As anticipated under the provision of Article 70(4) of the GDPR, the European Data Protection Board (EDPB), on the 12th April 2019 began a public consultation on the Guidelines 2/2019 on the processing of personal data under Article 6(1) (b) GDPR in the context of the provision of online services to data subjects (the Guidelines), with the […]
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THE NIGERIAN DATA PROTECTION REGULATION 2019: OVERVIEW, EFFECTS AND LIMITS
It would appear that the wind of data protection reform that has recently blown across the world has finally found its way to Nigeria with the passing of the Nigerian Data Protection Regulation (the Regulation) by the Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) on the 25th January 2019. From the preamble of the Regulation, one […]
Helpful tips in preventing personal data breaches
Following the coming into force of the GDPR, the state of the law has since changed in relation to the reporting and consequences of data breaches. However, it would appear that adopting some basic data protection ethics could help companies reduce the occurrence of data breaches. This article is aimed at identifying some basic practices […]
Data Protection Day 2019: The European Commission publishes a statement on the GDPR journey so far
In commemoration of the world data protection day (held annually on the 28th January), the European Commission (the Commission) published a statement on the EU data protection law particularly since the coming into force of the GDPR on the 25th May 2018. Citing the Facebook Analytica case and other recent data breaches as references, the […]