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Effective date: August 16th, 2024
Applicable to: https://www.techvilla.ng/
We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This policy is regulated according to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
If you have any questions or concerns about our policy, or our practices with regards to your personal information, please contact us.
We last updated our Privacy Policy on August 16, 2024.
1. DEFINITIONS
“Parties” means both You and the operator of the Website: Tech Villa NG.
“Operator” means the owner, publisher and administrator of the Website.
“Personal Data” means any personal information collected for You in relation with your use of this service which is capable of identifying You.
“Service” means the Website, which is known as: https://www.techvilla.ng/ including all pages, sub pages, all blogs, forums and other connected internet content whatsoever.
“Products” means the goods and products both tangible and intangible offered on the Website.
“Services” means the services offered on the Website.
“Third Party Service Provider” means a party or parties who are contracted by the owner/data controller for the purposes of processing the personal data of user.
“User Content” means any audio, video, text, images or other material users choose to display on this Website.
“You, Yours” means the user of this Website.
2. INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy is designed to inform You about the Personal Data we collect, how we collect this data, the uses of the data, and Your rights relating to the Personal Data when You use this Service or purchase the Products and Services offered on the Website.
We are committed to protecting your Personal Data while You use this Website.
By continuing to use our Website, You acknowledge that You have reviewed the Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. This also means that You have consented to the use of Your Personal Data and have accepted the applicable disclosures.
3. THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We collect various information to enable us provide good Service to all our users. Depending on how our Service will be used, the different types of Personal Data we collect are as follows:
For registered users: During the process of Your registration, we may collect the following information:
First Name
Last Name
Middle Name
Street Address
Town/City/State
Country/Region
Mobile Number
Email Address
We may also require other information in relation to:
(I) Your interaction with our representatives;
(II) receiving notifications by text message or email about marketing;
(III) receiving general emails from us.
(IV) commenting on our Content or other User Content on our Website/Social Media Pages in the form of reviews.
(V) the purchases/requests You make.
(VI) the following forms of activities:
The complaints/inquiries made by users towards a product/service.
For unregistered users: We will collect passive information from all registered and unregistered users. These information include cookies, IP address information, location information and certain browser information.
Sales and billing information: We may collect Your credit and/or debit card information, which includes Your card number, CVV, expiry date, PIN, etc, this will be done via the Payment Solution Services Provider (PSSP) integrated in our Storefront. Your billing address, Your contact address and other information required for Your purchases.
User experience: From time to time, we may also request certain Personal Data that may be necessary to improve our Service and the Products and Services we offer for sale on the Website.
4. THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AS YOU USE OUR SERVICE
We use the following to collect Personal Data from You:
Cookies: We use the data collected by the cookies to offer You the best experience on our Website. Cookies are information stored on Your browser when You visit our Website or use a social network with Your PC, Smartphone or Tablets. They contain various data which includes the name of the server from which it comes, the numeric identifier, etc. The types of cookies we use are as follows:
(I) Technical cookies: These cookies are essential for the correct functioning of our Website and they are required to provide the Service required to our users.
(II) Profiling cookies: These cookies are used to create user profiles based on personal choices and preferences in order to send advertising messages to Your device.
(III) Support in configuring your browser: You can manage these cookies through the settings of Your browser on Your device. However, deleting cookies from Your browser may remove the preferences You have set for this Website.
Log Data: We also use log files which store automatic information collected when users visit this Website. The log data which may be collected are as follows:
(I) the domain and host from which You access the Website;
(II) name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
(III) date and time of visit;
(IV) Your computer operating system and browser software;
(V) web pages visited, the duration, and frequency of visits;
(VI) Your Internet Protocol (IP) address.
5. THIRD PARTIES
We may utilise third party service providers, from time to time to help in processing Your Personal Data and help us with our Website.
We share Your Personal Data with third parties in order to protect our rights, properties, and safety and for the safety of users of this Website.
