Data Privacy Considerations For Artificial Intelligence Systems Use In Nigeria: The Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023) In Focus

Author: Samuel Uzoigwe and Anastasia Edward¹

1. Introduction:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly altering the mode and manner of human and business interactions in the world, with its applications present in virtually every industry and sector ranging from financial to health, real estate, human resources, cloud computing and storage, telecommunications, entertainment/content creation etc. The common denominator in the application of AI in these industries is that data is processed on a massive and continuous scale throughout the lifecycle of AI systems, and much of this data is personal data. The interplay between AI and privacy is evolving and because developing AI systems is iterative coupled with the presence of personal data processing after deployment, AI utilization raises new and complex privacy concerns which pose risks to the rights and freedoms of humans.