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Over 35000 entities unregistered as regulator cracks down on data privacy violations
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Fusion42 · 19 August 2026 · Fusion42 review
Uganda's Personal Data Protection Office reveals that over 35,000 entities required to register for data collection remain unregistered, triggering legal enforcement actions to prevent data privacy violations. The regulator emphasizes that non-compliance is a criminal offense and calls for greater public vigilance and board-level cybersecurity accountability.
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Ugandan regulators are criminalising unregistered data collection, making compliance unavoidable. You must upgrade governance and ensure your data practices pass legal scrutiny to avoid serious penalties.
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