Vincent Olatunji, national commissioner and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), has ordered an immediate investigation into the data processing activities of Temu.
In a statement on Monday, Babatunde Bamigboye, head of
legal, enforcement and regulations at NDPC, said the platform’s activities “may
be in violation” of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDP Act), 2023.
Bamigboye said the probe was triggered by concerns relating
to online surveillance through personal data processing, accountability, data
minimisation requirements, transparency, duty of care and cross-border data
transfers.
“Preliminary investigations indicate that Temu is an
e-commerce platform which processes personal information of approximately 12.7
million data subjects in Nigeria with 70 million daily active users globally,”
the statement reads.
According to the statement, the national commissioner warned
that data processors who carry out processing activities on behalf of data
controllers without verifying their compliance with the NDP Act may be held
liable under the law.
On February 5, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC)
and the NDPC signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen
collaboration on data privacy and protection in the country.
NDPC said the partnership was necessary to combine the
expertise and capacities of both agencies to effectively protect Nigerians’
data.
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