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November 6, 2021
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UW Statements
First “Privacy Scorecard” Finds Uganda’s Top Data Collectors Struggle with Data Protection and Privacy Compliance
Analysis of 32 organizations across seven sectors finds a lack of legal compliance in Uganda, inconsistent
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February 11, 2021
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Privacy Rights
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.
February 25, 2020
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Privacy Rights
One Year On, What Has Uganda’s Data Protection Law Changed?
Today marks exactly one year since Uganda passed its data protection law, becoming the first East
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July 19, 2019
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Blog
News Brief: Social Media policing: Professional body orders Human Rights Lawyer to remove Facebook post.
Kampala, July 19th, 2019; Uganda Law Society (ULS) has assumed the role of online content regulation
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July 15, 2019
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UW Statements
Statement: Monitoring of Social Networks by Uganda Police threatens rights
Kampala, 15th/07/2019; the Unwanted Witness Uganda is concerned about Uganda Police Force’s intensified unlawful surveillance of
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May 27, 2019
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Huawei’s Low cost Technologies outstrip Human Rights in Uganda
By Richard Walusimbi While Chinese telecom giant Huawei is being crippled by the Donald Trump
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December 22, 2015
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UW – Petitions UCC calling for Investigations into Abuse of Customers’ Right to privacy
The Unwanted Witness Petitions Uganda Communications Commission to conduct investigations into the MTN Uganda’s sharing and
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