Nairobi, Jan. 8 -- In 2025, the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner put real weight behind Kenyans' digital rights, awarding over Sh30 million to individuals whose complaints over data protection violations were upheld.

We take a look at some of the highest compensation paid out from rulings upheld in 2025.

Philip Bolo Vs Platinum Credit Complaint: Promotional calls and text messages

Award: Sh900,000

Mr Bolo wrote an email to Platinum Credit requesting that it stops sending him unsolicited texts and calling him to promote their loan products, but the creditor ignored the requests.

Mr Bolo then made a call asking the creditor to delete his personal data from its database, but to no avail. He continued to receive calls from diff...