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The enforcement regime under the data protection law are tougher and the litigation risk is much more pronounced. There are also significant restrictions on liability.
This means a bigger stick for the regulator, more rights for the individual as well as rights for pressure groups.
On this episode, analysts from TaxTech will focus on the concepts - the hows and whens - of liabilities, penalties and remedies. They will explain the lower and upper levels of NDPR penalties and help you appreciate the cost of non-compliance with the NDPR.
Check out our website, https://taxtech.com.ng, for more on protecting your data from cyber criminals. You can also become a Privacy Professional through our NDPR Academy.
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Statistics say more than half of the world's population currently use a smartphone. This data from bitdefender.com suggests that up to 50 percent of everyone in our world today have personal information stored on their mobile devices. This could also be so because about half of the world's web traffic comes from smartphone users. This data is being collected and processed directly or indirectly by Controllers or Administrators. To this end, there's a need to ensure the activities of controllers or administrators are in accordance with a lawful purpose consent by the Data subject.
Today on Privacy Notes, Michael Sile and Urenna Ukonne of TaxTech will tell us about the Dos and Don'ts of Data Protection Compliance. Their conversation will focus on Data Protection Audits and Data Protection Impact Assessments. They will also highlight the processes involved in each activity.
Check out our website, https://taxtech.com.ng, for more on protecting your data from cyber criminals. You can also become a Privacy Professional through our NDPR Academy.

As a data subject, you have a right to know the location of your personal information. You should also be aware of the safeguards that are in place to protect your data from exploitation. Why is this coming up? Because, from time to time, organisations and government agencies will transfer data between themselves or between servers. There are risks involved during the transfer process. These risks usually centre around adequate protection of data while it is being transferred. Michael Sile and Urenna Ukonne of TaxTech are here to give a better understanding of the risks involved during local or international transfer of data. This, however, comes after an introduction to the nature and basis for transferring Personal Data.
Check out our website, https://taxtech.com.ng, for more on protecting your data from cyber criminals. You can also become a Privacy Professional through our NDPR Academy.

In 2018, the personal details of about 80,000 Nigerian patients who participated in the HIV/AIDS Indicator and Impact Survey were at risk of being exposed. The success of the exercise, which was one of the world’s biggest HIV surveys ever, was almost diminished following the use of a user-friendly and once open source database management system that was not properly secured. That incident involved a lack of expertise or naivety on the part of the data controllers or administrators. This will be the focus of this episode of Privacy Notes. On this episode, we will look at the concepts of the Data Controller, Data Administrator and other related roles of the Data Protection Officer. This episode also takes a look at Third Party and Data Protection Compliance Organisation as used under the NDPR; setting out their rules and time-sensitive obligations.
Check out our website, https://taxtech.com.ng, for more on protecting your data from cyber criminals. You can also become a Privacy Professional through our NDPR Academy.

In 2017, British company Cambridge Analytica collected large databases of personal information without being checked. This was a wake-up call for many data subjects, organisations and government. However, it has not ended the act of data exploitation which is big business. As a data subject, what rights do you have over your personal data that has been collected with or without your consent?
The knowledge of one's rights as a data subject cannot be overemphasized. However, it is not just enough to KNOW your rights as a data subject, it is expedient to be able to ENFORCE said rights.
Today on Privacy Notes, we our experts from TaxTech will tell us about the Grey Areas of Enforcing our Rights as Data Subjects.
Check out our website, https://taxtech.com.ng, for more on protecting your data from cyber criminals. You can also become a Privacy Professional through our NDPR Academy.

24.5% of Nigerians have their data captured online. This includes personal information such as date of birth, contact information, occupation, and details of people close to you. Have you ever wondered how your personal information is processed? Who has access to it? Who is the controller of your personal information which has a valuation of about 240 dollars, depending on who you ask? On this episode of Privacy Notes, Urenna Ukonne and Michael Sile from TaxTech will discuss all you need to know about Personal Data Processing.