NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2023

Section 38: Data portability

2023Section 38 of 66Federal Republic of Nigeria

(1) The Commission may make regulations establishing a right of personal data portability.
(2) Right of data portability under this Act shall entitle the data subject to –
(a) receive, without undue delay from a data controller, personal data concerning the data subject in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format;
(b) transmit the personal data obtained under paragraph (a) to another data controller without any hindrance; and
(c) where technically possible, have the personal data transmitted directly from one data controller to another.
(3) The Commission may prescribe –
(a) circumstances and conditions on which the data subject may exercise the right of data portability; and
(b) the obligations it would impose on a data controller or data processor, or categories of data controllers or data processors, including in relation to costs and timing.

Cite this section

Section 38, NIGERIA DATA PROTECTION ACT, 2023 (2023).

https://repo.podus.ai/laws/nigeria-data-protection-act-2023/section/38/