The African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection: Key Insights
Background Technological advancement often outpaces regulation, as has been the case in cyber-security matters on the African continent. This has resulted in gaps in cyber...
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Safeguarding the New Oil: A Spotlight on Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023
Background In recent digital-savvy times, data is considered the new oil. According to scholars like Clive Humby, the likening of data to oil is on...
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Considerations for the Protection of Women’s Privacy on Online Dating Apps in Kenya
Introduction Online dating applications, commonly referred to as dating apps, are dating services that are available through mobile dating applications which enable people to meet...
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Realizing the Role of National Human Rights Institutions as Non-Judicial Redress Mechanisms for Human Rights Violations on Dating Apps: A Case for the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights
Introduction In the 1990s, there was a worldwide expansion of the private sector and an increase in transnational economic activity. With this rise in private...
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Exposed & Vulnerable: Tackling Non-Consensual Sharing of Personal Images in Kenya
The act of sharing a personal image without consent is a violation of the subject’s privacy and autonomy. It is crucial to understand that the...
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The Default Gender in AI Assistant Technologies: Possible Impact on Women in Africa
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) assistant technologies such as digital voice assistants and chatbots have become increasingly ubiquitous and powerful in Africa. In a datafied society,...
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The Gender Equality Mirage: From Human Bias to AI Bias in Digital ID Systems in Africa
Introduction Digital ID systems refer to systems that use digital technologies to capture, validate, store, transfer, identify and authenticate data of people. With the revolutionary...
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An Overview of the Kenyan Law on Commercial Use of Personal Data
Commercial use of personal data or direct marketing has been defined as the ‘distribution of products, information and promotion by aiming interactive communication with the...
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AI & Children: Privacy, Trust, and Safety in the Digital Age
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the increasing use of technology in our daily lives has made children’s privacy a growing concern.1 AI technology...
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