November 6, 2021

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 […]
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.
February 25, 2020

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 […]
July 19, 2019

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 […]
July 15, 2019

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 […]
May 27, 2019

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 […]
December 22, 2015

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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