Privacy Policy

CCA (We) are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This policy (together with our Website Terms and Conditions and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be collected and processed by us. You may carefully take a look at the following to understand how we would use/treat your personal data.

Our data use and protection policy is in consonance with The General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation 2019. (NITDA Regulations)

The data controller is CCA.

You reserve every right to make a complaint at any time to the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA). However, we would appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach NITDA, so please do well to contact us in the first instance.

We may collect and process the following data about you:

1. 1. Contact Data: This is information such as your name, email address and telephone number which we collect when you contact us by email, subscribe to any of our newsletters, use our services, including news or which we collect via our interaction with you (for example from business cards).
   2. Profile Data: This is information such as the organization you work for, your job title and role, the country you are based in and your area of expertise which we collect when we come in contact with you.
   3. Application Information: This is information such as your country of citizenship, past and present employment details, home address and contact details and education history, which we collect when you apply to attend our training courses or apply for any of our services which at the time of drafting this policy may not be in existence.
   4. Information that you provide by filling in forms on our sites. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use our Sites, subscribing to any of our Services, posting material or requesting further services. We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with any of our services.
   5. If you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
   6. We may also ask you to complete feedback questionnaires or surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
   7. Details of the services that you use on our sites.
   8. Details of your visits to our sites including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs and other communication data and the resources that you access.

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration and to report aggregate information to our advertisers. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual.

Our websites use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our websites. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our websites and also allows us to improve our Sites. For detailed information on the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them, see our Cookie Policy.

In view of our coverage, the data that we collect from you may not be stored in just a country. It could be stored in more than one country of Africa. It may not be processed by staff of CCA operating only in Africa. By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing or processing, provided such transfer, storing or processing comply with the NITDA Regulations 2019 and such other regulations as shall from time to time be released by the relevant authorities. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.

Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of our sites, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our sites; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

We use information held about you in the following ways:

1. 1. Administration: We may use the personal information we collect about you to contact you in response to your queries and to provide you with the services you have subscribed to. For example, newsletters or news alerts or brokering contacts through CCA.
   2. Consider Applications: We may use the personal information we collect about you to consider your applications/submissions to CCA.
   3. Communications: We may use personal information we collect about you to contact you by e-mail, post or telephone with information about the organisation and events that might be of interest to you. You can opt out of receiving these communications at any point by contacting support@championingchangeafrica
   4. Internal Statistical Analysis: We may use the personal information we collect about you to facilitate internal statistical analysis, for example to determine the number of people using a particular service from a specific country or region. We have a policy of anonymizing the information where possible.
   5. Optimization: To ensure that news and content from our sites are presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
   6. To carry out our obligations to perform the services arising from any agreements entered into between you and us or to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service, when you choose to do so.
   7. To notify you about changes to our services.
   8. We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances::
      1. Where we need to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you.
      2. Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
      3. Where we need to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation.

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed.

We may disclose your personal information to any member of our community.

We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

1. 1. If the organisation is transferred to a third party, in which case personal data held by it about its partners will be one of the transferred assets.
   2. If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our website Terms and Conditions and other agreements; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of the organisation, our partners, or others. This includes exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and risk reduction.
   3. When explicitly agreed by you as part of our Services.
   4. We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

You have the right to:

1. 1. Request access to your personal data. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
   2. Request erasure of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to hold same. You also have the right to ask us to delete or remove your personal data where you have successfully exercised your right to object to processing (see below), where we may have processed your information unlawfully or where we are required to erase your personal data to comply with local law. Note, however, that we may not always be able to comply with your request of erasure for specific legal reasons which will be notified to you, if applicable, at the time of your request.
   3. Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in the following scenarios: (a) if you want us to establish the data’s accuracy; (b) where our use of the data is unlawful but you do not want us to erase it; (c) where you need us to hold the data even if we no longer require it as you need it to establish, exercise or defend legal claims; or (d) you have objected to our use of your data but we need to verify whether we have overriding legitimate grounds to use it.
   4. Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. We will provide to you, or a third party you have chosen, your personal data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Note that this right only applies to automated information which you initially provided consent for us to use or where we used the information to perform a contract with you.
   5. Withdraw consent at any time where we are relying on consent to process your personal data. However, this will not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before you withdraw your consent. If you withdraw your consent, we may not be able to provide certain products or services to you. We will advise you if this is the case at the time you withdraw your consent.

In case of any questions regarding our privacy practices, if you would like to execute your rights or would like to submit a complaint please contact (CCA official support email).

We may need to request specific information from you to help us confirm your identity and ensure your right to access your personal data (or to exercise any of your other rights). This is a security measure to ensure that personal data is not disclosed to any person who has no right to receive it. We may also contact you to ask you for further information in relation to your request to speed up our response.

We try to respond to all legitimate requests within one month. Occasionally it may take us longer than a month if your request is particularly complex or you have made a number of requests. In this case, we will notify you and keep you updated.

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

1. Strictly necessary cookies:

These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website such as payment platform.

2. Analytical/performance cookies:

They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.

3. Functionality cookies:

These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

4. Targeting cookies:

These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the content displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.

