FG probes 17 firms over breach of customers’ private data, hikes fines

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A new report reveals the National Information Technology Development Agency engaged in 17 data breach investigations and issued N15m fines in 2021, a new report

The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy Prof Isa Pantami, disclosed this in the Data Protection Regulation Performance Report 2020-2021.

The report further disclosed that seven investigations were concluded and sanctions were imposed on three entities.

In addition, the amount of fines issued rose from N1m in 2020 to 15m in 2021.

– Punch

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