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How social media posts landed influencers hot soup

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  Vincent Owino

Business & Technology Reporter

Nation Media Group

A series of posts on TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook social media platforms have landed two popular influencers in trouble with the data protection regulator for breaching the privacy rights of fellow citizens, highlighting the expansion of data privacy enforcement beyond corporations to individuals.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has penalised an influential TikToker and a popular blogger a total of Sh75,000 for posts that were found to violate the data privacy rights of other citizens.

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