Customer sues Equity Bank for data breach dispute

Equity Bank branch on Muindi Mbingu Street in Nairobi. FILE PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

An Equity Bank customer has sued the lender for breach of data privacy after his confidential banking information was allegedly shared with a third party.

The customer identified as Mwangi W. has sued the lender through Thabiti Capital Ltd before the Environment and Land court in Nairobi, claiming that the information was shared with the Mombasa county commissioner, who is a stranger to him.

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