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The data privacy and cybersecurity landscape is evolving more rapidly than ever before, and the threats to personal information, businesses’ critical information and assets—as well as to their bottom lines—are only increasing. Breaches continue to grow in scale and sophistication, regulators are expanding and shifting requirements, and litigation remains perilous.

It has become imperative, now more than ever, that businesses think strategically about data privacy, data security and the cyber threats they face—whether to consumer or employee information, intellectual property or product safety—and take practical steps to address the associated legal, business and reputational risks. Advocaat is at the helm of that and is ready and geared to offer a comprehensive and integrated approach to cybersecurity and data privacy challenges, offering our clients strategic thinking and practical legal advice.

Our lawyers have deep knowledge and a practical understanding of the cybersecurity and data privacy statutes and regulations in Nigeria and surrounding regions including:

• The Nigerian Data Protection Regulation
• The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• The Cybercrimes (Prohibition and Prevention) Act
• Other statutes applicable to evolving issues in cybersecurity and data privacy.