NDPA 2023 Explained in Plain English: Understanding the Right to Data Deletion

The Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 is a big step in protecting the personal information of individuals in Nigeria. While it contains many rules, one important clause that affects everyone is the Right to Data Deletion.

What Is the Right to Data Deletion?

This clause gives you the power to ask any organization holding your personal information to erase it when:

  • They no longer need it for the reason they collected it.
  • You withdraw your consent for them to use it.
  • Keeping it would be illegal.

In simple terms: if you don’t want a company to keep your personal details anymore — and there’s no good reason for them to keep it — you can tell them to delete it.

Why This Matters

Before the NDPA, many people didn’t know they could challenge how their information was stored. Now, this law makes it your legal right. It helps protect you from:

  • Unwanted marketing messages.
  • Companies holding your data forever.
  • The risk of your information being exposed in a data breach.

How to Use This Right

  1. Identify the organization holding your data.
  2. Send a formal request (email or letter) asking them to delete your personal information under the NDPA 2023.
  3. Keep a record of your request in case you need to follow up.

If they refuse without a valid reason, you can report them to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

Bottom line: The Right to Data Deletion empowers you to control who holds your personal data. It’s your information — and with the NDPA 2023, you have a say in how it’s kept.

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