“NDPC probes TikTok, Truecaller over data breaches”, 20 March 2025

The Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) has commenced an investigation into TikTok and Truecaller over suspected data breaches, aiming to ensure their compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act.

…“As we speak, we have even gone to the extent of investigating multinationals. We are currently investigating TikTok and Truecaller in the area of data privacy”.

…“Depending on our findings, if they are able to go through remediation and do what is right, we are happy to work with them”, he said.

The Executive Officer revealed that when the Commission initially began monitoring compliance, only 4% of organizations adhered to data protection regulations.

He however noted that increased enforcement and stakeholder engagement had raised compliance levels to over 55%.