Kounkuey Design Initiative

Complaint upheld. ODPC, March 2025. month-precision date

Record ID

ke-odpc-2025-0009

Case reference

ODPC Complaint No. 1832 of 2024

Jurisdiction

Kenya

Regulator

ODPC

Type

determination

Date decided

March 2025

Respondent type

private

Sector

general

Violations

lack of consent, commercial use of personal data, failure to prevent data breach, failure to respond to erasure request, unlawful processing, failure to implement security measures

Provisions cited

s.25(b) DPA 2019, s.25 DPA 2019, s.25(D) DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019, s.26(c) DPA 2019, s.26 DPA 2019, s.30 DPA 2019, s.35 DPA 2019, s.36 DPA 2019, s.37 DPA 2019, s.41 DPA 2019, s.43 DPA 2019, s.56(1) DPA 2019, s.56 DPA 2019, s.65 DPA 2019

Outcome

complaint upheld

Status

final

Source

Official document ↗

Record verified

12 March 2026

Summary

The ODPC upheld a complaint against Kounkuey Design Initiative concerning lack of consent, commercial use of personal data, failure to prevent data breach. The determination considers s.25(b) DPA 2019, s.25 DPA 2019, s.25(D) DPA 2019, s.26(a) DPA 2019.

CONSENT · DATA-BREACH · DATA-SECURITY · GENERAL · RIGHT-TO-ERASURE · UNLAWFUL-PROCESSING · UPHELD

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