Personal data protection in Nigeria : reflections on opportunities, options and challenges to legal reforms

dc.contributor.authorAbdulrauf, Lukman Adebisi
dc.contributor.authorFombad, Charles Manga
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-21T07:01:43Z
dc.date.issued2017-07
dc.description.abstractThe right to personal data protection is, without doubt, an important right in the jurisprudence of rights in the contemporary information society. It is becoming as crucial as other orthodox human rights and also attracting significant attention from academics, lawyers, human rights activists and policy makers. In spite of the growing attention data protection receives at international and regional levels, Nigeria is still lagging behind many competitor states like South Africa in establishing an effective legal framework to protect personal data. Individuals‟ personal data is being collected and used without any serious form of control to check against abuse. This paper reflects on opportunities, option and challenges to legal reforms on data protection in Nigeria. It contends that certain legislative and practical challenges stand in the way of an effective legal regime on personal data protection. The paper suggests appropriate legal reforms that are needed to enable prevent the increasing risks of violating the right to data protection in a country that is making rapid advances in Information and Communication Technology but hamstrung by an outdated regulatory framework.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentCentre for Human Rightsen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2018-07-30
dc.description.librarianhb2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://link.springer.com/journal/10991en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAbdulrauf, L.A. & Fombad, C.M. Personal data protection in Nigeria : reflections on opportunities, options and challenges to legal reforms. Liverpool Law Review (2017) 38: 105-134. doi:10.1007/s10991-016-9189-8.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0144-932X (print)
dc.identifier.issn1572-8625 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1007/s10991-016-9189-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/59126
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSpringeren_ZA
dc.rights© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016. The original publication is available at http://link.springer.com/journal/1099.en_ZA
dc.subjectPersonal dataen_ZA
dc.subjectData protectionen_ZA
dc.subjectData protection lawen_ZA
dc.subjectThe right to data protectionen_ZA
dc.subjectLegal reformsen_ZA
dc.subjectNigeriaen_ZA
dc.titlePersonal data protection in Nigeria : reflections on opportunities, options and challenges to legal reformsen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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