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Kenya · Data Protection Act 2019
Security safeguards & 72-hour breach notice.
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Citation: DPA 2019 (Act No. 24) s.25/31/41/43
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What the statute requires, section by section
The Data Protection Act, 2019 (Kenya), Act No. 24 of 2019. Regulator: the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC). Provisions addressed:
- s. 43
- Notification of breach to the Data Commissioner without delay, within
- 72 hours of becoming aware, and to affected data subjects; a processor notifies the controller within 48 hours.
- s. 41
- Security safeguards / data protection by design and default.
- s. 25
- Principles of data protection (lawfulness, purpose limitation, data minimization, accuracy, storage limitation, integrity/confidentiality, accountability).
- s. 31
- Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) for high-risk processing. Commenced 25 November 2019.
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