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Schools, churches put on data protection watchlist Summary The regulations, which are part of Data Protection Act that was signed by President Uhuru Kenyatta in November 2019, set out restrictions on how personally identifiable data obtained by firms and government entities can be handled, stored and shared. Data processors or controllers will pay a certification fee of Sh250,000. Businesses will also be charged registration and annual renewal fees of between Sh1,000 and Sh20,000 depending on the number of employees, turnover and the risk of exposure of personal information. Thursday April 2...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Earlier this week, the Commonwealth of Virginia became the second state to enact comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation, joining California. On March 2, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) into law, as he was widely expected to do. The CDPA garnered widespread support in Virginia’s House and Senate and was pushed across the goal line in Richmond relatively quickly. The CDPA establishes a framework for controlling and processing personal data in Virginia. At a high level, it: Applies to an...

[co-author: Rod Ghaemmaghami] On March 2, Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) into law, making Virginia the second state to enact comprehensive privacy legislation. With the VCDPA on the books, companies have the next 22 months to prepare for the VCDPA and the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) to go into effect. This post takes a look at the VCDPA provisions that are novel and require close attention during the transition period to the law’s January 1, 2023 effective date. Sensitive Data: The VCDPA breaks new ground in U.S. privacy law by requ...

(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) The Office of Data Protection (ODP) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre in the Mena region, has become the first data protection regulator in the Gulf region to join the Global Privacy Assembly's International Enforcement Cooperation Working Group (IECWG). The IECWG is a permanent working group of the Global Privacy Assembly. Its purpose is to facilitate and support enforcement cooperation on live cases impacting multiple jurisdictions. The IECWG is co-chaired by the Canadian Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC), the United Kingdo...

The Office of Data Protection (ODP) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an international financial centre in the Mena region, has become the first dat...