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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has initiated steps for enforcement of data subjects rights and promotion of trust in Nigeria’s digital economy ecosystem.
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In its Guidance Notice titled: Guidance Notice on the Filing of Data Protection Compliance Audit Returns (CAR), the commission counsels data controllers and processors to file compliance audit returns or risk being excluded from the National Data Protection Adequacy Programme (NaDPAP) Whitelist. The data controllers and processors comprises banks, telcos, hospitals, schools, ICT companies, data centres among others.
The National Commissioner/CEO, NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji recently disclosed that the commission was already carrying out free induction training for designated Data Protection Officers (DPOs) in both public and private sectors so as to ensure that Nigeria can contribute competitively to the global digital economy.
Olatunji further advised that agents and contractors who carry out data processing on behalf of data controllers should be trained and onboarded on the commission’s portal.
