Whitepath, Regus slapped with Sh5m fine for breaching data laws

Immaculate Kassait

Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait. PHOTO | NMG

Mobile loans lender Whitepath and office space provider Regus Kenya have been slapped with Sh5 million penalty each for breaching customer data privacy.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) said it had received close to 150 complaints from Whitepath clients alleging that the digital lender was mining their phone contacts and sending them unsolicited messages contrary to data protection laws.

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