The continued arrests and harassment of Ugandans over comments made on the different social media platforms is increasingly worrying the people of Masaka
Online Spying Threatening Users
How Personal is your Personal Data?
The Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019 requires that company’s and organizations whose existence depend on people’s personal data should zealously protect such data in a bid to avoid misuse by third parties.
Privacy wins as Uganda’s data regulator finds data controller unlawfully disclosed data to third-party
NITA-U investigation found that SafeBoda’s Data Privacy Policy and Data Protection Policy versions of 2017 and 2019 respectively, were not transparent and failed to provide information on third-party recipients of users’ personal data.
Digital Campaigns cast a shadow on the Privacy rights of Ugandans
As we commemorate International Data Privacy Day, the government of Uganda has to expedite the enactment of Data Protection and Privacy regulations for effective enforcement of the Data Protection and Privacy Act 2019
COVID 19 & Elections: Digital Political Campaigns Exclude handicapped Electorates in Uganda
By Muyomba Lawrence In the wake to control the spread of COVID-19, the Electoral Commission (EC) issued a revised road map to the 2021 elections banning physical mass campaigns shifting them to media and online spaces ignoring the unprecedented and unforeseen challenges. Of 45,741,007 million people in Uganda, 74.3% ...
COVID-19: Exposing the hollowness in Uganda’s legal regime towards misinformation management
During the first few months of the outbreak, governments around the world focused on managing the spread of COVID-19 misinformation, relying on stringent transmission control measures. With the Internet providing a lifeline in public and private space to access critical information, the criminalization of information false or true over...
Internet Barriers constrain the work of Uganda HRDs amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
By UW Team Human Rights Defenders in Uganda are not exceptional, amidst the health crisis and subsequent containment measures, the Internet has become the lifeline to the work of Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) currently working from home. Many have swiftly embraced digital tools to conduct meetings, advocacy, and campaigns...
COVID-19: Uganda Internet Service Providers join the battle, but key concerns remain
By Lawrence Muyomba At least by April 2, 180 countries globally have confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus since it emerged in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late December last year. The number of countries and infections keeps changing rapidly, which has forced the World Health Organization...
Biometric users must protect people from COVID-19 virus.
The World Health Organization and state authorities are encouraging frequent hand washing and practicing social distancing, among other preventive measures societies needed to contain the spread of coronavirus. In Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni banned common community practices of hugging and handshaking, stressing frequent hand washing using water and soap,...
ARINDA NSHEEKA: My kidnap ordeal, mysterious release
On a fateful day of February 14, 2020, I was standing at Highland Stage waiting for a taxi to take me to kigongo in Kabale town. In the due course, a car stopped exactly next to me and a passenger in the hind seat asked me for directions to...
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