Episode 10 - The Making of the NDPR and a Career in Privacy

In this privacy-themed episode, Ifeoluwa Ebiseni (Associate, AELEX), talks with Femi Daniel, Senior Counsel, Privacy and Data Protection, Mastercard, about the role he played in the development of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), Nigeria's first data protection legislation. Although the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 has taken the place of the NDPR as the principal data protection law, many of its provisions and the institutional framework supporting privacy in Nigeria were set up in the wake of the NDPR.

The conversation covers:

1. The inspiration for developing the NDPR;
2. Why Data Protection Compliance Organisations (DPCOs) were incorporated into the NDPR;
3. A typical day in the life of a privacy lawyer working with Mastercard;
4. The transition from a regulatory role to a private sector role in data protection and the needed skills;
5. The development of the White List of countries approved for cross-border data transfers under the NDPR.