International data transfers and data protection by Dr Mike Irene If your company does not collect, use or process any personal data from other countries, or transfer data to other countries, there is no need to worry about international data transfers. But, most Nigerian companies do, either because they have employees, customers, suppliers or other business …
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Signs your company needs help with data protection in Nigeria by Dr Mike Irene Managing Partner at Mirene Global Consults Data protection regulation has come to stay. It helps data protection authorities like the National Information Technology Development Agency(NITDA) regulate and audit data processing in companies. Many company’s stakeholders in Nigeria claim they are compliant …
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Data mining in the era of data protection by Dr Mike Irene There is a new saying: “data is the new oil”. It serves as a lubricant in many industries. To have more data is life for companies. As such, companies mine data in order to generate new information. David Hand, the British statistician, summarises …
by Dr Mike Irene Any data privacy regulation raises confusion, more thoughts, and sometimes, haphazard conclusions. This has been the case around the world. However, national data protection authorities rise to the occasion to address these obfuscations. Last week, in my article, I argued that NITDA, as Nigeria’s designated data protection authority, is not doing …
By Michael Irene, PhD The assessment of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation compliance scheme seems like a chore to most Nigerian companies. This article gives a practical scenario for assessing NDPR compliance. For this scenario, let’s call the business Broski Enterprises Ltd. The company is a Nigerian mid-sized enterprise that exports consumer goods. Its sales and …
NDPR and the data protection officer function By Michael Irene, PhD 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 …
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has come up with the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation. This, indeed, is a welcomed development as Nigerian companies over the years, use customers’ data in a willy-nilly fashion. At the minimum, the regulation aims to “monitor the use of electronic data interchange and other forms of electronic communication transactions.” Without a …
