The Nigerian Data Protection Regulation 2019

Information Technology (IT) is one of the building blocks that contributes to the growth of an economy because of its ability to store, safeguard and grant authorized access to data that have personal or economic significance. However, cybersecurity breaches threaten the privacy and use of data. The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), through the Nigeria Data Protection Bureau, is charged with ensuring the protection of data privacy in Nigeria.

In line with NITDA’s oversight function contained in Section 6 of its enabling law, the NITDA Act 2007, the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) was established on 25^th January 2019 after a series of stakeholder engagements

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• The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019