Section 1 Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023
Section 1 of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 is about Objectives. It is under Part I (objectives and Application) of the Act.
(1) The objectives of this Act are to —
(a) safeguard the fundamental rights and freedoms, and the interests of data subjects, as guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 ;
(b) provide for the regulation of processing of personal data ;
(c) promote data processing practices that safeguard the security of personal data and privacy of data subjects ;
(d) ensure that personal data is processed in a fair, lawful and accountable manner ;
(e) protect data subjects’ rights, and provide means of recourse and remedies, in the event of the breach of the data subject’s rights ;
(f) ensure that data controllers and data processors fulfil their obligations to data subjects ;
(g) establish an impartial, independent, and effective regulatory Commission to superintend over data protection and privacy issues, and supervise data controllers and data processors ; and
(h) strengthen the legal foundations of the national digital economy and guarantee the participation of Nigeria in the regional and global economies through the beneficial and trusted use of personal data.
