Section 51, NDPA

Civil remedies

A data subject, who suffers injury, loss, or harm as a result of a violation of this Act by a data controller or data processor, may recover damages from such data controller or data processor in civil proceedings.

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This is Section 51 of the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. To explore the rest of the legislation, please use the links below:

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