Posts

Posts

Why is the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the toughest Data Privacy law in the world?

A friend, who we’ll call B, tells me that in Germany, everyone receives the option to reject cookies on any website they visit. I’ve never been to Germany (or Europe) so I cannot confirm if this is true. Regardless, what I do know is that here, in the US, we do not receive a pop...

What should you know about Data Targeting?

A Brief Introduction Data is unprocessed facts, figures or numbers. Data, by itself, is meaningless. It is rudimentary and unrefined. For example: 30 years old, Black, Singer, likes ice cream. This is meaningless data that could describe millions of people. It is anonymous and tells us nothing specific. However, gather just a few more details...

Welcome, What are we doing here?

A conversation on Social Jurisprudence (3 minutes read time)...

Welcome, What are we doing here?

Part 1: Protecting the Rule of Law--- The rule of law is like a greenhouse...

Nigeria rises to the occasion: Nigeria’s Data Protection Act (short history)

Raise your hand if (before reading the title of my post) you thought Nigeria had no data privacy legislation.  Two weeks ago, both my hands would have been high in the air. To my rescue, I assumed Nigeria probably had some legislation but not a very comprehensive one. And six years ago, I would have...

Nigeria has some of the most comprehensive Data Protection Laws in Africa.

The federal republic of Nigeria not only has a constitutional right to privacy, it now also has enforceable guidelines that are designed to protect that right in our digital age.  Nigeria’s 2023 Data Protection Act (NDPA) marked the country’s entry into the global data-protection arena. For the first time, Nigerians had legislative clarity on how...

Enumerated Powers: Goals and Limits of the American Presidency

  In the first months of President Trump’s second presidency, I have watched the administration repeatedly test the boundaries of the enumerated powers granted to the executive branch by the U.S. Constitution. While the public reaction to these actions often suggests that President Trump is setting unprecedented constitutional norms, a closer...