FG FINES MULTICHOICE N766 MILLION FOR PRIVACY VIOLATION

By: Muftau Fatimo Multichoice Nigeria has been fined ₦766,242,500 by the Federal Government through the Nigeria Data Protection Commission for violating the Nigeria Data Protection Act. In a statement released on Sunday by Babatunde Bamigboye, NDPC's Head of Legal, Enforcement, and Regulations, the commission mentioned illegal cross-border transfers of citizen data as well as breaches of subscribers' privacy rights. The censure came after an investigation into the company's invasive data processing practices was started in the second quarter of 2024. "Multichoice's extensive data processing is blatantly unfair, needless, disproportionate, and intrusive. Section 37 of the Federal Republic of...