I too, would wish to know. Honestly, i did not give my details so they be made public without my authority

This is a good example of one kind of possible misuse of data i am talking about. What are the risks of ones ID number and full names data being out in the public domain?? Especially for some of us who have accumulated a few assets here and there? I am not suggesting someone will steal from me based on these data, but there are probabilities someone can masquerade to be me and gain access to my critical and private info etc

The law is very clear.

When you go register with your name and ID and fingerprints, that information is no longer private. Since it says that that information must be made public in an online portal...There is nothing that is more un-private than that.

So name and ID in the voter roll according to the constitution is not private data.

A name an ID by themselves do not constitute an invasion of privacy. Invasion of privacy is where someone releases your data without your permission.

You as a voter are assumed to have read and understood the law. And understood that your information shall be made public. That when you went to get that voters card, your name and ID and face and a fingerprint was going to be in a public database.

That is why even in countries like the US where private information is key. Or the EU where private information can get you in court, voter rolls are still public. So are birth rolls, school rolls, marriage rolls, death rolls, etc.

Voter information is not private data.

If that is the argument the IEBC wants to take to their next court case, I think they really need to get new lawyers from high school or something. That voter register doesn't belong to them. It belongs to the citizens. And they must give it when required by any citizen.

Kwanza they are very lucky I ain't suing. They would have had to keep that data in the public 24 hours a day, 365 days a year as it happens in other democracies. Hata Russia jameni.

Unfortunately, any such argument will lose before it starts

This is the UK where Judge "Odinga" shall quote



To safeguard you from common thugs



So maybe that is the issue that needs to be discussed by the courts. Who has access to ALL the information? How much information should be made public? I know the US only uses the last 4 digits of your Social Security Number. Maybe that is what the MPigs should be fixing.

But the info in toto is public information. Maybe we can talk about permissions to access and the limit of the information. Coz I would not want Safcom to have access to my data and start sending me spam sms's.