In Brief: Zimbabwe is requiring organizations, including churches and WhatsApp groups, to pay for licenses to use first-party data
Cost will range from US$50 to US$2500, and groups must appoint a data protection officer approved by the regulator.
Cost will range from US$50 to US$2500, and groups must appoint a data protection officer approved by the regulator.
This is now in violation of the country’s Digital Private Data Protection Act (DPDP).
The breach included having the data of thousands of customers compromised, possibly even the prime minister’s.
CDP Zeta Global has unveiled Athena, a “superintelligent” voice-activated interface that delivers instant answers, smarter decisions, and agentic actions throughout the Zeta platform. It activates a suite of agentic apps that can adapt to each user’s specific goals and styles. Early access will begin later this year, with a suite of agentic apps to follow in the first half of next year.