- You constantly receive unsolicited messages from banks, advertisers or loan companies. You may request that the organisations delete your information from their mailing list.
- You have a right to demand that the organisation delete all your information in their records.
- As a former customer of a loan company or a bank you have the right to request that your account be closed and deleted. Please note that in the case of financial institutions, financial regulations issued by the CBN or the Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria may mandate keeping financial records for a defined period of time.
Right to request deletion
Every citizen of Nigeria has the right to demand that organisations processing their personal information should delete the information from their records. The right to request deletion is equally known as the right to be forgotten. The following are contextual examples of how this right can be exercised.