DPO Privacy Centre (East Africa)

Who protects your personal data online, and where does free expression end? 🔐 Every day, Ugandans share personal data through apps, phones, school portals and social media. How do our laws protect us, and what rights do we actually have? Together with the @MakRuleofLaw , @ug_lawsociety , and @PollicyOrg , we invite you to the: Makerere University Data Protection Dialogue 🗓 Thursday, 29th October 2026 | 8:30 AM – 1:00 PM 📍 Lower Auditorium, School of Law, Makerere University What to expect: a Keynote, Panel Sessions, Awards for the Best Essay Writers, and Digital Rights Games. Open to: students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #DataProtectionDialogue #Privacy #DigitalRights #MakerereUniversity

📰 Issue 6 of #TheEastAfricanPrivacyMonthly is here! A little late than usual, this edition opens with our cover story on the 5th Edition of the Unwanted Witness Uganda Privacy Moot Court Competition. Our Partnerships & Development Co-Head, Maria Nanyonga, sat down with @allan_sempala, Head of Legal and Programs at @UnwantedWitness. They discussed how the moot grew from six Ugandan universities in 2022 to 48 universities across Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda this year, and why fintech, loan apps and law schools sit at the heart of East Africa’s #dataprotection journey. Congratulations to Uganda Christian University, the first university to defend both its national and regional titles! 🏆 September also brought key regulatory developments across the region and beyond: 🇺🇬 Uganda: Following concerns raised by activist Lutaaya Godfrey, Tecnolegal Advisory Centre Ug and DPO Privacy Centre (East Africa), the Personal Data Protection Office, Uganda (PDPO) engaged Uber on its data protection obligations after the company exited the Ugandan market. The PDPO also delivered two decisions: 1️⃣ Lilian Namagembe v Teach For Uganda & Another on the right to deletion. 2️⃣ Joseline Twemanye v St. Francis Hospital Nsambya on the disclosure and rectification of birth records. 🇰🇪Kenya: The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) published a draft Public Notice proposing to add political affiliation and trade union membership to the categories of sensitive personal data. It also issued new Guidance Notes for Cross-Border Data Transfers, including Kenyan standard contractual clauses. 🌍 Across Africa: ✔️ POTRAZ began mandatory on-site compliance inspections in Zimbabwe. ✔️ The revised ECOWAS Supplementary Act on Personal Data Protection awaits publication. ✔️ Togo’s IPDCP rallied 33 ministries in a public sector compliance drive. ✔️ Data protection authorities marked the inaugural Africa Data Protection Day. 🌐 Globally: ✔️ Key obligations under the EU Data Act and Cyber Resilience Act took effect. ✔️ Ireland’s Data Protection Commission fined Google €403 million over location data. ✔️ The UK’s Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) became the Information Commission. ✔️ China’s simplified rules for small-scale processors came into force. ✔️ California’s data broker deletion platform (DROP) entered its first enforcement cycles. 🔗 Read and download the newsletter here: bit.ly/48i0zh5 (substack) or dpoprivacycentre.com/get-inv… (website) Subscribe to our Substack to receive future issues directly in your inbox. Visit our website dpoprivacycentre.com to read more about what we do. 🔖 Editorial Team: @joelonamugera | @HellenNdagire3 #DataProtectionNewsletter

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Joining us as a keynote speaker is Mr. Anthony Asiimwe, Vice President of the Uganda Law Society (ULS). He will deliver a keynote on "When Online Speech Becomes a Crime: Freedom of Expression in Uganda's Digital Space", a timely look at the tension between regulating online conduct and protecting free expression. 📅29th October 2026 📍Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #FreedomOfExpression #DigitalRights @AsiimweAnthony2 | @ug_lawsociety | @MakRuleofLaw

🎙️ MEET OUR PANEL | "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects" Panellists: ● Mr. Davis Othieno — Manager, Compliance and Investigations, Personal Data Protection Office (@pdpoUG ) ● Ms. Annex Kamanzi — Programme Coordinator, Pollicy ● Mr. Ivan Ojakol — Chairperson, Forum for Data Protection Practitioners Uganda (FDPPUG) ● Mr. Joel Basoga — Head, TMT Practice, H&G Advocates This panel brings together regulators, legal practitioners and civil society to confront the gap between data protection law on paper and its enforcement in practice, with a sharp focus on what this means for students as data subjects. Join us at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. 📅29th October 2026 📍Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataProtectionUG #DigitalRights @PollicyOrg | @FDPPUG

