Kennedy Omondi Ochieng v Fingrow Capital Limited

Complaint upheld; compensation ordered. ODPC, March 2025.

Record ID: ke-odpc-2025-0006
Case reference: ODPC Complaint No. 1966 of 2024
Jurisdiction: Kenya
Regulator: ODPC
Type: determination
Complainant: Kennedy Omondi Ochieng
Date decided: March 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: digital lending
Violations: unlawful data disclosure, failure to respond to erasure request, unlawful processing
Provisions cited: s.25 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019
Outcome: complaint upheld; compensation ordered
Compensation: KES 200,000 (≈ USD 1,550 at the decision date)
Status: final
Source: Official document ↗
Source integrity: SHA-256 ada897abf477a40c…
Record verified: 30 July 2026

The facts

The complainant alleged that Fingrow Capital Limited unlawfully disclosed his confidential financial personal data to third parties without his consent. The ODPC found the respondent processed his personal data unlawfully.

Orders and outcome

The respondent was found liable and ordered to pay the complainant Kenya Shillings Two hundred thousand (KES 200,000) as compensation. Dated February 2025.

DISCLOSURE · FINTECH · MOBILE-LENDING · RIGHT-TO-ERASURE · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

Cite this decision

ODPC (Kenya), Kennedy Omondi Ochieng v Fingrow Capital Limited, ODPC Complaint No. 1966 of 2024, determination of March 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/kenya/odpc/2025/fingrow-capital-limited/ (accessed 30 August 2026).

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