WhatsApp’s new Terms & Conditions: What they mean to us
WhatsApp was introduced into the market in 2009, but it was only in late 2011 that it gained popularity in Kenya. It attracted a number of users with its interesting…
Open Data and Personal Data Protection – Al Kags on Ole Law Podcast
Our Executive Director, Al Kags, was featured on the Ole Law Podcast where the issues of active citizenship and responsive governments – our main mandate as an organisation – were…
Covid Governance and Data Protection Explorer Tool
The COVID Governance research project by Edinburgh University has gathered information about country-level data protection and COVID-19 practices across the world. Covering over 200 countries and territories, the project’s Data…
RestoreDataRights: Kenya Mapping Declaration Principles to National Laws and Practices
As part of the RestoreDataRights project, Open Institute and DataReady are compiling a set of research briefs that explore how key provisions of the RestoreDataRights Declaration are translated into law…
RestoreDataRights: South Africa Mapping Declaration Principles to National Laws and Practices
As part of the RestoreDataRights project, Open Institute and DataReady are compiling a set of research briefs that explore how key provisions of the RestoreDataRights Declaration are translated into law…
Transparency in Nigeria
Aggregated data and metadata are open to the public The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control publishes Covid-19 related aggregate statistics daily on its website and on various social media platforms.…
Transparency in Kenya
Aggregated data and metadata are open to the public “The Ministry of Health publishes daily Covid-19 related aggregate statistics on its website and on various social media platforms. This information…
Inclusion in Mauritius
Decisions made around how COVID-19 data are used are taken through established democratic processes The COVID-19 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020 was passed in the Mauritian Assembly to, among other objectives,…
Inclusion in South Africa
Decisions made around how COVID-19 data are used are taken through established democratic processes The rule of law, which is a founding value of the South African Constitution, applies in…
Inclusion in Ghana
Decisions made around how COVID-19 data are used are taken through established democratic processes “In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Executive issued regulations to mitigate the spread of the…