Kenya’s is stepping up its citizens’ digital security with a new EU-inspired data protection law

Yomi Kazeem reports:

A new data protection law in Kenya is setting a high standard for the rest of the continent.

As the country looks to engender more safeguards in the collection, handling and sharing of data, Kenya’s president Uhuru Kenyatta has approved legislation which complies with the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation.

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