This acceptable use policy sets out the terms between you and us under which you may access our websites www.championingchangeafrica. This acceptable use policy applies to all users of, and visitors to, our site.

Your use of our site means that you accept, and agree to abide by, all the policies in this acceptable use policy, which supplement our Website Terms and Conditions.

www.championingchangeafrica.org is operated by Championing Change Africa (We or Us). We are a registered non-profit organization in Nigeria

1. Prohibited Uses:

You may use our sites only for lawful purposes. You may not use our sites:

1. 1. In any way that breaches any applicable local, national or international law or regulation.
   2. In any way that is unlawful or fraudulent, or has any unlawful or fraudulent purpose or effect.
   3. For the purpose of harming or attempting to harm minors in any way.
   4. To send, knowingly receive, upload, download, use or re-use any material which does not comply with our content standards.
   5. To transmit, or procure the sending of, any unsolicited or unauthorised advertising or promotional material or any other form of similar solicitation (spam).
   6. To knowingly transmit any data, send or upload any material that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful programs or similar computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

You also agree,

1. 1. Not to reproduce, duplicate, copy or re-sell any part of our sites in contravention of the provisions of our Website Terms and Conditions.
   2. Not to access without authority, interfere with, damage or disrupt:
      1. any part of our site
      2. any equipment or network on which our site is stored,
      3. any software used in the provision of our site, or
      4. any equipment or network or software owned or used by any third party.

2. Interactive Services:

We may from time to time provide interactive services on our sites, including, without limitation:

1. 1. the ability to comment on our news, blogs (including “live blogs”) or content.

Where we do provide any Interactive Service, we will provide clear information to you about the kind of service offered, if it is moderated and what form of moderation is used (including whether it is human or technical).

We will do our best to assess any possible risks for users (and in particular, for children) from third parties when they use any Interactive Service provided on our sites, and we will decide in each case whether it is appropriate to use moderation of the relevant service (including what kind of moderation to use) in the light of those risks. However, we are under no obligation to oversee, monitor or moderate any Interactive Service we provide on our sites, and we expressly exclude our liability for any loss or damage arising from the use of any Interactive Service by a user in contravention of our content standards, whether the service is moderated or not.

The use of any of our Interactive Services by a minor is subject to the consent of their parent or guardian. We advise parents who permit their children to use an Interactive Service that it is important that they communicate with their children about their safety online, as moderation is not foolproof. Minors who are using any Interactive Service should be made aware of the potential risks to them.

Where we do moderate an Interactive Service, we will normally provide you with a means of contacting the moderator, should a concern or difficulty arise.

3. Content Standards:

These content standards apply to any and all material which you contribute to our sites (Contributions), and to any Interactive Service associated with it.

You must comply with the spirit of the following standards as well as the letter. The standards apply to each part of any Contribution as well as to its whole.

Contributions must:

1. 1. Be accurate (where they state facts).
   2. Be genuinely held (where they state opinions).
   3. Comply with applicable law in Nigeria and in any country from which they are posted.

Contributions must not:

1. 1. Contain any material which is defamatory of any person.
   2. Contain any material which is obscene, offensive, hateful or inflammatory.
   3. Promote sexually explicit material.
   4. Promote violence.
   5. Promote discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age.
   6. Infringe any copyright, database right or trade mark of any other person.
   7. Be likely to deceive any person.
   8. Be made in breach of any legal duty owed to a third party, such as a contractual duty or a duty of confidence.
   9. Promote any illegal activity.
   10. Be threatening, abuse or invade another's privacy, or cause annoyance, inconvenience or needless anxiety.
   11. Be likely to harass, upset, embarrass, alarm or annoy any other person.
   12. Be used to impersonate any person, or to misrepresent your identity or affiliation with any person.
   13. Give the impression that they emanate from us, if this is not the case. Advocate, promote or assist any unlawful act such as (by way of example only) copyright infringement or computer misuse.

4. Suspension and Termination:

We will determine, in our discretion, whether there has been a breach of this acceptable use policy through your use of our sites. When a breach of this policy has occurred, we may take such action as we deem appropriate.

Failure to comply with this acceptable use policy constitutes a material breach of the terms and conditions upon which you are permitted to use our Sites, and may result in our taking all or any of the following actions:

5. 1. Immediate, temporary or permanent withdrawal of your right to use our Sites.
   2. Immediate, temporary or permanent removal of any posting or material uploaded by you to our Sites.
   3. Issue of a warning to you.
   4. Legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis (including, but not limited to, reasonable administrative and legal costs) resulting from the breach.
   5. Further legal action against you.
   6. Disclosure of such information to law enforcement authorities as we reasonably feel is necessary.

We exclude liability for actions taken in response to breaches of this acceptable use policy. The responses described in this policy are not limited, and we may take any other action we reasonably deem appropriate.

5. Changes to the Acceptable Use Policy

We may revise this acceptable use policy at any time by amending this page. You are expected to check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we make, as they are legally binding on you. Some of the provisions contained in this acceptable use policy may also be superseded by provisions.