In a decision issued on 18 July 2025 against Google LLC, the Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) has affirmed that the data protection compliance obligations under Ugandan law apply to all entities ...

Uganda's Personal Data Protection Office sets a precedent for Big Tech accountability in Africa by ordering Google to register with local authorities and comply with data protection laws. This ...

Recently, I have observed that many organizations register with the regulator as a legal requirement but fail to put data protection into actual practice. Often, the next time they think about data ...

Unwanted Witness, a Uganda-based civil society organisation, in its 2021 report on privacy revealed inconsistencies in the privacy policy of the telecoms companies Airtel and MTN, financial services ...

While Ugandan legislation was recently updated to include more provisions aimed at protecting digital privacy, reality on the ground shows the majority of Ugandans are not guaranteed those rights in ...

What you need to know: Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019 regulates the collection and processing of personal information. However, cases of data breaches persist, largely attributed to ...

If a stranger knew everything your phone knows about you, would you sleep peacefully? It is an uncomfortable question, but it is one we cannot avoid. Every time we register a SIM card, apply for a job ...

What you need to know: They face a jail option over a personal data breach . Court in Kampala has convicted three mobile money agents for unlawfully obtaining and disclosing a client’s personal data, ...

UNHCR’s General Policy on Personal Data Protection and Privacy (GDPP) brings the Agency’s longstanding human rights-based approach to data protection and privacy ...