Middle East & Africa · 1 law · 7 requirements
Nigeria: the laws your website or app must follow
If your customers are in Nigeria, these are the privacy, consumer, security, accessibility and AI laws SafeLaunch checks your site against, with what each one requires and where in the law it says so.
How a SafeLaunch audit checks each one
- CheckedChecked automatically on every scan
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- Your answersDecided from your answers to the audit questions
- PreparedPrepared for you in the report's compliance pack
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NDPA 2023
In force; General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID) 2025 issued 20 Mar 2025, effective Sept 2025, repealing the NDPR.
Who it covers: Controllers and processors in Nigeria or processing data of people in Nigeria.
What it requires of a website or app (7)
- A privacy notice: identity, contact, purposes and lawful basis, recipients, retention, rights, complaint to the CommissionCheckeds. 27; GAID
- Consent that is freely given, specific and as easy to withdraw; cookie noticesCheckeds. 25–26; GAID
- Security measuresCheckeds. 39
- Breach notification to the Commission within 72 hoursCheckeds. 40
- Rights to access, correction, erasure and portabilityCheckeds. 34–38
- Transfers abroad with adequate protectionCheckeds. 41–43
- Register with the NDPC, appoint a DPO and file annual compliance audit returns if of major importance (if data controllers of major importance)Prepareds. 44; GAID
Licensed professionals in Nigeria
These regulators' advertising and conduct rules apply on top of the laws above, only to sites of that profession.
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A plain-language summary of what each law requires of a website or app, from the SafeLaunch rulebook, with the provision and official sources. It is not legal advice and not every duty in each law is listed.