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Record fines, administrative proceedings, and formal notices: discover the regulators taking action.
Historic settlement reached following severe data privacy violations.
555.8M NGN fine for opening an account without a legal basis.
766.2M NGN fine for illegal cross-border data transfers.
Fine following a ransomware attack exacerbated by unrenewed antivirus and SIEM licenses.
Penalty imposed for the non-compliant publication of school results (matric results) in newspapers.
Publishing images of minors without formal parental consent.
Harassment practices (doxxing) by a mobile lending app.
Total fines accumulated over the year. The CDP issued 14 sanctions against various players (call centers, ad agencies, e-commerce).
Public sanction for deploying a company vehicle geolocation system without a prior declaration procedure.
Formal notice for the illegal recording of passenger conversations inside its ride-hailing vehicles.
Sanctioned for failing to immediately notify authorities and its customers during a security breach.
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