About

The Centre for Intellectual Property and Information Technology Law (CIPIT) is a think-tank established in 2012. Our work includes evidence-based research and training in intellectual property, information technology and policy, especially as they contribute to African law and human rights.

The Data Policy Centre (DPC) is one of CIPIT's departments that aims to contribute to the body of evidence available to those influencing policy in the areas of data protection, data bias, open data, and other data governance issues, with a focus on issues relevant to the Global South. The centre is currently focused on Data Protection and Privacy issues, specifically the implementation and enforcement of data protection laws in the region, as well as providing feedback the development of data protection regulations.

CIPIT collaborated with Unwanted Witness on Privacy Symposium Africa (PSA) 2022, in keeping with our mission. The PSA inspired the development of a matrix that, in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act, evaluates the components of the selected companies' privacy policies. The Act requires companies to inform the public of the nature, scope, and purpose of the personal data they collect, use, and process, and to inform data subjects of their rights. As a result, the matrix enables the evaluation of privacy policy elements, such as the policy's effective date, the processing of personal data, the applicable law, and the data subject's rights, in order to determine whether they comply with the Data Protection Act. For each completed assessment, there will be a colour scorecard which has been described in detail here. (Scoring & Colour Code)

To learn more about CIPIT and what we do, please visit (cipit.strathmore.edu)