Truecaller AB

Investigation opened. NDPC, 20 March 2025.

Record ID: ng-ndpc-2025-0003
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Regulator: NDPC
Type: investigation
Date decided: 20 March 2025
Respondent type: private
Sector: technology
Violations: suspected unlawful processing, suspected breach of privacy rights
Provisions cited: NDPA 2023
Outcome: investigation opened
Status: ongoing
Source: Official document ↗
Record verified: 14 March 2026

Summary

The NDPC opened an investigation into Truecaller's compliance with the NDPA, focused on its phone number database practices. An earlier NITDA investigation into the company's data collection and aggregation concluded in 2019.

INVESTIGATION · PHONE-DATA

Cite this decision

NDPC (Nigeria), Truecaller AB, investigation of 20 March 2025. African Data Protection Enforcement Tracker, Law Lab Africa Research, https://research.lawlab.africa/tracker/nigeria/ndpc/2025/truecaller-investigation/ (accessed 22 July 2026).

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