PRIVACY POLICY
Zinlight Ventures (hereafter referred to as “We”, “Our”, or “Us”) operates the online platform “Zinlight Academy” (www.academy.zinlight.com, hereafter referred to as the “Service”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to inform you about our practices relating to the collection, use, and disclosure of information that you may provide via the Service.
This policy is dated June 25, 2023.
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
When you engage with our Service, we may collect the following types of information:
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- Personal Data: This refers to any information that you voluntarily submit to us and that identifies you personally, including contact information, such as your name, email address, company name, address, phone number, and other information about yourself or your business.
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- Usage Data: We may also collect information about how the Service is accessed and used. This may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
2. USE OF DATA
We use the collected data for various purposes:
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- To provide and maintain our Service
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- To notify you about changes to our Service
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- To provide customer support
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- To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
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- To monitor the usage of our Service
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- To detect, prevent, and address technical issues
3. TRANSFER OF DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.
4. DISCLOSURE OF DATA
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
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- To comply with a legal obligation
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- To protect and defend the rights or property of Zinlight Ventures
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- To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
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- To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
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- To protect against legal liability
5. SECURITY OF DATA
The security of your data is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
6. YOUR DATA PROTECTION RIGHTS UNDER GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR)
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. Zinlight Ventures aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be informed about what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
Your rights include:
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- The right to access, update or delete the information we have on you.
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- The right of rectification. You have the right to have your information rectified if that information is inaccurate or incomplete.
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- The right to object. You have the right to object to our processing of your Personal Data.
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- The right of restriction. You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
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- The right to data portability. You have the right to be provided with a copy of the information we have on you in a structured, machine-readable, and commonly used format.
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- The right to withdraw consent. You also have
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- the right to withdraw your consent at any time where Zinlight Ventures relied on your consent to process your personal information.
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- Please note that we may ask you to verify your identity before responding to such requests.
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7. SERVICE PROVIDERS
We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service (“Service Providers”), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.
These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
8. Payments
We may provide paid products and/or services within the 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, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of payment information.
The payment processors we work with are:
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- Paystack: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://paystack.com/term
- PayPal: Their Privacy Policy can be viewed at https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/ua/privacy-full
9. LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third-party link, you will be directed to that third-party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
10. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
11. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: By email: [email protected] By mail: Zinlight Ventures, Lagos, Nigeria
In case of any complaints, you can contact the supervisory authority in your country. If you are in the EU, you can find your national data protection authority here: http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/article-29/structure/data-protection-authorities/index_en.htm
Remember, the use of our Service is also subject to our Terms of Service. By using our Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Privacy Policy and agree to be bound by our Terms of Service.
12. CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
13. COOKIES
We use “cookies” and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. They are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.
You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.
14. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER OF DATA
Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to and maintained on servers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. If you are located outside Nigeria and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to Nigeria and process it there.
15. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA UNDER GDPR
If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Data we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your Personal Data because:
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- We need to perform a contract with you
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- You have given us permission to do so
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- The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights
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- To comply with the law
16. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right to update or change our Privacy Policy at any time and you should check this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
17. CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected] or by mail to Zinlight Ventures, Lagos, Nigeria.
18. DATA RETENTION
We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
19. THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES
You may find advertising or other content on our Service that link to the websites and services of our partners, suppliers, advertisers, sponsors, licensors, and other third parties. We do not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the practices employed by websites linked to or from our Service. Browsing and interaction on any other website, including websites which have a link to our Service, is subject to that website’s own terms and policies.
20. DATA BREACH
In the event we become aware that the security of the Website has been compromised or users Personal Information has been disclosed to unrelated third parties as a result of external activity, including, but not limited to, security attacks or fraud, we reserve the right to take reasonably appropriate measures, including, but not limited to, investigation and reporting, as well as notification to and cooperation with data protection and law enforcement authorities.
21. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES
If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post those changes on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
22. ACCEPTANCE OF THIS POLICY
You acknowledge that you have read this Policy and agree to all its terms and conditions. By using the Website or its Services you agree to be bound by this Policy. If you do not agree to abide by the terms of this Policy, you are not authorized to use or access the Website and its Services.
This policy was last modified on Sunday, June 25, 2023.
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