NIMC, NIPOST Integrate Identity Database With Digital Postcodes

Identity Registry Hits Record One Hundred Thirty Million -NIMC

The National Identity Management Commission has registered over 136 million citizens and legal residents in its database as a sweeping infrastructure overhaul begins. Abisoye Coker-Odusote, the director-general, confirmed the milestone following high-level consultations with the budget ministry. This legislative and technical shift aims to centralise the civic records of Africa’s most populous nation under a…

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LinkedIn Faces EU Complaint Over User Data Access

A prominent European data privacy group has filed a formal complaint against LinkedIn with Austrian regulators, accusing the Microsoft-owned professional networking platform of selling user data while simultaneously blocking users from accessing their own information without charge. Vienna-based Noyb — an abbreviation for “None of Your Business” — lodged the complaint with the Austrian Data…

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