Navigating Cross-border Data Transfers: A Comparative Analysis Of Data Protection Legislation for Businesses in Ireland And Kenya.

Abstract

We live in an era marked by swift digitization of businesses activities and global data transfers, safeguarding personal information across boundaries (national and supra-national) has subsequently become a crucial issue for corporations and governments alike. In “Navigating Cross-Border Data Transfers; A Comparative Analysis of Data Protection Legislation for Businesses in Ireland and Kenya,” the paper seeks to critically compare and assess the legal frameworks that govern data protection legislation in the two vastly different jurisdictions. Notably, Ireland abides by the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which has acted as a predecessor of data protection rules internationally and is a member of the European Union (EU). In contrast, Kenya often called the ‘Silicon Savannah’ functions under the framework of the Data Protection Act, 2019, a recent law that has played a significant role in the development of data protection in East Africa