Ensuring that your company or personal data is protected can help you void the risks that may come if you your data is not protected.

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It is clear that challenges of data protection in and other developing countries continue to manifest
themselves despite the current mechanisms put in place by various governments to alleviate them.
Data protection is a very vital tool to the growth of many firms, industries and organisations in the
country. It is a way of ensuring that all your data remains safe and secure. By securing your company
data you will be able to avoid many complications associated with people getting access to your
private information.
The art of technological advancement has been embraced by all nations including developing
countries. The developing countries have been venturing into the new technologies without
understanding the implications and the legal frame works under which the technologies work.
Problems facing data protection in Kenya
Unethical computer use in the office or business atmosphere
Ethical practices in the work environment form the basis of success of any organisation or any
business venture. Piracy in an office is practiced by experts with the necessary technological
knowledge. For example Information technology consultants may use pirated software to complete
certain projects.
Inappropriate legislation and inadequate internet regulations
Lack of appropriate mechanisms to data protection have hampered data protection and the field of
data protection consultancy as well in Kenya and other countries because they have laws on data
protection and privacy though they are not specific to the target.
There are a lot of inadequacies in the Kenyan legislation on data protection which has really
hampered the work of the data consultants in the country.
Technological Advancement in information and communication technology
A lot of progress has been made in discovering new knowledge in the field of information and
communication technology although some of the new knowledge and advancements have been
used in a destructive way. The application and use of the new information and communication
technology has inturn lead to challenges in data protection and for the professionals offering data
protection consultancy.

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Hackers have been using the principles of new technologies and many of them have been and are
still posing as consultants in the companies they are working for.
Computer system mal-function and hard ware failure
Data should not only be protected from the users but also the computer systems that are either not
functioning well or a hard ware that fails to function appropriately. Developing countries are using
modern software which is more complex and more efficient as well. What they do not understand is
that if they fail in the coding of the same the soft ware is likely to fail and data in these systems is
also likely to vanish if the system malfunctions.
Technology continuous to grow and that’s why governments and especially the government of
Kenya needs to review the existing laws on data protection to suit the new technologies. It also
needs to review the enforcement of data protection which will inturn help data protection in Kenya
as profession to grow and be a better system.

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