An Overview of Data Privacy and Data Protection Law in Nigeria
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The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law, Vol.10 No.4 (Dec 2019)
Uche Val Obi, SAN*, Blessing Obianuju Choko**, and Adedoyin Fadare***
Uche Val Obi SAN, Blessing Choko and Adedoyin Fadare posit that the right to data privacy and protection is now an internationally guaranteed right and nations of the world, including Nigeria, put in place regulations and other mechanisms to safeguard data from corruption, compromise or loss. Uche Obi et al. comprehensively review Nigerian laws and regulations dealing with data protection and privacy, including the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 against the backdrop of international best practices. Still on data protection, Dr Olubukola Olugasa and Tobenna Nwosu review the liability of hosting platforms for breach of data privacy and losses arising therefrom. They examine Nigeria’s legal regime and delineate the extent to which all the parties in a digital connection are responsible for a wide range of data infractions.
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The Gravitas Review of Business & Property Law, Vol.10 No.4 (Dec 2019)
Pages: 13
An Overview of Data Privacy and Data Protection Law in Nigeria
Uche Val Obi, SAN*, Blessing Obianuju Choko**, and Adedoyin Fadare***
ABSTRACT
The transformational value of data in today’s world cannot be overemphasized. The right to data privacy and protection is an internationally guaranteed right, which enjoys protection universally. Data protection is the process of safeguarding important information from corruption, compromise or loss. It’s importance increases as the amount of data created and stored continues to grow. Consequently, a large part of any protection strategy is hinged on ensuring that data can be restored quickly after any corruption or loss. Protecting data from compromise and ensuring data privacy are other key components of data protection; however, where there are no laws to enforce in the event of breach, the value of those rights are lost. In order to uphold the sanctity of these rights, sovereign nations of the world put in place regulations and other mechanisms to guarantee them. Nigeria is not left out in this global community of regulation. This paper seeks to evaluate the laws which regulate and protect data in Nigeria and how they could impact her.
INTRODUCTION
This paper seeks to interrogate the significant provisions of the National Information and Technology Development Agency Regulation (NITDA Regulation) that impact data protection and data privacy in Nigeria. The challenge of securing data privacy/protection is a worldwide phenomenon. The NITDA Regulation is Nigeria’s most comprehensive attempt yet to tackle this phenomenon and to bring it within tolerable limits.
* Managing Partner, Alliance Law Firm.
** Executive Associate, Alliance Law Firm.
*** Associate, Alliance Law Firm.
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