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Becton Dickinson And Company Ta Bd East Africa Safaricom Plc

Complaint upheld; enforcement notice issued; prosecution recommended. ODPC, March 2025. month-precision date

Record ID
ke-odpc-2025-0002
Case reference
ODPC Complaint No. 1958 of 2024
Jurisdiction
Kenya
Regulator
ODPC
Type
determination
Date decided
March 2025
Respondent type
private
Sector
healthcare
Violations
unauthorised image/photo use, lack of consent, unlawful data disclosure, failure to prevent data breach, failure to notify data breach, unlawful processing, failure to register with odpc
Provisions cited
s.23 DPA 2019, s.25(E) DPA 2019, s.25(H) DPA 2019, s.25 DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.29 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.30(1)(b) DPA 2019, s.30(1) DPA 2019, s.40(1)(b) DPA 2019, s.43 DPA 2019, s.48(c) DPA 2019, s.56(1) DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019
Outcome
complaint upheld; enforcement notice issued; prosecution recommended
Status
final
Source
Official document ↗
Record verified
12 March 2026

Summary

The ODPC upheld a complaint against Becton Dickinson And Company Ta Bd East Africa Safaricom Plc in the healthcare sector concerning unauthorised image/photo use, lack of consent, unlawful data disclosure. The determination considers s.23 DPA 2019, s.25(E) DPA 2019, s.25(H) DPA 2019, s.25 DPA 2019. An enforcement notice was issued against the respondent. A recommendation for prosecution was made.

CONSENT · DATA-BREACH · DISCLOSURE · HEALTHCARE · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), ODPC Complaint No. 1958 of 2024, determination of March 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/becton-dickinson-and-company-ta-bd-east-africa-safaricom-plc/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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