The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has initiated a new move aim at enforcing data users’ rights and promoting trust in Nigeria’s digital ecosystem.
The move was communicated in a media advisory authored by Lead, Legal, Enforcement and Regulations Department of the commission, Barr. Babatunde Bamigboye, and sourced by our correspondent on Thursday.
The commission, in its Guidance Notice titled ‘Guidance Notice On The Filing Of Data Protection Compliance Audit Returns (CAR)’, the Commission advised data controllers and processors to file compliance audit returns or risk being excluded from the National Data Protection Adequacy Programme (NaDPAP) whitelist.
The affected data controllers and processors comprise banks, telecom operators, hospitals, schools, ICT companies, and data centres, among others.
It would be recalled that the National Commissioner/CEO of the NDPC, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, recently hinted that the Commission was carrying out free induction training for designated Data Protection Officers in both public and private sectors to ensure that Nigeria could contribute competitively to the rapidly evolving global digital economy.
The Commission further advised that agents and contractors that were involved in data processing on behalf of data controllers to be trained and get on-boarded on the Commission’s portal.
