Nairobi, July 23 -- More than a fifth of Kenyan companies shared customers' financial and personal information without the client's consent in breach of data protection laws enacted two years ago.
A survey by consultancy Ernst & Young shows that 41 percent of firms transferred their clients' data to third-party service providers.
More than half or 53 percent of these companies did not seek the approval of their customers before sharing the data.
This violates the law that restricts the handling and sharing of personal data firms and government entities obtain.
Individuals in breach risk a maximum fine of Ksh3 million ($27,726) or 10 years in jail, while firms risk a fine of up to Ksh5 million ($46,210) or one percent of annual turnover....