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ON WHATSAPP’s €225m FINE AND OTHER DATA PRIVACY MATTERS.

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The Irish Data Protection Commission fines WhatsApp €225m (£193m). The fine stems from an ongoing investigation to ascertain whether WhatsApp has been transparent with how they process the data sets of users in their possession.    Even after several policy updates, WhatsApp consistently fails to meet the European General Data Protection Regulation demands. The big question, …

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MANAGING THE THIRD-PARTY LIFECYCLE PROCESS IN INFORMATION GOVERNANCE.

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Let’s call the company HSH Limited. The company uses a lot of third-party companies to serve their customers, to fulfil deliveries and to keep their physical environment clean and secure. They use other third-party companies for the storage, deletion and archiving of sensitive and non-sensitive data. In one of their third-party supplier audits, they found …

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Non-existence of Data Privacy Framework in Nigerian schools

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Less than one per cent of Nigerian schools are compliant with the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation. Yet, many schools manage sensitive personal information and personal information of students and employees daily. This disregard for basic human rights is worrying. You probably are thinking that private institutions take data privacy seriously, but you are wrong. Many …

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Data Protection Compliance: Putting your business in a global perspective

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Data privacy is a business function. Complying with the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), therefore, is a critical component in building a successful contemporary business. Investment in data privacy and protection yields a great return by protecting the company’s physical assets, personnel assets, IT assets, and operational assets. Investing in data protection compliance helps a …

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Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA), Data and information during COVID-19 pandemic

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As the world grapples with the unprecedented spread of coronavirus, the role of data gathering becomes prominent. Oliver Morgan, the Director of the Health Emergency Information and Risk Assessment Development at the World Health Organization (WHO) says “It is critically important that all countries are able to report their COVID-19 situation.” What WHO’s Morgan proposes …

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NDPR and the Data Protection Officer Function

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The Nigerian Data Protection Regulation states, under Implementation Mechanism, that every data controller shall: • Designate a Data Protection Officer to ensure adherence to this [NDPR] Regulation, relevant data privacy instruments and data protection directives of the data controller; • [and] may outsource data protection to a verifiably competent firm or person. This is new. …

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NDPR: Key Areas Companies Can Focus on

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f anything, data protection compliance is something slightly new in Nigeria. It is new because Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) is in its infant stages. As such, data compliance is relatively a new concept.  The chance of any Nigerian company attaining a hundred percent compliance is minuscule. This article points out, in brief detail, certain data …

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An Introspection on Data Protection (3)

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Nigerian companies must rebuild their dynamics to not only fit in what is called privacy-by-design but also ensure they maintain a privacy-by-default approach. They must also pay attention to the dynamic of their business and how it factors the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation. Compliance with GDPR is an opportunity for Nigerian companies to establish and …

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An Introspection on Data Protection (2)

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Having got a historical glimpse of data protection regulations and its motivations, can one conclude that companies like MTN, Infinix, just to mention those two, who collect and process personal data about Nigerians violate human rights? The simple and short answer is yes. Read Infinix’s privacy policy and you would see this claim “[we] may …

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An Introspection on Data Protection (1)

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In contemporary business, the collection, use, and possession of personal data remain vital. Without it, businesses would struggle to serve customers and carry out the necessary market analysis. Yet, most approaches to collecting and storing personal data borders on intrusion and trampling on human rights.  In this three-part article, I give a historical background to data …

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