1. DOMESTIC LAWS

Constitution and Acts of Parliament

  1. The 1995 Constitution of the Republic of Uganda
  2. The Data Protection and Privacy Act, 2019
  3. The Uganda Communications (Consumer Protection) Regulation, 2019
  4. The Data Protection and Privacy Regulations, 2021
  5. The Regulation of Interception of Communications Act, 2010
  6. Anti-Terrorism Act, 2002 (Act 14 of 2002)
  7. Uganda Communications Act, 2013 (Act 1 of 2013)
  • REGIONAL LAWS

Africa

  1. Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa, 2018
  2. African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection
  3. Personal Data Protection Policy

Europe

  1. General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679
  2. The European Union Directive 95/46/EC and Directive 2002/58/EC 
  • BOOKS
  • The Age of Surveillance Capitalism by Shoshana Zuboff (Author)
  • Secrets Of Surveillance: A Professional’s Guide To Tailing Subjects By Vehicle, Foot, Airplane, And Public Transportation by ACM IV Security Services (Author)
  • Motor vehicles: Approval and market surveillance by BOURGUIGNON, Didier (Author).
  • ARTICLES

Journal Articles

  1. Secrets and Lies: The Proliferation of State Surveillance Capabilities and the Legislative Secrecy Which Fortifies Them – An Activist’s Account. Carly Nyst (Author) State Crime Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1, State Crime and Digital Resistance (Spring 2018), pp. 8-23 (16 pages) https://doi.org/10.13169/statecrime.7.1.0008
  2. Government Surveillance, Privacy, and Legitimacy by Peter Königs (Author). Philosophy & Technology volume 35, Article number: 8 (2022) Cite this article
  3. The Dangers of Surveillance by Neil M. Richards (Author). Harvard Law Review.
  4. The Challenge to Privacy from Ever Increasing State Surveillance: A Comparative Perspective. September 2014. The University of New South Wales law journal 37(2):748-783 Authors: Konrad Lachmayer
  5. Surveillance Intermediaries Alan Z. Rozenshtein (Author). Stanford Law Review. 70 STAN. L.REV. 99 (2018)
  6. Privacy, Surveillance, and Law Richard A. Posner. (Author). 200. University of Chicago Law School
  7. Surveillance and the Tyrant Testby Andrew Guthrie Ferguson (Author). The Georgetown Law Journal
  8. Privacy and Intelligent Transportation Technology Dorothy J. Glancy. (Author). Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal.

Other Articles

Data Protection Impact Assessments and ID systems: the 2021 Kenyan ruling on Huduma Namba.

Reports

  1. A/HRC/51/17: The right to privacy in the digital age.
  2. A/HRC/48/31: The right to privacy in the digital age – Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  3. A/HRC/39/29: The right to privacy in the digital age – Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • CASES AND JUDGEMENTS

Domestic Cases

  1. Basajjabaka v MTN Uganda Ltd () [2018] UGHCCD 22 (26 March 2018); Cite this case[2018] UGHCCD 22
  2. Mwine v MTN (U) Limited & 2 Ors (Miscellaneous Application 162 of 2018) [2018] UGHCCD 85 (25 May 2018)
  3. Nsubuga and Another v Uganda (Criminal Appeal 223 of 2021) [2022] UGCA 253 (14 October 2022)
  4. Legal Brains Trust (LBT) Limited v Attorney General (Miscellaneous Application 532 of 2021) [2023] UGHCCD 13 (07 February 2023)
  5. Dr. Lagu Charles and 3 others vs Attorney General (Miscellaneous Cause 370 of 2020) [2023] UGHCCD 10 (31 January 2023)
  6. Capital Shoppers Ltd and 4 Others v Uganda Revenue Authourity (Miscellaneous Cause 109 of 2020) [2021] UGHCCD 7 (20 January 2021)
  7. Omony T/a Omony Consulting Company Limited v Uganda Revenue Authority (Misc Cause 234 of 2020) [2022] UGHCCD 70 (07 April 2022)
  8. Uganda v Okello & 3 Ors (HCT-03-CR-SC 135 of 2003) [2003] UGHC 14 (02 September 2003)

Other cases

  1. R v Joe Mucheru and 2 others ex parte Katiba Institute and another. Case Number: JR.NO.E1138 of 2020

Data Impact Assessment Cases

  • Hellenic DPA: Fines imposed to telecommunications companies due to personal data breach and illegal data processing.
  • Opinion 7/2020 on the draft list of the competent supervisory authority of France regarding the processing operations exempt from the requirement of a data protection impact assessment (Article 35(5) GDPR).
  • Opinion 12/2019 on the draft list of the competent supervisory authority of Spain regarding the processing operations exempt from the requirement of a data protection impact assessment (Article 35(5) GDPR).
  • Opinion 10/2019 on the draft list of the competent supervisory authority of Cyprus regarding the processing operations subject to the requirement of a data protection impact assessment (Article 35(4) GDPR).
  • Opinion 7/2019 on the draft list of the competent supervisory authority of Iceland regarding the processing operations subject to the requirement of a data protection impact assessment (Article 35.4 GDPR).
  • Opinion 11/2019 on the draft list of the competent supervisory authority of the Czech Republic regarding the processing operations exempt from the requirement of a data protection impact assessment (Article 35(5) GDPR).

EU Cases

  • Klass and Others v. Germany 6 September 1978
  • Malone v. the United Kingdom 2 August 1984
  • Kruslin v. France 24 April 1990
  • Kopp v. Switzerland 25 March 1998
  • Amann v. Switzerland 16 February 2000 (Grand Chamber)
  • Taylor-Sabori v. the United Kingdom 22 October 2002
  • Wisse v. France 22 December 2005
  • Kennedy v. the United Kingdom 18 May 2010
  • Dragojević v. Croatia 15 January 2015
  • R.E. v. the United Kingdom (no. 62498/11) 27 October 2015
  • Roman Zakharov v. Russia8 4 December 2015 (Grand Chamber)
  • Mustafa Sezgin Tanrıkulu v. Turkey 18 July 2017
  • Ben Faiza v. France 8 February 2018
  • Benedik v. Slovenia 24 April 2018
  • Hambardzumyan v. Armenia 5 December 2019
  • Privacy International and Others v. the United Kingdom 7 July 2020 (decision on the admissibility)
  • Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom 25 May 2021 (Grand Chamber)
  • Centrum För Rättvisa v. Sweden 25 May 2021 (Grand Chamber)
  • Breyer v. Germany 30 January 2020
  • HISTORIC ARCHIVES

The Historic Archives is a unique resource which contains significant international law instruments.

Human Rights

  1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
  2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  3. African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights