How the Cyber Crime Law will affect E-commerce in Tanzania

The recently introduced Cyber crime Act bill of 2015 by the parliament of Tanzania promises to provide security to all citizens from any sort of cyber-attack that may come their way as they are surfing on the internet. For a developing country like Tanzania this is a big step in trying to make sure justice is served and that all those that are using the internet as a medium to take advantage of people’s rights, privacy and that of the state are dealt with accordingly.

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

Daily News

15 May

Cyber crime seminars underway

Cyber crime seminars underway
Daily News
THE Vice-President, Dr Mohamed Gharib Bilal, has said that the government will embark on an awareness education drive for the public as well as build capacity for law enforcers on the newly enacted Cyber Crime Act to make it more effective. Speaking in ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

01 Dec

The Dark Web and cyber crime

The Dark Web. The term was recently nominated for word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries, only to be beaten by an emoji, yes you heard that right. AN EMOJI.

 

9 years ago

Daily News | The National Newspaper (Press Release) (Blog)

10 Oct

Student becomes first cyber crime victim

Student becomes first cyber crime victim
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THE Cyber Crime Act of 2015 has started to bite following the arraignment of a student, Benedict Angelo Ngonyani (24), on a charge relating to publication of false information, touching the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), General Davis Mwamunyange.

 

10 years ago

Ykileo

THE RISKS OF GAMBLING WITH CYBER CRIME

I would like to emphasize on  "DAILYNEWS" article, I wrote –  CYBER crimes are a new type of occurrences in today’s digital age, different from the conventional crimes that we all are used to. Unfortunately, the crimes are rapidly increasing and have no borders.

Above all, the criminal techniques are swiftly changing. In Tanzania for example, more than 999 cybercrimes were reported, according to available data. However, only 212 cases were filed and 132 suspects were charged before a court of...

 

10 years ago

BBC

Kenya breaks 'cyber crime network'

Kenyan police say they have cracked a cyber crime centre run by 77 Chinese nationals from upmarket homes in the capital, Nairobi.

 

9 years ago

BBC

17 Nov

Cyber-crime: Africa's 'next big threat'

Africa's security threat as more services go online

 

10 years ago

Daily News

17 Apr

Govt defends Cyber Crime Act

Govt defends Cyber Crime Act
Daily News
LITTLE understanding of the newly enacted Cyber Crime Act is to blame for the negative response with which some members of the public have greeted the legislation, the government said in Dar es Salaam. Members of Parliament passed the legislation in ...

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

18 Sep

Info-tech is great, but beware cyber crime

The world has gone hi-tech. Information technology (IT) rules the globe, now aptly referred to as a “global village”.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Apr

Be prepared to combat cyber crime, Africa told

 The Netherlands has warned against threats posed by cyber space technology and wants the developing countries in particular to build capacity for their technical staff and law enforcers to avert the likely damage.

 

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