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Overview
In today's fast-paced digital world, data protection is more important than ever. Data protection, regulation, cybersecurity threats, big data analytics, the foray to open banking, and the trends towards use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) technologies are just a few of the emerging issues that financial institutions must contend with.
In its recent Guidance Note, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) listed financial institutions among entities not exempt from mandatory registration. This brings financial institutions under considerable scrutiny by customers, regulators, and the public. It also means that breaches of the Data Protection Act, 2019 (DPA) and regulations can result in punitive financial penalties for financial entities and expose their directors to sanctions.
To mitigate these risks, it is essential that financial institutions equip their teams with the necessary skill sets to proactively implement privacy by design when handling personal data. The workshop covers key topics such as registration requirements, data protection policies, data risk assessment, breach management, complaints handling, decided cases as well as emerging trends. Through interactive sessions and case studies, our expert trainers will provide your team with the hands-on facilitation they need to ensure that your institution is fully compliant with data protection regulations.
Don't miss this opportunity to invest in the professional development of your team and ensure that your institution is fully compliant with data protection regulations.
Who should attend?
Data protection officers, compliance officers, risk management professionals, privacy and legal professionals, auditors, business development and sales professionals, customer service representatives, senior management and executive teams, board of directors, consultants and advisers, system administrators, software developers and engineers, data analysts and scientists.
This training is geared towards financial institutions namely: commercial banks, microfinance banks, DT-SACCOs, NWDT-SACCOs, buy now pay later (BNPL) firms, microfinance institutions, digital lenders, CRBs, FinTech's etc.
Workshop Objectives
The two-day workshop will:
1) Provide an overview of the Data Protection Act, 2019, and
a. The Data Protection General Regulations, 2021 (the General Regulations);
b. The Data Protection Registration of Data Controllers and Processors Regulations 2021, (the Registration Regulations) and;
c. The Data Protection Complaints Handling Procedures and Enforcement Regulations 2021 (the Complaints Handling Regulations).
2) Outline the responsibilities of Directors and operational staff;
3) Define the role of the data protection officer and map it in the organizational chart;
4) Pitfalls to avoid when dealing with customer data;
5) Emerging issues and experiences in the implementation of DPA.
Contacts: email learning@ciskenya.co.ke or call +254 20 2600118
Speakers
Immaculate Kassait, MBS
Data Commissioner at Office of the Data Protection Commission - Kenya
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Joseph Githaiga
Director & Head of Legal & Regulatory Compliance Advisory, at PwC Kenya
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Jared
Getenga
CEO of Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya (CIS Kenya)
https://www.ciskenya.co.keJared Getenga is the Chief Executive Officer, Credit Information Sharing Association of Kenya (CIS Kenya). He worked for the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) for more than 20 years in Banking Supervision and Deposit Protection. His Banking Supervision experience was largely in policy formulation on banking sector stability.
He also worked as CBK-Appointed Statutory Advisor, Statutory Manager and Liquidation Agent in several troubled banks. Jared was later appointed Financial Sector Specialist with the Financial and Legal Sector Technical Assistance Project (FLSTAP), funded by the World Bank IDA, DFID and GOK for purposes of coordinating technical assistance to Kenya’s Financial and Legal sectors.
On secondment from CBK, he founded the Kenya Credit Information Sharing Initiative in 2019, as a vehicle to establish the credit information sharing (CIS) mechanism in Kenya. Having registered a nationwide credit providers Association (AKCP) in 2014, he was appointed founder CEO and helped develop mechanisms for self-regulation, alternative dispute resolution, credit scoring, credit risk management etc. He is a committee member of the Africa Credit Information Sharing Association (ACISA) and the International Committee for Credit Reporting (ICCR).
AKCP rebranded to CIS Kenya in order to align more closely with its mandate.
Immaculate
Kassait, MBS
Data Commissioner at Office of the Data Protection Commission - Kenya
https://www.odpc.go.ke/Office of the Data Protection Commission - Kenya
Joseph
Githaiga
Director & Head of Legal & Regulatory Compliance Advisory, at PwC Kenya
Joseph heads up PwC’s Legal & Regulatory Compliance Advisory unit, which is a team comprised primarily of qualified lawyers who support PwC clients with a broad range of legal and regulatory consulting services. Joseph is an accomplished corporate lawyer and compliance professional with more than 20 years post admission experience. Joseph has knowledge and experience in a broad range of areas including financial services compliance (including AML, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption), data protection and privacy, corporate governance, private equity, joint ventures, M&A, capital markets, competition law and wealth management.
He joined PwC from Standard Chartered Bank where he was heading up the business compliance function for the bank’s Corporate and Commercial Banking business segments in East Africa. Prior to that he was in private practice for four years with Coulson Harney (now Bowmans), a leading Kenyan corporate law firm. His career also includes eight years as an in-house legal counsel for two major Australian financial institutions, Westpac Banking Corporation and Macquarie Bank Limited.
Jamila Aroi
Associate Director IT Risk Assurance & Cyber Security, PwC Kenya
Jamila is an Associate Director in PwC's Risk Assurance Business Unit. She has 15 years experience in professional consulting specializing in Data Protection and Privacy, Information Security and ICT Audits in complex IT environments. She has served clients in the financial services, manufacturing, governments, telecommunication and education sectors in Kenya, East Africa and the United Kingdom.
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