Magistrate fines courier firm's finance manager for failing to register as data collector

According to the Daily Monitor, a Grade One Magistrate at the Standards, Utility and Wildlife Division court convicted the finance manager of Vuka Africa Ltd, a courier contracted by Jumia Uganda, on his guilty plea to failing to register with the Personal Data Protection Office before collecting customers' data. He was sentenced to a fine of Shs100,000 or two months in jail in default, while a charge of unlawful disclosure of personal data was withdrawn after the complainant reconciled with the company.