Personal data protection has become a key concern for Kenyans and, at the centre of it all, the Office of Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has had to face players in sectors such as digital lenders, clubs and even schools, stamping its authority hard in an environment where businesses use personal information and get away with it.
In this interview, Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait talks about interventions aimed at injecting sanity in internet, how her office deals with challenges of regulating more than a million enterprises holding Kenyans’ personal data and why, in the new era of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
