The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has commended the House of Representatives fordirecting the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to suspend recent directive mandating commercial banks to collect their customers’ social media handles.
This is contained in a statement signed by the
Digital Rights Officers, CITAD, Ali Sabo who noted that the directive was criticized by individuals, organizations, and human and digital rights activists, due to to its implication on data subjects’ privacy.
