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Nigerian Government through the National Information Technology Development Agency, NITDA, has reminded all data controllers and processors in the country that the deadline for the filing of their annual data audit report remains 15th March, 2021.
The Director-General of NITDA, Abdullahi Inuwa, warned that non-filing of the report is a punishable offence which the agency is set to fully enforce this year.
This was contained in the DG’s opening speech at the National Privacy Week 2021 press conference and the unveiling of the week’s activities.
The press conference, according to the DG was intended to update Nigerians on where NITDA is in terms of the Data Protection Regulation implementation and its projections for 2021.
GDPR fines jump 40% as EU regulators raise pressure on business Ireland ranked sixth for total number of data breaches in the past year
Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 12:38 Updated: Tue, Jan 19, 2021, 15:06
Fines imposed under the General Data Protection Regulation have increased by almost a half over the past year as European authorities flexed their regulatory muscles despite disruption caused by the pandemic.
According to research by DLA Piper, Ireland imposed €715,000 for GDPR breaches since the introduction of the regulations in 2018, ranking it in 14th place. However, it came sixth overall in terms of number of data breaches in the past year, with more than 6,600 incidents reported to authorities.
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On December 24, 2020, the European Commission and the United Kingdom reached an agreement in principle on the long-awaited Trade and Cooperation Agreement (the “Trade Agreement”). For now, transfers of personal data from the United Kingdom to the European Union and from the United Kingdom to other jurisdictions recognized by the European Union as having adequate data protection will continue to be permitted without additional measures. However, this reprieve will only last six months and the UK Information Commissioner’s Office has recommended that companies start exploring alternate means for transfers.
On December 17, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (‘
ICO’) published its Data Sharing Code of Practice (the ‘
Code’) following a public consultation which commenced in 2019. The Code focuses mainly on data sharing among data controllers who are subject to the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act (‘DPA’) 2018. Data controllers falling within the scope of the ICO’s enforcement powers should take the Code into account when sharing personal data because it will help them comply with their data protection obligations. Due to the detailed way in which the Code covers data sharing in the context of the GDPR, it will also be of wider interest to data controllers in the EU and beyond – even after the end of the Brexit transition period.