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DPCO Registration & Requirements

Definition and Duties of DPCO

Section 33 of the Nigerian Data Protection Ac 2023 t provides that a Data Protection Compliance Organisation (DPCO) is any entity duly licensed by NDPC for the purpose of training, auditing, consulting, and rendering services aimed at ensuring compliance with the NDP Act 2023 or any foreign Data Protection law or regulation having effect in Nigeria.

  • Professional Service Consultancy firm
  • IT Service Provider
  • Audit firm
  • Law firm
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With evidence of professional, academic certification or experiences in one or more of the following areas:

  • Data Science
  • Data Protection and privacy
  • Information Privacy
  • Information Audit
  • Data Management
  • Information security
  • Data protection legal services
  • Information Technology Due Diligence
  • EU GDPR implementation and compliance
  • Cyber Security/Cyber Security law
  • Data Analytics
  • Data Governance

DPCOs are licensed to provide one or more of these services:

  • Data protection regulations compliance and breach services for Data Controllers and Data Administrators
  • Data protection and privacy advisory services
  • Data protection training and awareness services
  • Data Regulations Contracts drafting and advisory
  • Data protection and privacy breach remediation planning and support services
  • Information privacy audit
  • Data privacy breach impact assessment
  • Data Protection and Privacy Due Diligence Investigation
  • Outsourced Data Protection Officer etc.

Documents Required for Licensing

  • CAC Registration
  • Evidence of Tax Clearance
  • Relevant professional or academic qualification of at least 2 listed staff (these need not be Directors)
  • Valid means of identification of one Director i.e International Passport; Drivers’ License; NIN Registration etc.
  • Website registration on .ng domain
  • Evidence of payment of prescribed licensing fees to NDPC
DPCO Relationship with NDPC

Article 3.1.4 of the NDP Act 2023 provides; The Commission shall by this NDP Act 2023 register and license Data Protection Compliance Organizations (DPCOs) who shall on behalf of the Commission monitor, audit, conduct training and provide data protection compliance consulting to all Data Controllers under this NDP Act 2023. The DPCOs shall be subject to NDP Act 2023 and Directives of NDPC issued from time to time. Every filing by Data Controllers pursuant to this NDP Act 2023 shall be accompanied by a DPCO Verification Statement. NDPC  may appoint other DPCOs or by itself conduct investigation into a suspected breach of the NDP Act 2023 .

Liabilities of a DPCO

A DPCO, found to be guilty of concealing or abetting a data breach by a Data Controller or Processor shall immediately lose its license and prior reports may be subject of investigation. This is without prejudice to right to legal redress by complainants, statutory investigation and prosecutorial functions of other organs of government.

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11 Dec

The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, delivered a keynote speech titled, “Implementing a Data Protection Law: The Nigerian Experience,” at the R.I.S.K Dubai 2024 Conference held at the Dubai International Financial

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The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection, Dr Vincent Olatunji, was ably represented by a legal officer from the Legal, Enforcement and Regulations Department of the Commission, Ibukunoluwa Owa, at the Child Online Safety Protection and Reporting of Abuse....

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The National Commissioner of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, has been appointed as an ID4Africa Deputy Ambassador for Nigeria. With this appointment, effective on the 1st of January, 2025, Dr Olatunji becomes a member of the ID4Africa....

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The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, Dr. Vincent Olatunji, attended the 12th Technical/Official Meeting of the National Council on Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy (NCCIDE), held in Makurdi, Benue State.

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The National Commissioner and CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr. Vincent Olatunji, received in audience, the Director of the Abuja Geographic Information Systems (AGIS), Tukur Dan Asabe.

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9 Dec

NDPC Opens Registration for Data Protection Training and Certification.
Registration is now open for the first 500 applicants.
Registration link: https://forms.ndpc.gov.ng/dpotraining/

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26 Nov

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), in collaboration with the Chairman, House Committee on Digital and Information Technology, Hon. Adedeji Stanley Olajide, conducted a five-day "Data Protection and Digital Literacy Training" in Ibadan, benefiting over 1,000 youths.

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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission was represented by Ms. Adamma Isamade, a legal officer in the Legal, Enforcement and Regulations Department, at the 6th @wto Trade Policy Review of Nigeria, held at the World Trade Organisation Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.

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The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, Dr Vincent Olatunji, was ably represented by the Head of the Legal, Enforcement, and Regulations Department, Babatunde Bamgboye Esq., at a knowledge-sharing session titled,....

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26 Nov

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM). The National Commissioner/CEO of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji, led the Commission's delegation to the Commissioner for Insurance/CEO....

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18 Nov

The National Commissioner/CEO of the NDPC, Dr Vincent Olatunji chaired the validation workshop on the review of the ECOWAS Supplementary Act A/SA. 1/01/10 on Protection of Personal Data in ECOWAS region. The ECOWAS Supplementary Act was issued in 2010, hence the need for the

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The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji, ably represented by the Head of Research and Development, NDPC, Dr Tolulope Pius-Fadipe, received in audience, a delegation from Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS), led by the

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The National Commissioner/CEO of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), Dr Vincent Olatunji received in audience, a delegation from Cameroon, along with representatives from the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Cameroon office. The Cameroonian delegation,

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The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), led by the National Commissioner/CEO, Dr Vincent Olatunji, was at the office of the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST) to open a capacity-building program for NIPOST staff on data privacy and protection.
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