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Challenges of Cybersecurity in Africa

by The PALM | Aug 25, 2020 | Insights, Comparative Jurisprudence | 0 |

Technology has become integrated in all aspects of our daily lives. As technology is an ever-growing field, there are many inventions that are changing rapidly. One of the main technological creations is the internet. As the fastest growing infrastructure in our daily lives, the internet has created a world of its own (Gade and Reddy, 2014). The internet is used for multiple purposes. However, some of the main uses of the internet are sending electronic emails and dispersing commercial advertisements.

Privacy Policy, Data Protection, and Inter-Jurisdictional Enforcement of Data rights; Meeting the Realities of the New Normal (Part 2). By Stanley O. Omotor and Alphayo Ongeri Wycliffe

by The PALM | Aug 7, 2020 | Featured, Comparative Jurisprudence, Tech | 0 |

Generally, the right to privacy has attained a universal status, and countries have enacted various laws to regulate the collection and use of personal data, popular amongst which is the European General Data Protection Regulation 2018. In this part (“part 2”) of this Article series, we will undertake a comparative analysis of the rights of data subjects under the Nigerian and Kenyan legal systems. In part 3 of these Article series, consideration will be on the inter-jurisdiction enforcement of these data rights.

Disturbing the dead-quiet: Exhumation at Law- Brian Onyango

by The PALM | Jun 19, 2019 | Comparative Jurisprudence, Insights | 0 |

Death is a reality of life. It scares to know that each one of us will one day surely die. Muslims and Christians alike; believe that subsequent to their deaths, at the end time, they shall be raised from the dead. When people die, their remains are usually buried or cremated; and once buried, they are believed to be having a peaceful rest.

Witches and Sorcerers’ Regulations- From Nairobi to Lagos, Africa by Extension

by The PALM | May 10, 2019 | Comparative Jurisprudence | 0 |

Witchdoctors, sorcerers and even traditional ‘’miracle- workers’ are still believed to exist and powerful; the belief being quite common in both Nigeria and Kenya. The belief in the existence thereof has obviously caused these states to put regulative and prohibitive measures to safeguard the public.