This article was originally published on the website of APC member organisation Unwanted Witness.
Unwanted Witness Uganda welcomes the first-ever data protection investigation report by the Ugandan data regulator, National Information Technology Authority, Uganda (NITA-U), into the operations of Guinness Transporters Limited, trading as SafeBoda. NITA-U has ordered SafeBoda to make fundamental reforms regarding sharing of people’s personal data with third parties.
SafeBoda has until the end of May 2021 to amend its privacy notices so that people can be provided with specific and informed consent, in particular, to clearly inform its customers of the third parties it may disclose their personal data to, in accordance with the principle of fairness under section 3(1)(b) of the Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019. NITA-U further requires SafeBoda to specify safeguards in place for cross-border transfer of personal data.