Data Commissioner Kassait decries difficulty in taming rogue foreign lenders

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait delivering a speech at Vila Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi on November 19, 2024 during celebrations to mark 5 years of Kenya's Data Protection act

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The lack of a global framework on data protection is making it difficult for Kenyan authorities to punish foreign digital lenders for harassment, amid rising complaints on breaches of data privacy by these apps.

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait said the only global mutual agreements available are mostly on terrorism, money laundering, and corruption.

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