Selling citizens’ personal information would likely violate several core principles of data protection, including purpose limitation, fairness and lawful processing.
By
Vincent Owino
Business & Technology Reporter
Nation Media Group
Kenya’s plan to sell data collected via eCitizen and other State agencies is opening a new debate about the value of information in the digital economy and the limits to what public institutions can do with it.
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