Our privacy policy is in line
with National Information Technology Development Association (NITDA) Nigeria.
This privacy policy between Lim Forum and you constitute our commitment to your
privacy on our official website and social media platforms.
1.0 Your Privacy Rights:
This privacy policy describes
your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage and protection of
your personal information. It applies to the Lim Forum website and all database
applications, services, tools, and physical contact with us regardless of how
you access or use them.
If you have created a username,
identification code, password or any other piece of information as part of our
access security measures, you must treat such information as confidential, and
you must not disclose it to any third party. We reserve the right to disable
any user identification code or password, whether choosing by you or allocated
by us, at any time, if in our opinion you have failed to comply with any of the
provisions of these conditions. If you know or suspect that anyone other than
you know your security details, you must promptly notify us
at limfactfinder@gmail.com.
2.0 Consent:
You accept this privacy policy
when you give consent upon access to our platforms, or use our services,
contents, features, technologies or functions offered on our website, digital
platforms (collectively ''Lim Forum services''). This policy governs the use of
Lim Forum services and intervention project by our users and stakeholders
unless otherwise agreed through written contract. We may amend this privacy
policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. The revised
version will be effective 10-days after publication.
3.0 Your Personal Information:
When you used Lim Forum services,
we collect information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone or other
electronic access device. The automatically collected information includes but
not limited to information on web pages you access, computer IP address, device
ID or unique identifier, device type, geo-location information, computer and
connection information, mobile network information, statistics on page views,
traffic to and from the sites, referral URL, ad data, standard weblog data, and
moving images.
We may also collect information
you provide us including but not limited to information on webform, survey
responses account update information, email, phone number, organization you
represent, official position, correspondence with Lim Forum support services.
We may also collect information about your transactions, enquiries and your
activities on our platform. We may also use information provided by third
parties like social media sites, information about you provided by other sites
are not controlled by Lim Forum and we are therefore not liable for how they
use it.
4.0 What we do with your
personal information:
The purpose of our collecting
your personal information is to give you efficient, enjoyable and secure
service. We may use your information to:
- Provide Lim Forum services and support;
- Process your application and sent notice concerning
your transaction;
- Resolve disputes and collect fees;
- Keep our record;
- Improve our service delivery;
- Identify violation of our rules or laws in Nigeria
and abroad;
- Measure your contribution in any of our online
platforms;
- Identify impersonators;
- Manage and protect our information technology.
5.0 How we protect your
personal information:
We store and process your
personal information on our computers in Nigeria. Where we need to transfer
your data to another country, such country must have an adequate data
protection law. We will seek your consent where we need to send your data to a
country without an adequate data protection law. We protect your information
using physical, technical and administrative security measures to reduce the
risks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. Some of
the safeguards we use are firewalls, and data encryption, Two Factor
Authentication (2FA) and information access authorization controls.
6.0 Cookies:
Cookies are small files placed on
your computer's hard drive that enables the website to identify your computer
as you view different pages. Cookies allow websites and applications to store
your preferences in order to present contents, options or functions that are
specific to you. Like most interactive websites, our websites use cookies to
enable the tracking of your activity for the duration of a session. Our website
uses only encrypted session cookies which are erased either after a predefined
timeout period or once the user logs out of the platform and closes the
browser. Session cookies do not collect information from the user’s computer.
They will typically store information in the form of a session identification
that does not personally identify the user.
7.0 How we share your
information within Lim Forum and other users:
- We work with third parties especially moiakaras
ventures, Lim Community Development Association and Google to perform Lim
Forum services. In doing so, a third party may share information about you
with us, such as your email, and phone number.
- You accept that your pictures and testimonials on
all social media platforms about Lim Forum can be used for limited
promotional purposes by us. This does not include your trademark or
copyrighted materials.
- We may post your picture in case of remembrance and
your consent will be duly be obtain before posting it in our platforms.
- For crime prevention and risk management, we may
share your information such as your name and phone number to relevant
security agencies in or outside Nigeria.
- We will share your information with the police in
case of internet fraud related matters.
8.0 Security:
We will always hold your
information securely. To prevent unauthorized access to your information, we
have implemented strong controls and security safeguards at the technical and
operational levels. This site uses Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security
(SSL/TLS) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data. You should see
the padlock symbol in your URL address bar once you are successfully logged
into the platform. The URL address will also start with https:// depicting a
secure webpage. SSL applies encryption between two points such as your PC and
the connecting server. Any data transmitted during the session will be
encrypted before transmission and decrypted at the receiving end. This is to
ensure that data cannot be read during transmission.
Lim Forum has also taken measures to comply with global Information Security
Management Systems (ISMS) we therefore have put in place digital and physical
security measures to limit or eliminate possibilities of data privacy breach
incidents.
9.0 Data Confidential Rights:
Your information is regarded as
confidential and will not be divulged to any third party except under legal
and/or regulatory conditions. You have the right to request sight of, and
copies of any and all information we keep on you, if such requests are made in
compliance with the Freedom of Information Act and other relevant enactments.
While Lim Forum is responsible for safeguarding the information entrusted to
us, your role in fulfilling confidentiality duties includes, but is not limited
to, adopting and enforcing appropriate security measures such as non-sharing of
passwords and other platform login details, adherence with physical security
protocols on our premises, dealing with only authorized officers of the Agency.
10.0 Links to other websites
and platforms:
Certain transaction processing
channels may require links to other websites or Organizations other than ours.
Please note that Lim Forum is not responsible and has no control over websites
outside its domain. We do not monitor or review the content of other party’s
websites which are linked from our website or media platforms. Opinions
expressed or materials appearing on such websites are not necessarily shared or
endorsed by us, and Lim Forum should not be regarded as the publisher of such
opinions or materials. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the
privacy practices, or content of these sites. We encourage our users to be
aware of when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of these
sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthiness of any other site
connected to this site or accessed through this site yourself, before
disclosing any personal information to them. Lim Forum will not accept any
responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoever caused,
resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personal information.
11.0 Governing Law:
This Privacy Policy is made
pursuant to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (2019) and other relevant
Nigerian laws, regulations or international conventions applicable to Nigeria.
Where any provision of this Policy is deemed inconsistent with a law, regulation
or convention, such provision shall be subject to the overriding law,
regulation or convention.
