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Bolt Operations OU / Bolt Support Kenya Limited

Complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued. ODPC, July 2024. month-precision date

Record ID
ke-odpc-2024-0071
Case reference
ODPC Complaint No. 0497 of 2024
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Regulator
ODPC
Type
determination
Date decided
July 2024
Respondent type
private
Sector
transport
Violations
unauthorised data access, failure to prevent account fraud, failure to notify data breach, failure to conduct dpia
Provisions cited
not specified in the source
Outcome
complaint upheld; compensation ordered; enforcement notice issued
Compensation
KES 500,000 (≈ USD 3,800 at the decision date)
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Record verified
12 March 2026

Summary

The ODPC upheld a complaint against Bolt Operations OU / Bolt Support Kenya Limited in the transport sector concerning unauthorised data access, failure to prevent account fraud, failure to notify data breach. The Office ordered KES 500,000 in compensation. An enforcement notice was issued against the respondent.

RIDE-HAILING · ACCOUNT FRAUD · DATA BREACH · DPIA · IDENTITY VERIFICATION · TECHNOLOGY

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), ODPC Complaint No. 0497 of 2024, determination of July 2024. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2024/bolt-operations-ou-bolt-support-kenya-limited/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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