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In force · 2023 · All programme areas

Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023

The law that sets rules for how organisations collect, store and share your personal information, with extra care for children.

Key provisions

1Creates the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
2Organisations need a lawful reason to use your personal information.
3You can ask what information is held about you, and ask for it to be corrected or deleted.
4For a child under 18, a parent or guardian must agree, with some exceptions.
5Organisations must report serious data breaches to the Commission.

Where it stands across Nigeria

This is a federal law. It applies in all 36 states and the FCT.

Abia State: The law appliesAdamawa State: The law appliesAkwa Ibom State: The law appliesAnambra State: The law appliesBauchi State: The law appliesBayelsa State: The law appliesBenue State: The law appliesBorno State: The law appliesCross River State: The law appliesDelta State: The law appliesEbonyi State: The law appliesEdo State: The law appliesEkiti State: The law appliesEnugu State: The law appliesGombe State: The law appliesImo State: The law appliesJigawa State: The law appliesKaduna State: The law appliesKano State: The law appliesKatsina State: The law appliesKebbi State: The law appliesKogi State: The law appliesKwara State: The law appliesLagos State: The law appliesNasarawa State: The law appliesNiger State: The law appliesOgun State: The law appliesOndo State: The law appliesOsun State: The law appliesOyo State: The law appliesPlateau State: The law appliesRivers State: The law appliesSokoto State: The law appliesTaraba State: The law appliesYobe State: The law appliesZamfara State: The law appliesFederal Capital Territory: The law applies
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The law applies 37 of 37
All 36 states and the FCT
The law applies (37)
What it means for you

What you tell AHERI or the CARE HUB is private. You can ask what we hold about you.

How AHERI uses this law

AHERI follows this law in the CARE HUB, in our forms and in every school agreement.

SourcesNigeria Data Protection Act 2023Nigeria Data Protection Commission
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