6. PURPOSE OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
We collect and use Your Personal Data for the following reasons:
(I) to provide our Service and to maintain and make improvements to the Service we provide to You;
(II) to develop new Products and Services on the Website;
(III) to provide personalised Service to You, including making recommendations and providing personalised content;
(IV) to provide analytics to understand how our Service is used.
7. STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA
We take the security of the Personal Data we collect very seriously, and we take reasonable measures to reduce the risk of accidental destruction, loss or unauthorised access to such information. However, please note that no system involving the transmission of information via electronic storage systems or the internet is completely secure.
The Personal Data and any other information we have about You may be stored for such period as we may determine until You terminate Your account with us or You withdraw Your consent.
8. PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Our Service is built with strong security features that continuously protects Your Personal Data. Our security features help us detect and block security threats. If we detect any security risk, we may inform You and guide You through steps to stay protected.
9. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
When You share Your Personal Data
Our Service enables You to share information with other users. However, You have control over how You share this information. When You upload any content on our Website, Your content becomes accessible to other users.
When we share Your Personal Data
We do not disclose Your Personal Data except for any of the following reasons:
(I) if You have granted us the permission to do so: We will disclose Your Personal Data where we have received Your unequivocal consent and permission to do so. However, such consent may be withdrawn at anytime;
(II) for the purposes of processing Your Personal Data: We may disclose Your Personal Data to our affiliates and other trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing Your Personal Data for us, based on our instruction and in compliance with our Privacy Policy;
(III) if we are required to do so by an existing law or regulation: We may also disclose and share Your Personal Data for the following reasons:
(IV) For any other other reason that may be necessary for the operation of our Website.
10. USER CONTENT
We may allow users to post their content or information on this website. These contents include audio, video, updates, articles, images, or other materials users choose to display on the website. Please note that any material which You may post is made accessible to the entire public and will not be regulated by this Privacy Policy.
11. LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES/SERVICES
The website may contain links to other websites which we believe may offer useful information. These linked websites are not under our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to these websites. We suggest that You contact those websites directly for information on their privacy policy, security, data collection and distribution policies.
12. SERVICE PROVIDERS
We employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Website (“Service Providers”), to provide our Website on our behalf, to perform Website-related services or to assist us in analysing how our Website is used. These third-parties have access to your personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
You can opt-out of having made your activity on the Service available to Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. The add-on prevents the Google Analytics JavaScript (ga.js, analytics.js, and dc.js) from sharing information with Google Analytics about visits activity.
For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page.
We provide paid products and/or services on our Website. In that case, we use third-party services for payment processing (e.g., payment processors).
We will not store or collect your payment card details. That information is provided directly to our third-party payment processors whose use of your personal information is governed by their Privacy Policy. These payment processors adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council.
13. ACCESSING, MODIFYING AND DELETING YOUR PERSONAL DATA
If you wish to access, review, modify any information we have about You, You may do so by simply contacting us on the following email address: techsupport@techvilla.ng.
You may also request that we delete any information belonging to You that we have stored.
14. YOUR RIGHTS
Your rights in relation to Your Personal Data are as follows:
(I) the right to have access to Your Personal Data;
(II) the right to be informed about the processing of Your Personal Data;
(III) the right to rectify any inaccurate Personal Data or any information about You;
(IV) the right to review, modify or erase Your Personal Data and any other information we have about You;
(V) the right to restrict the processing of Your Personal Data;
(VI) the right to block Personal Data processing in violation of any law;
(VII) the right to be informed about any rectification or erasure of Personal Data or restriction of any processing carried out;
(VIII) the right to the portability of Your Personal Data; and
(IX) the right to lodge a complaint to a supervisory authority within Nigeria
15. CONTACT INFORMATION
If You have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the Personal Data we collect, or if You wish to make any comments or complaints about anything related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following email address: contact@techvilla.ng.
16. REVISIONS AND MODIFICATIONS
We reserve the right to modify and revise this Privacy Policy from time to time without Your explicit consent. If we make any fundamental change, we will notify You and obtain Your consent to the revised version.