Every organisation in Nigeria handles personal data about customers, employees, patients, pupils or members of the public. This course explains Nigeria’s data protection law in practical terms for the organisations that decide how data is used (data controllers) and the suppliers that handle it for them (data processors), such as payroll bureaus, IT and cloud providers and contact centres.
It covers the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission’s General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID), 2025, and related laws, with practical Nigerian examples. The focus is on principles that do not change: a lawful basis before processing, transparency, minimisation, security by design, accountability with evidence, and the rights of the people the data is about.
Fines, fees, deadlines and other figures are shown as 2026 examples and are expected to change. All of them are collected in a dated reference table at the end of the course. Always confirm any figure with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission or a qualified adviser before you act.
What you will learn
- How the Act, the GAID and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission fit together
- Who must register as a data controller or processor of major importance, and the audit return and accountability duties
- The principles, lawful bases and consent, sensitive and children’s data, notices and direct marketing
- How to handle rights requests, run impact assessments and govern data protection
- How to secure data, respond to breaches, manage processors and transfer data abroad lawfully
- How to handle employee data, CCTV, cookies and AI tools, and how complaints, enforcement and penalties work
Who it is for
Compliance officers and Data Protection Officers, HR, IT and security staff, marketing and customer-service staff, managers and business owners, and suppliers that process personal data for clients.
How the course works
There are five modules, each with four lessons and a short quiz. You need 70% on each quiz to complete the course and earn your certificate.
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