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Webinar: Data protection in the Middle East and Africa feat. Nigerian Data Protection Commissioner
13 February 2024
The "new normal" of global data protection regulation is becoming increasingly complex. With 37 African countries having a comprehensive data protection legal framework and the rapid development of privacy laws in the Middle East, all organisations providing products and/or services in the MEA region or that are otherwise doing business there need to ensure they understand their obligations and compliance risks. You can view our 23 January 2024 webinar on data protection in the Middle East and Africa to understand the key legal considerations and risks.
We are pleased to share with you the video recording of our Webinar on Data Protection in the Middle East and Africa with our Special Guest, Dr Vincent Olatunji, CEO and Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission. The presentation touches upon key privacy considerations including consent, legitimate interest (and lack thereof), direct marketing, DPA registration, data transfers, localisation, sensitive data, children's data, breach notification, data subject rights, sanctions and enforcement, etc. In addition, our guest speaker shared his views and actions on enforcement.
Authored by Aissatou Sylla, Savanna Stephens, Janelle Moussa, and Isabelle Forrest.
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Additional Resources
- AFRICA: Overview of data protection laws in Africa, Hogan Lovells Africa Newsletter (2019)
- AFRICA: PSD2 & GDPR: an opportunity for the African mobile payment business? Financial Institutions Sector Horizons, Hogan Lovells (2019)
- BENIN: Data protection in Benin, African Law & Business (2019), co-authored with the Benin Data Protection Authority
- BURKINA FASO: Burkina Faso - Data Protection Overview, OneTrust DataGuidance (2022)
- CAPE VERDE: Cape Verde - Data Protection Overview, OneTrust DataGuidance (2021), co-authored with Joao Luis Traça
- CAPE VERDE: Cape Verde makes significant changes to its data protection law, African Law & Business (2021), co-authored with the Data Protection Commission, Cape Verde
- EGYPT: Key features of the 2020 Egyptian Data Protection Act, co-authored with Sharkawy & Sarhan, Cairo, African Law & Business (2020)
- NIGERIA: Data protection in Nigeria, African Law & Business (2020), co-authored with Mr Kashifu Abdullahi and Mr Olufemi Daniel, National for IT Development Agency (NITDA), Nigeria
- NIGERIA: Key changes brought by the Nigerian Data Protection Act, 2023, Hogan Lovells Engage, Lexology (2023), co-authored with Olufemi Daniel, former NITDA
- Recent developments in African data protection laws – Outlook for 2023, in French and English, Hogan Lovells (2023)
- RWANDA: Key features of the new Rwandan data protection law, Hogan Lovells Engage, Lexology (2021), co-authored with Yves Sangano of K-Solutions & Partners
- UGANDA: Protecting Uganda’s data, African Law & Business, co-authored with Alice Namuli, Uganda (2019)
- UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : The UAE's Health Data Law: an important and welcome update permitting certain transfers of health data, Hogan Lovells Engage (2021)
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