Comprehensive Data Protection Audit
A comprehensive Data Protection Audit provides a structured assessment of how your organisation collects, uses, stores, shares, protects and retains personal data. We examine your data processing activities against the requirements of the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) and applicable regulatory guidance to identify compliance gaps, operational risks and areas requiring improvement.
Our audit goes beyond documentation. We assess the people, processes and technologies involved in your data processing activities to understand how data protection operates across your organisation in practice.
We review key areas including your Records of Processing Activities (ROPA), Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), privacy notices, internal policies, data subject rights procedures, vendor and processor arrangements, data retention practices, security controls and overall privacy governance framework.
The result is a clear assessment of your current compliance position, supported by practical recommendations and a prioritised remediation roadmap that enables management to address identified gaps effectively.
Turn Compliance into Business Confidence
Strong data governance is more than a regulatory requirement. It helps organisations reduce risk, strengthen accountability and demonstrate responsible data management to customers, investors, boards, business partners and regulators.
A professional data protection audit gives your organisation greater visibility over where personal data sits, how it is being used and where potential vulnerabilities exist. It also helps management identify issues early and take corrective action before they develop into more significant regulatory, operational or reputational problems.
For organisations required to file annual Compliance Audit Returns (CAR), our licensed DPCO team can support the audit and verification process and facilitate the required filing with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).
A Practical, Collaborative Audit Process
Our audit methodology is designed to work around your organisation's existing operations. We collaborate with relevant teams—including Legal, Compliance, HR, IT, Information Security and senior management—to gather the information and evidence required while keeping disruption to normal business activities to a minimum.
We combine document reviews, stakeholder engagement and practical assessment of your existing controls to build an accurate picture of your organisation's data protection environment.
At the conclusion of the engagement, you receive clear findings, identified risk areas and actionable recommendations for strengthening compliance. Where the audit forms part of your statutory Compliance Audit Return requirements, we also support the preparation, verification and filing process in accordance with applicable NDPC requirements.
The objective is straightforward: give your organisation a clear understanding of its data protection position, identify what needs to change, and provide a practical path towards stronger and more sustainable compliance.
Strengthen Your Data Protection Framework.
Identify compliance gaps and strengthen your organisation’s data protection framework. Contact us to receive a tailored data protection audit solution designed around your organisation’s operations, risks and regulatory requirements.