It is ideal for managers and website administrators to understand the importance of having a data complaint website.

Have you got a cookie policy on your website? Are you advising website visitors of the fact that you are using cookies, what types of cookies you use and why?

Are you providing them with the options to accept, reject or modify their cookie preferences? Is your cookie banner appropriate?

If you’ve answered “no” to any of these questions, then your website doesn’t comply with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation.

You also need to consider:

• If you are processing personal data on your website, you must document an appropriate purpose as well as a lawful basis for this processing?
• If you are processing children’s personal data online, you need to ensure you have either an exemption or a lawful basis and purpose for the processing.
• If your website is displaying photos or videos (or links to either) and these media contain people – you need to ensure that you have a -compliant lawful basis and purpose for processing these images.
• If you are using an online application form or online “contact us” form, you must check that your wording appropriately outlines the purpose and lawful basis for capturing this information.
• Whether information being gathering via a “contact us” form is being used for purposes other than that which is was collected, such as marketing. If so, you should check whether you have a lawful basis, inform data subjects of your practices and provide a link to your privacy notice.
• If you are gathering information via your website, how long are you storing this information and how is it protected? Are you making people aware (via the privacy notice) of these details?
• If you are using testimonials from clients on your website, have you obtained their consent to quote their names? How long are you storing their consent?
• If you are using photos or videos of your employees on your website, you should ensure that the employee contract, the data privacy notice and the data privacy policy cover such purposes.