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Data Protection Services Limited (DSPL) has unrolled its suite of Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) services for public and private sector clients across Nigeria. DCPL is licensed by the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria’s IT clearinghouse, as a Data Protection Compliance Organisation (DPCO).
The NITDA introduced the NDPR in 2019 and is designed to safeguard the right of natural persons to data privacy, foster safe conduct of transactions involving exchange of personal data. All public and private entities handling data must comply with the NDPR and only DPCOs are licensed to ensure compliance.
“We are an organisation founded to meet the unique needs of each of our clients and provide a workable framework allowing them to meet their compliance obligations under the law,” said CEO of DSPL, Tunde Balogun.
“Our team include certified data privacy professionals comprising data managers, data scientists, data privacy legal and cyber security experts – all professionally certified with experiences in delivering: training, awareness and helping customers comply with the 2019 NDPR. Our data protection professionals have implemented numerous European Union – General Data Protection Regulation (EU-GDPR) across public and private sectors in the United Kingdom (U.K),” added Balogun speaking from the company’s main office in Lagos.
The company’s services include NDPR Gap Analysis, allowing companies to effectively be data processors or controllers in relation to information about customers, employees and suppliers as ruled under the NDPR; Security Level to identify databases and their required security level; Website Compliance including website scanning for compliance gaps with NDPR cookies and consent requirements; Corporate Governance Procedures that covers updating and writing of corporate governance documents, procedures, guidelines and information security procedures.
Others are Monitoring involving Property Monitoring and Management Systems for Municipal Corporations; and Mapping for mapping organizational computer systems and databases. As well as Mapping of data processing activities.
“Our services are expansive and made to address each organisation unique challenges. We are already building a pool of clients in central and western Nigeria even as we hope to sign in more clients across the country soon. Data compliance is a critical issue as we become more technology driven and adhere to the tenets of a digital economy,” said Balogun
