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KE·East African Community (EAC)
Kenya compliance overlay
Kenya enforces Data Protection Act 2019. ZenoXCare aligns to this overlay alongside the pan-African baselines listed below.
At a glance
- ISO codes
- KE · KEN
- Regional bloc
- EAC
- Rollout wave
- Wave 1 — Anchor
- Data protection status
- Enacted · Enforced
- Health data classified as sensitive
- Yes
- National statute
- Data Protection Act 2019
Regulator
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner
https://www.odpc.go.ke/ ↗ODPC guidance specifies sensitive health-data handling and cross-border transfer constraints. KMPDC governs telemedicine.
Applicable baselines & overlays
By virtue of Kenya's African Union membership and East African Community (EAC) affiliation — plus any national statute in force — the following standards form the compliance stack ZenoXCare operates under here.
Kenya — Data Protection Act 2019
Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Kenya
Authoritative source ↗Cross-border data transfers
Where Kenya's regime permits processing in non-adequate countries, ZenoXCare relies on contract-based safeguards (Standard-Contractual-Clauses-equivalent), with a per-recipient transfer assessment filed with the national data-protection authority. The full record of processing activities is summarised on the standards & compliance overview; partners and regulators can request the per-country evidence pack from our compliance team.
Frequently asked
- Does ZenoXCare comply with the data protection law in Kenya?
- Kenya enforces Data Protection Act 2019 (an enacted and actively enforced data-protection statute). ZenoXCare aligns to this overlay alongside the pan-African baselines applicable via EAC membership and the African Union.
- Who is the data protection regulator in Kenya?
- Office of the Data Protection Commissioner — https://www.odpc.go.ke/. ZenoXCare's compliance team engages with the regulator on filings, breach notifications, and cross-border transfer assessments where applicable.
- What rollout wave does Kenya sit in for ZenoXCare?
- Kenya is in rollout wave "wave 1 anchor". ZenoXCare delivers service into a market only after the wave-specific gating in the African jurisdictions registry is cleared. A canonical overview for this wave lives at /standards-and-compliance/africa/waves/wave-1-anchor.
- Is health data classified as sensitive personal data in Kenya?
- Yes — health data is treated as sensitive personal data under the Kenya regime. ZenoXCare applies the strictest applicable safeguards (encryption in transit + at rest, RBAC + tenant isolation, audit-log immutability, breach-notification procedure) on every PHI processing surface.