October 13, 2022

Press Release: The inaugural Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition

The Moot Competition is part of our long advocacy for safe digital spaces that thrive on a robust legal framework and compliance.
July 18, 2022

Press Release: Alleged Data Breach/Leak at Uganda Securities Exchange

We notified the Personal Data Protection Office in Uganda about the alleged data breach against the Uganda Securities Exchange
July 6, 2022

The Privacy Symposium Africa, the continent’s Mkutano

Privacy Symposium Africa continuously brings together stakeholders to share their visions and shape data protection and privacy agendas, narrative, and good practices on the African continent.
January 26, 2022

Parliament’s failure to regulate surveillance threatens Human Rights in Uganda.

Kampala, January 26, 2022, Uganda’s increasing adoption of surveillance technology in public spaces does not correspond with […]
November 17, 2021

Malabo Convention: African Data Regulators call for Action

By UW Team At the 3rd Data Privacy Symposium Africa, 2021 held in Kampala, one of the key takeaways […]
May 6, 2021

Ugandan Regulators must enforce compliance with the DPPA 2019

By Zaidah Ramathan, Unwanted Witness. May 6, 2021: Ugandan Data regulators urged to enforce compliance with […]
March 29, 2021

Unwanted Witness publish a briefing for election observers on the importance of privacy and data protection in the election cycle.

The briefing provides a starting point for discussion on how privacy and data protection can be incorporated into election observation methodology and operationalised in the election observation process
February 11, 2021

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.
January 29, 2021

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
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