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Letter to Cambridge Analytica on 2017 Kenya Election

Advocacy
Post date
30th May 2017
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Earlier this month, it was reported that UK-based data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had been quietly contracted by President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party in a bid to win a second term in office. Privacy International has written to Cambridge Analytica to learn more about how the company assessed the risk of its work in Kenya and how it will ensure that Kenyans’ personal data will be protected.

 

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PI letter to Cambridge Analytica re Kenya .pdf
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