Nairobi, Feb. 24 -- A series of posts on TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook social media platforms have landed two popular influencers in trouble with the data protection regulator for breaching the privacy rights of fellow citizens, highlighting the expansion of data privacy enforcement beyond corporations to individuals.

The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) has penalised an influential TikToker and a popular blogger a total of Sh75,000 for posts that were found to violate the data privacy rights of other citizens.

Waithera Imani, popularly known online as Cera Imani, has been ordered to pay Ian Itolondo Mutoro Sh50,000 for posting a video with his image and name on TikTok and Instagram without his knowledge and...