Paradigm Initiative joins stakeholders within the digital sphere through an international effort to commemorate Data Privacy Week, to empower individuals and businesses to respect, and safeguard the
privacy of online users.
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it added that they will persist in efforts to monitor and support the rightful use of data collection, and its protection as they have kept a watchful eye on the policy landscape of data protection in Africa as well the authorities in charge of this mandate amongst other things.
Some of Paradigm initiative publications include the DPA report that maps out the state of data protection legislation and authorities in Africa, Assessing Data Protection in Nigeria and Towards a Data Protection Legislative Framework in Nigeria which highlights the impact and effectiveness of the Nigerian data protection regulatory framework across different thematic areas, and Nigeria’s legislative and regulatory journey towards enacting comprehensive data protection
legislation. These reports offer some great conclusions and recommendations to ease data protection and privacy.
Equally important are its tools of impact such as ripoti.africa , a platform that enables online users to report digital rights violations in Africa including breaches of online privacy, and ayeta.africa a proactive toolkit for African digital rights actors aimed at addressing the growing need to safeguard digital rights defenders, journalists , whistleblowers, and others working with sensitive information in the global South.
Data Privacy Week , from January 24 – January 28 is an international
effort to create awareness about digital data privacy, and how it is being used and sometimes exploited by businesses. The cause advocates respecting the privacy of individuals, and for businesses to be more
transparent about how they handle user data
