President William Ruto is today expected to launch the data protection registration system as part of the event to mark this year’s Data Privacy Day.
Ruto is currently attending the Data protection conference in Nairobi themed “Promoting data privacy in a digitally transformed economy.”
The two-day event, which started on Thursday brings together stakeholders from government agencies, private and public sectors among various exhibitors.
The world observes Data Privacy Day annually on January 28.
The day has been specifically set to help to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.
Data commissioner Immaculate Kassait has told Kenyans to be wary of the amount of personal information they give out.
Kassait said data collectors should not demand more information than is required by law in order to identify a person.
She said collecting information that is beyond personal identification is dangerous.
"Why do you need to know my email address or my residence when I am accessing a building?" the commissioner said during an interview.
Kassait said one should not be asked for their biometrics in order to access a building.
"Data collectors should practice data minimisation and only collect what is needed to identify someone," Kassait said.
