The Federal Government is in the process of enacting a bill to regulate the processing of personal information of individuals with regard to collection, holding, use or disclosure of such information by persons and private organisations.
Against the background of the rise in personal information theft and controversies trailing public disclosure of personal information/data left in custody of organisations, the government said the bill, when passed into law, would establish rules that would ensure the right of privacy of individuals.
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