NITDA fines firm N5 million for data protection breach NITDA fines firm N5 million for data protection breach Share The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has concluded its investigation process on the personal data breach by Electronic Settlement Limited and fined the firm N5 million for data protection breach. The investigative process involved an analysis of the company’s applications and websites; visit to the company’s office in Lagos, review of its technical documents as submitted to the Agency and an interrogation of its officials by the NITDA investigation team in Abuja. A statement issued by the Head, Corporate Affairs and External Relations of NITDA, Mrs Hadiza Umar, said “at the end of the process, we have established that there was a data breach involving the company.