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test,154 although the court does not explicitly state what prong of the test
failed due to the system’s data protection deficiencies. The Kenyan High
Court’s assessment of the need for adequate data protection safeguards
also ventures one step further, stating that even where a legal framework
formally exists, the data protection requirement cannot be met without
operationalisation and implementation of the legal framework.155
c) While the Mauritian court does not explicitly state this framework, the
court finds the storage of fingerprint data used in its identity system to
fail the public order exception test because of the lack of safeguards in
the data protection regime.156
154 See Huduma Namba Judgment, ¶ 911.
155 Huduma Namba Judgment, ¶ 853.
156 Madhewoo, 2015 SCJ 177 at 30–32.
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