Tanzania, July 29 -- Dar es Salaam. A single conversation, social media post or forwarded message can have life-changing consequences when it exposes someone's health status without their consent.

As digital communication continues to grow, sharing personal information about people's health has increasingly become common, with discussions about illnesses, HIV status, mental health conditions and other medical issues often taking place publicly without considering the impact on the affected individual.

According to former employee of the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) and public communication specialist Innocent Mungy said sharing sensitive personal information, including a person's health condition, without permission amount...