EXPLAINER: Did You Know You Can Sue Your Former Employer For Giving You Bad Professional Reviews?

The employee claimed that negative information about her had been disclosed to a potential employer without her consent while she was on probation, alleging that this unlawful sharing cost her a job opportunity...

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The Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) in Kenya has ruled that employers can be sued for sharing negative professional reviews or personal data without consent. This ruling comes after an employer was ordered to pay Ksh250,000 to a former employee for unlawfully disclosing her personal information, impacting a job opportunity.

A former employer was ordered to pay Ksh250,000 for violating Kenya's Data Protection Act 2019.
The complaint involved the disclosure of negative information about an employee to a potential employer without consent.
The ODPC also recently fined a financial institution Ksh250,000 for mishandling a customer's email address.