The Data Protection Bill passed by the House of
Representatives was considered for first reading by the Nigerian Senate during
plenary on Tuesday.
The House in the committee of the whole presided over by
Speaker Yakubu Dogara on Wednesday May 8, 2019, voted and passed the bill.
Edward Gyang Pwajok (Jos South/East) while stating synopsis
of report on the bill, said the bill seeks to establish the data protection
services, and ensure the safety of data usage of Nigerians is protected.
The bill is for an Act to Provide for Establishment of Data
Protection Commission charged with the responsibility for the protection of
personal data and data subjects’ rights and regulations of the processing of
personal information; and for related matters.
When finally passed into law, it will serve to protect
Nigerians from data abuses by social media companies, such as the
Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal.
In the wake of the data scandal in early 2018, the personal
data of millions of people’s Facebook profiles were compromised.
It was a major political scandal when it was revealed the
data analytics firm had harvested up to 87 million users personal data without
their consent.
The firm used the personal information for political
advertising purposes, raking in millions of dollars.
The scandal has been described as a watershed moment in the
public understanding of personal data.
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