Privacy & Data Protection 7th January 2021 Bisola Scott and Oreoluwa Adebayo Data Protection Rights and Obligations in an Employer – Employee Relationship in Nigeria[1] Intro...
Understanding Nigerian Data Protection Compliance Requirements and Managing Breach – Francis Ololuo
The dawn of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR)[2] on 25th January 2019 sent waves across the various sectors of the Nigerian economy, creating awareness of data protection and privacy issu...
A Review of the Nigerian Data Protection Bill 2020 – The Intellectual Property Department
Data Privacy and Protection in Nigeria has evolved over the past few years, spurred on by their ascendancy as major concerns in the world today with the rise in data privacy and security breaches. One...
News: NITDA Approves S. P. A. Ajibade & Co. as a Data Protection Compliance Organisation
We are pleased to announce that on Wednesday, 22nd April 2020, S. P. A. Ajibade & Co. received approval as a Data Protection Compliance Organisation (“DPCO”) from the National Information Tech...
News: NITDA EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR FILING DATA PROTECTION AUDIT REPORT
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has extended the deadline for requisite companies and organisations to submit their 2019 Data Protection Audit Report to 15th May 2020. T...
News: NEW NITDA DIRECTIVE: FILING OF 2020 ANNUAL AUDIT REPORT BY ENTITIES THAT HAVE FILED THE INITIAL DATA AUDIT REPORT
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) hereby wish to inform members of the general public, especially Data Controllers, Processors and other concerned parties, that ent...
Data Protection Regulation 2019 – The New Law – Yimika Ketiku and Dolapo Bolu
INTRODUCTION A more centralized data security and privacy law has emerged in Nigeria with the passing of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 (“the Regulation”) by the Nigerian Information...
Information is The New Oil in Nigeria
Information is the new oil in Nigeria...