As the use of IoT products increases, legal issues such as data protection, software licensing, cybersecurity, and e-contracts arise. This research paper seeks to analyze and review the growth of IoT in the technology space, particularly in Nigeria, the issue of data protection, as well as key regulations. Lastly, the paper attempts to answer the question of who bears liability in the event of a breach of data privacy and unlawful access to the digital footprint.
The Petroleum Industry Act (The Act), 2021 (PIA) seeks to introduce far-reaching reforms in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry aimed at establishing good governance, best practices, and the ease of doing business by clarifying roles and responsibilities of officials and institutions, enabling frontier exploration, improving environmental compliance, and transforming the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into a commercially viable enterprise.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (‘OECD’) identified the need for a multi-national approach to redefining PE, and proposed some models under their Base Erosion and Profit Sharing Projects (‘BEPS’).
Cryptocurrencies are not without their challenges however, for instance, they have exhibited periods of extreme volatility, which limits an asset’s ability to fulfill two of the classic functions of money to wit; to act as a stable store of value that people can hold and use predictably in the future, and to serve as a meaningful unit of account that can be used to assign a comparable value of goods and services.
Indeed, it is believed that Ponzi schemes and indeed all other fraudulent practices in breach of capital market rules can ideally be addressed by the deployment of Regtech systems that leverage advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence to generally identify suspicious financial dealings or activities on which such Ponzi schemes thrive.
Software licensing allows a Licensee to legally use software, the usage of which would otherwise have been a copyright breach. A software license grants usage rights to an end-user and defines the scope and extent to which an end-user can deploy the software of an owner subject to consideration.
The SEC would provide a FinTechs Assessment Form, to be filled by Fintechs ahead of time, from which the SEC would determine which platform/model falls in which phase.
A Review of the Proposed Sec Rules On Robo-Advisory Services. 01 Introduction The Securities and Exchange Commission of Nigeria, has rolled out a proposed rule…
The real estate professional understands the big picture. He or She knows that each individual transaction, no matter how big or small, has an economic effect that ripples far beyond the parties gathered around the table.
The world of sport has fast become a billion-dollar entity, morphing from a mere recreational activity to a financial and economic haven. In its own right, sporting activities account for over 3.7% of the aggregate GNP of the twenty-eight EU states. It is also responsible for over 3% of world trade. It employs fifteen million people in the EU, which is about 5.4% of the entire European labor force. In December 2020, NBA superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo agreed to sign a five-year contract extension with the Milwaukee Bucks worth $228.2 million, in what is the largest deal in NBA history today . Barcelona FC conceded in January 2021 that Lionel Messi indeed earned $167 million a year on a 4-year contract he signed in 2017 .