Parliament has been urged to strengthen the independence of the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner by amending the Data Protection Act to make the ODPC autonomous and separate it from the Ministry of Information, Communications and Telecommunication .
"ODPC should issue relevant guidelines, codes, and frameworks to fully operationalize the Data Protection Act, including publishing guidance for lawful data-sharing between state agencies, and adequacy rules to facilitate lawful cross-border data transfers," said KICTANet. The report, however, indicated that limited funding, low staffing, legal structure, political interference, and the existence of competing data protection roles with other sector regulators threatens the independence of the ODPC.There was a problem processing your submission. Please try again later.
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