Accountability in Nigeria
Appropriate steps are taken to protect data that could, either alone or when combined with other data, result in the identification of individuals or vulnerable groups within datasets used to…
Transparency in Nigeria
Aggregated data and metadata are open to the public The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control publishes Covid-19 related aggregate statistics daily on its website and on various social media platforms.…
Inclusion in Nigeria
Decisions made around how COVID-19 data are used are taken through established democratic processes The primary source of data protection law is the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 which was…
Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019: Implementation Framework
The Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 (NDPR) is the pioneer, comprehensive regulatory guideline on data protection in Nigeria. NITDA, through a stakeholder model has developed this NDPR Implementation Framework (the…
Nigeria: NITDA Issues Guideline For Management Of Personal Data By Public Institutions In Nigeria
Summary On 18th May, 2020 the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) issued Guidelines for the Management of Personal Data by Public Institutions in Nigeria, 2020 (“the Guidelines”). The Guidelines…
Nigeria Issues New Data Protection Regulation
On January 25, 2019, Nigeria’s National Information Technology Development Agency (“NITDA”) issued the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 (the “Regulation”). Many concepts of the Regulation mirror the EU General Data…