Technology, even artificial intelligence, now drives our daily social and business interactions. From the 11 million users of Uber to daily money transfers for personal and trade transactions using mobile phones, technology is now a bedrock of our existence that we happily take for granted.
We trust service providers to ensure our data security, guided by regulations and regulatory authorities. The Nigerian Data Protection Act came into force in June 2023, a little later than most, considering the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation came into force in 2018, and post-2021 Brexit now governs alongside the amended UK Data Protection Act of 2018.
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The Implementation Framework for the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation read along with the Nigerian Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023, provides guidance for organisations ensuring customers’ data is collected, processed, stored, and transferred securely, free of misuse or unauthorised access. Public organisations are further guided by the Guidelines for…
