The World Bank is flexing Kenya’s data protection laws. The international financial organisation suggested changes to the Kenyan Data Protection Act of 2019, advising the Kenyan government against the localisation of data.
The global lender has asked Kenya to revoke a law that forces companies to store sensitive personal data on servers located within the country.
The World Bank says the law is limiting cross-border trade in digital services.
It’s asking Kenya to upgrade its current Data Protection Act and adopt compatible and interoperable standards. It also adviced the scrapping of data localisation requirement for the Kenya’s Health Information System Policy.