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Feature image of a busy Nigerian market with a couple of pickpockets looking at the gold Hublot on the wrist of an unwary shopper as an analogy for the excitement of online activities without privacy data protection despite the danger of privacy data theft always lurking.

How You Can Protect Your Privacy Data Online - A Guide for Nigerians

Picture this: you’re showing off your gold Hublot (Yes, Hublot with an H not the fake loud one on an aspiring yahoo-yahoo boy’s wrist), while shopping for vegetables in a bustling Lagos open market teeming with pickpockets ready to snatch your Hublot faster than Patience Jonathan can scream “chai!”.

No be juju be dat? Well, that’s exactly how some of us chronically spill our privacy data across the digital universe without protection, from NINs, BVN, email addresses, phone numbers to bank card details and even that cheeky username from your university days (ElonMuskMentor2005, anyone?). 

But here’s the deal: protecting your privacy data online can no longer be an afterthought in today's Nigeria. Whether you’re registering for JAMB or a job, trading crypto or shopping Nkwobi on Glovo, sliding into DMs or betting on Manchester United to win the EPL, (surely not! You’re not that daft), your privacy data deserves security—premium security, not anyhow one.

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