Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 🇳🇬

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Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023

Published on 1 July 2023
Assented to on 12 June 2023
Commenced on 12 June 2023
[This is the version of this document from 1 July 2023.]

AN ACT TO PROVIDE A LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE PROTECTION OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, AND ESTABLISH THE NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION COMMISSION FOR THE REGULATION OF THE PROCESSING OF PERSONAL INFORMATION; AND FOR RELATED MATTERS.

Part I – OBJECTIVES AND APPLICATION

1. Objectives

(1)The objectives of this Act are to —

(a)safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms, and the interests of data subjects, as guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ;

(b)provide for the regulation of processing of personal data ;

(c)promote data processing practices that safeguard the security of personal data and privacy of data subjects ;

(d)ensure that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful and accountable manner ;

(e)protect data subjects’ rights, and provide means of recourse and remedies, in the event of the breach o…

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