anchored on Article 31 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010, which enshrines the right to privacy for every person. With the advent of technological growth, the workplace has been revolutionized. Employees are increasingly accessing employers’ systems using their laptops, mobile …
THE KENYAN LANDSCAPE A majority of institutions providing financial services are regulated under innumerable laws and regulations. These include the Constitution of Kenya 2010, The Central Bank of Kenya Act and the various Central Bank of Kenya Prudential Guidelines, the Banking Act, The Microfinance Act, The Banking (Credit Reference Bureaus) Regulations 2013, The National Payments …