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Over 35000 entities unregistered as regulator cracks down on data privacy violations

Published

19 August 2026

Topic

regulatory

Sectors

Cybersecurity

Geography

Uganda

Source

Read at monitor.co.ug

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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.

This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of Cybersecurity.

◆ The Wire takeaway

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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1 source · 19 Aug 2026

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Cybersecuritydata-protectionregulatory-crackdowncybersecurityprivacy-lawuganda