The National Information technology Development Agency has said it would investigate the circumstances behind the breaching of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) by the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). The Agency said it was reliably informed that the LIRS published on its web portal the personal information of taxpayers of Lagos State which breaches the NDPR. “The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) was reliably informed and duly ascertained that the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) published a web portal – https://lagos.qpay.ng/TaxPayer – where personal information of taxpayers of Lagos State was gleaned by the general public in breach of the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR), 2019. “We stress that such glitches are in breach of the NDPR and invariably the National Information Technology Development Agency Act 2007. We enjoin all parties to cooperate with NITDA as we seek to protect the personal and confidential information of Nigerian Citizens from misuse and abuse,” the statement said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune December 29, 2019 16:30 UTC