In a decision issued on 18 July 2025 against Google LLC, the Personal Data Protection Office (PDPO) has affirmed that the data protection compliance obligations under Ugandan law apply to all entities ...

Uganda's Personal Data Protection Office sets a precedent for Big Tech accountability in Africa by ordering Google to register with local authorities and comply with data protection laws. This ...

Recently, I have observed that many organizations register with the regulator as a legal requirement but fail to put data protection into actual practice. Often, the next time they think about data ...

Towards the end of last year, I attended an awareness and sensitisation workshop on cybersecurity, data protection and privacy organised by the National Information Technology Authority – Uganda and ...

While Ugandan legislation was recently updated to include more provisions aimed at protecting digital privacy, reality on the ground shows the majority of Ugandans are not guaranteed those rights in ...