Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC)
Safeguarding Your Personal data
Data Controller
A person or entity that collects and determines how your personal data will be used.
Data Processor
This is the entity that carries out the processing of data on behalf of the data controller
Data Subject
Refers to any individual person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, via an identifier/personal data.
Mandate of the Office
The mandate of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner derived from the Data Protection Act 2019 and includes;
- Regulate the processing of personal data;
- Ensure that the processing of personal data of a data subject is guided by the principles set out in section 25 of the Act;
- Protect the privacy of individuals;
- Establish the legal and institutional mechanism to protect personal data;
- Provide data subjects with rights and remedies to protect their personal data from processing that is not in accordance with the Act;
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May 2024
Network of African Data Protection Authorities (NADPA-RAPDP) AGM & Conference
- Location : Nairobi-Kenya
- Time : 08.00 - 17.00
- Date : 07 - 09 May 2024
- Category : Official
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News & Updates
NEWS
Symposium on Cybersecurity and Data Protection in Humanitarian Action
NAIROBI, Kenya November 27 - Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait, MBS, represented the Office of the
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NAIROBI, Kenya November 19 - The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) marked five
Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait Addresses Regulatory Challenges of Disruptive Technologies at Global Privacy Assembly
Jersey, Channel Islands October 31 , 2024 - Data Commissioner Immaculate Kassait, MBS, participated in
