June 16, 2023

Press Release: Unwanted Witness Organizes West African Privacy Regional Engagement to Spotlight Corporate Responsibility and Civil Society’s Role in Fostering Accountability

Unwanted Witness has organized the West African Privacy Regional Engagement as part of the events that lead to the Privacy Symposium Africa 2023.
March 9, 2023
The launch of the 2nd edition of the privacy moot court competition

The Fight for Privacy Rights: A Moot Court Competition

This year’s edition will be held under the theme "Balancing Privacy Rights and National Security: Navigating the Impact of Surveillance Laws on Individual Freedoms."
March 2, 2023

Unwanted Witness and Public Interest Law Clinic, Makerere University-Kampala (PILAC) champion privacy rights among young lawyers in Uganda

Unwanted Witness and the Public Interest Law Clinic, Makerere University-Kampala (PILAC) are thrilled to announce the launch of the second edition of the Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot Court Competition.
October 23, 2022

The Inaugural Unwanted Witness Privacy Moot: A week later and going forward, all Participating Law schools won!

Last week, we successfully held our two-day inaugural Privacy Moot Court inter-university competition that happened at […]
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.
January 13, 2022

Are Ugandan telcos equipped to protect user data?

A recent report from Unwanted Witness, a Uganda-based civil society organisation, reveals that two years on from the implementation of Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, the nation’s tech companies are still struggling with compliance.
November 17, 2021

Disparity in the data collection policies of some pan-African firms in Uganda raises privacy concerns

Image by Mr_Achraf taken on August 17, 2021. Free to use, no attribution required (CC0) By Nwachukwu Egbunike […]
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 […]
April 15, 2021

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.
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