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Lender to pay phone user Sh400,000 for unsolicited loan calls, texts

Immaculate Kassait

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait. The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) found Platinum Credit liable of breaching Samwel Waweru's privacy. 


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By  Dennis Musau

Technology Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Microfinance lender Platinum Credit has been ordered to pay a mobile subscriber Sh400,000 for repeatedly sending unsolicited promotional messages and calls without his consent.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) said the digital credit provider was found liable after Samuel Waweru filed a complaint on November 27, last, accusing the firm of persistently contacting him with loan advertisements without his knowledge or authorisation.

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