Electronic Transaction Bill, An Act to Facilitate Electronic Transactions in Nigeria; and for Related Matters, HB.03, 2011

The Electronic Transaction Bill does specifically focus on internet intermediaries but includes provisions imposing obligations on intermediaries. 

(1) Section 16 provides that an accredited certification authority is liable for the certificates it issues especially electronically and therefore responsible for any breach of its obligations: "An accredited certification authority shall be liable for any breach of its obligations and shall pay fines as may be specified in the specification administration guidelines.

(2) Intermediaries may be liable if they do not comply with data protection obligations included in the bill. The "Data Holder" is responsible for any damages caused as a result of contravention of any of the requirements in the Act: "An individual who suffers damage by reason of any contravention by a data holder of any of the requirements of this Act is entitled to compensation from the data holder for that damage." (Section 21, par. 3). Additionally, the ‘Data Holder’ must implement measures for the security of the data in its possession: "A data holder must implement appropriate technical and organizational measures and exercise reasonable care to protect personal data against accidental or unlawful destruction or accidental loss and against unauthorized alteration, processing, disclosure or access, in particular where the processing involves the transmission of data over a network, and against all other unlawful forms of processing." (Section 23, par. 1).