The Compliance Monitoring and Revenue Assurance Regulations, 2021 largely interfere with individuals’ privacy especially through real time surveillance and monitoring of communications and transactions. While they present opportunities for countering some cybercrime like phone fraud, they should be revised and the regressive provisions as highlighted above removed or amended to protect individuals’ data and privacy rights which are guaranteed in the Constitution, the Data Protection Act, and regional and international human rights instruments.
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