The training progresses to Module 8 This evening, participants in the Introduction to Data Protection & Privacy in Uganda move to Module 8: Complaints Handling, Enforcement, Offences and Penalties under Uganda’s data protection framework The session will be facilitated by Mr @jordan_magala01 #DataProtection #Uganda | @TechnolegalUg

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT We're pleased to welcome Mr. Davis Othieno, Manager, Compliance and Investigations at the Personal Data Protection Office (@pdpoUG ), to Panel 1 of the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. He brings a regulator's frontline perspective on enforcement and compliance to the panel discussion, "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects." 📅29th October 2026 📍Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataProtectionUG

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Announcing Mr. Joel Basoga, Head of the TMT (Technology, Media & Telecommunications) Practice at H&G Advocates, as a panelist at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. He joins Panel 1, "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects," bringing legal practice expertise in technology and telecoms to the table. 📅29th October 2026 📍Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #TechLaw @JoelBasoga | @handg_advocates | @PollicyOrg | @FDPPUG

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT Announcing Ms. Annex Kemanzi, Programme Coordinator at Pollicy, as a panelist at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. She joins Panel 1, "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects," bringing a civil society and data governance lens to the conversation. 📅 29th October 2026 📍 Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataGovernance @MakRuleofLaw | @PollicyOrg | @FDPPUG

Week 4 of Cohort 1 begins today! 📘 This evening, participants in the Introduction to Data Protection & Privacy in Uganda move to Module 7, a two-part session covering: 1. Cross-border Data Transfer, Requirements & Obligations by Opio Isaac Peter. 2. Data Breach Notification and Incident Response by Bigabwa Daisy Daisy #DataProtection #Uganda | @TechnolegalUg

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT We're glad to have Mr. Ivan Ojakol, Chairperson of the Forum for Data Protection Practitioners Uganda (FDPPUG), joining Panel 1 at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. He brings the practitioner community's voice to the discussion on "The Legal & Regulatory Landscape: Compliance Realities, Enforcement Gaps and Students' Rights as Data Subjects." 📅 29th October 2026 📍 Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataProtectionPractitioners @IvanOjakol | @FDPPUG

🎙️ SPEAKER SPOTLIGHT We're honoured to announce that Mr. Baker Birikujja, National Personal Data Protection Director at the Personal Data Protection Office (@pdpoUG ), will deliver the keynote address at the Makerere Data Protection Dialogue. His keynote, "State of Data Protection and Digital Rights in Uganda," will set the tone for the day, offering a regulator's view on where Uganda stands on data protection enforcement and digital rights. 📅 29th October 2026 📍 Makerere University School of Law Lower Auditorium Open to students, legal practitioners, data protection professionals, civil society and anyone interested in their digital rights. ✅ Free entry, registration required: bit.ly/4ysMiJc #MakerereDataProtectionDialogue #DataProtectionUG #DigitalRights @DirectorpdpoUG | @PollicyOrg | @MakRuleofLaw | @FDPPUG

📢 Call for Nominations |#TheEastAfrica100 #FaraghaMagazine, the first East African privacy digital magazine, is compiling The East Africa 100: a flagship feature recognising 100 #dataprotection and privacy practitioners shaping the region. We’re looking for regulators, DPOs, lawyers, technologists, academics, civil society advocates, policy makers, fintech and telecoms leaders, journalists, and emerging talent whose work has made a real impact in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi or across East Africa as a whole. Know someone whose work deserves recognition? Nominate them. 👉 Nominate here: bit.ly/4BdOvLj 🗓️ Deadline: Monday, 30th November 2026, 6:00 pm E.A.T. Faragha: privacy, in our own voice. #DataProtection #Privacy #EastAfrica #Faragha #DPOPrivacyCentre @TechnolegalUg | @pdpoUG | @ODPC_KE | @PrivacyHub_A | @DPGSK_Ke | @TanzaniaPPA | @FDPPUG