Edwin Makio Kanu v Alleyways Beer Garden Limited

Complaint upheld; compensation ordered. ODPC, December 2025.

Record ID: ke-odpc-2026-0001
Case reference: ODPC Complaint No. 1324 of 2025
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Regulator: ODPC
Type: determination
Complainant: Edwin Makio Kanu
Date decided: December 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: general
Violations: unauthorised image/photo use, lack of consent, commercial use of personal data, unlawful processing
Provisions cited: s.25 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.37 DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019
Outcome: complaint upheld; compensation ordered
Compensation: KES 500,000 (≈ USD 3,880 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Source integrity: SHA-256 cdcd6a83bdc8322e…
Record verified: 30 July 2026

The facts

The complainant alleged that Alleyways Beer Garden Limited used his image on its social media without express consent or any other lawful basis. The ODPC found the respondent unlawfully processed his personal data for commercial purposes, taking into account the nature and extent of the violation and the harm occasioned.

Orders and outcome

The respondent was found liable and directed to compensate the complainant Kshs. 500,000. Dated December 2025.

CONSENT · GENERAL · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), Edwin Makio Kanu v Alleyways Beer Garden Limited, ODPC Complaint No. 1324 of 2025, determination of December 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/1324-alleyways-beer-garden/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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