The Federal Government, through the Minister of
Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, has kicked
against WhatsApp’s updated Privacy Policy.
The Policy states that the application will share
information about the users on their platform with their parent company
(Facebook), as well as other sister companies.
The information includes user phone numbers, “transaction
data, service-related information, information on how you interact with others
(including businesses) when using our Services, mobile device information, your
IP address”.
Furthermore, WhatsApp has indicated that users who refuse to
accept their revised privacy policy risk not being able to use the service at
all.
However, the Federal Government assures Nigerians that the
Nigeria Data Protection Regulations (NDPR) of 2019 is committed to upholding
their data privacy.
“We are also aware that the European region is exempt from
the provisions of the updated Policy and it is also being challenged in a
number of countries,” the Minister said in a statement signed by Dr. Femi
Adeluyi, Technical Assistant (Information Technology) to the Minister.
The Minister directed the National Information Technology
Development Agency (NITDA), as the Regulator of the Information Technology
sector, to engage vigorously with Facebook to understand the processes, level
of security, etc of the data of Nigerian users in order to ensure that Policies
proposed for Nigeria strictly adhere to the provisions of NDPR.
“Nigerians can be assured that the Federal Government will
give utmost attention to the privacy of their data, in line with the NDPR and
the National Digital Economy Policy for a Digital Nigeria,” the statement said.
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