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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has called on organisations, both private and public in the country, to ensure they appoint in-house data protection officers within the next six months.
The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has called on organisations, both private and public in the country, to ensure they appoint in-house data protection officers within the next six months.
The National Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer, NDPC, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, said this has become imperative due to the enormous data generated in the country almost daily and ensures adequate compliance.
Section 32 of the Data Protection law stipulates that there should be a data controller in organisations whether public or private institutions (telcos, insurance, hotels, hospitals, pharmaceuticals, and manufacturing firms are not left out). The data protection law can create 500,000 jobs. One need not necessarily be a technology expert to be a data officer; he or she can be a legal practitioner, a doctor or others to be a DPO. He stressed that compliance for organisations to get a DPO is six months, after which, the filling of all data activities by any organisation in the country should come in between January 1 to 31, 2024 to the commission.
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According to him, Nigeria is ready for a data revolution because of the global economy, stressing that a country of over 200 million people, where over 100 million go online daily to exchange data and do other things
