Adequacy in Data Protection Regulation in Kenya

Thesis title: Adequacy in Data Protection Regulation in Kenya

Citation: This thesis aimed to determine whether the Kenyan Data Protection Act of 2019 (KPDA) provides “adequate” legal protection. A novel adequacy framework was created, considering the problems of state surveillance, surveillance capitalism, and the need for effective remedies for data breaches. Privacy theory, the laws of South Africa, and the laws of the European Union informed this new adequacy framework. After weighing up the KDPA against the new adequacy framework, twenty recommendations for law reform were made.