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Compliance & NDPA

The Compliance Module is a powerful tool designed to ensure your organization adheres to the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023. It provides a real-time health check of your data protection practices.

Compliance Dashboard

The main view offers a comprehensive scorecard: * Overall Score: A calculated score (0-100) representing your compliance posture. * Status Badge: Quick indicator (e.g., Compliant, Minor Issues, Critical Violations). * Assessment: "Run Assessment" button to trigger a system-wide compliance check.

Key Metrics

  • Open Violations: Issues that need immediate remediation.
  • Critical Issues: High-severity violations that pose significant legal risk.
  • Pending DSRs: Data Subject Requests (e.g., deletion, access) awaiting action.
  • Open Breaches: Active data breach incidents being tracked.

Functional Tabs

1. Overview

A consolidated view of recent violations, pending requests, and active breaches. Use this for a daily health check.

2. Violations

A detailed list of all compliance gaps. * Severity: Low, Medium, High, Critical. * Description: Specific details of the violation (e.g., "Table users missing encryption for column password"). * Article Reference: cites the specific NDPA article violated (e.g., Art. 24).

3. DSR Requests (Data Subject Rights)

Tracks requests from individuals exercising their rights under NDPA. * Types: Access, Deletion, Rectification, Portability. * Deadline Tracking: Monitors the legally mandated response time (usually 30 days). * Status: Pending, In Progress, Completed, Rejected.

4. Breaches

Incident response tracking for data breaches. * Severity: Assessment of the impactful scope. * NITDA Notification: Tracks whether the mandatory 72-hour notification to NITDA has been made. * Subjects Affected: Count of individuals impacted.

Reports & refresh

  • Refresh: Updates all metrics with the latest system data.
  • Run Assessment: Performs a deep scan of database schemas, retention policies, and access logs to generate a fresh compliance score.