Nigeria: Nigeria Data Protection Commission published draft General Application and Implementation Directive 2024 (NDPC/NDPA-GAID/001/2024) including cross-border data transfer regulation

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Nigeria Data Protection Commission published draft General Application and Implementation Directive 2024 (NDPC/NDPA-GAID/001/2024) including cross-border data transfer regulation

On 31 May 2024, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) published the draft Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) 2024 NDPC/NDPA-GAID/001/2024. According to the draft GAID, Data control…

Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Cross-border data transfer regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
cross-cutting
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
data protection authority

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2024-05-31
under deliberation

On 31 May 2024, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) published the draft Nigeria Data Prot…

2025-03-20
adopted

On 20 March 2025, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) adopted the Nigeria Data Protection…

2025-09-19
in force

On 19 September 2025, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission’s (NDPC) General Application and Imple…