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Privacy Policy
This Privacy policy between Bitscape Technology Services (Bitscape) and you, constitutes our commitment to your privacy on our applications, administrative records, websites, social media platforms and premises.
1.0 Your Privacy Rights
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information. It applies to the Bitscape 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 chosen 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 or privacy details, you must promptly notify us at info@bitscapetech.com.
2.0 Consent
You accept this Privacy Policy when you give consent upon access to our platforms, or use our services, content, features, technologies or functions offered on our website, digital platforms or visit any of our offices for official or non-official purposes. This Policy governs the use of Bitscape services and intervention projects 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, or placing such notice at conspicuous points at our office facilities.
3.0 Your Personal Information
When you use Bitscape 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- data about the 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, still and moving images.We may also collect information you provide us including but not limited to- information on web form, survey responses, email, phone, organization you represent, officialposition, correspondence with Bitscape, support services and telecommunication with Bitscape. We may also collect information about your transactions,enquiries and your activities on our platform or premises.We may also useinformation provided by third parties like social media sites. Informationabout you provided by other sites are not controlled by Bitscape and we aretherefore not liable for how they use it.
4.0 What we do with your personal information
The purpose ofour collecting your personal information is to give you efficient, enjoyableand secure service. We may use your information to:
- Provide tailored services andsupport;
- Process applications and sendnotices about your inquires to requisite parties;
- Verify your identity;- Resolve disputes, collect fees,and troubleshoot problems;
- Manage risk, or to detect,prevent, and/or remediate fraud or other potentially prohibited or illegalactivities;
- Detect, prevent or remediateviolation of Laws, Regulations, Standards, Guidelines and Frameworks;
- Improve Bitscape Services byimplementing aggregate customer or user preferences;
- Measure the performance of our servicesand solutions, and improve content, technology and layout;
- Track information breach andremediate such identified breaches;
- Manage and protect ourinformation technology and physical infrastructure;
- Contact you at any time throughyour provided telephone number, email address or other contact details;
5.0 Cookies
Cookies aresmall files placed on your computer’s hard drive that enables the website toidentify your computer as you view different pages. Cookies allow websites andapplications to store your preferences in order to present contents, options orfunctions that are specific to you. Like most interactive websites, our websiteuses cookies to enable the tracking of your activity for the duration of asession. Our website uses only encrypted session cookies which are erasedeither after a predefined timeout period or once the user logs out of theplatform and closes the browser. Session cookies do not collect informationfrom the user’s computer. They will typically store information in the form ofa session identification that does not personally identify the user.
6.0 How we protect your personal information
We store andprocess your personal information on our computers in Nigeria. Where we need totransfer your data to another country, such country must have an adequate dataprotection law. We will seek your consent where we need to send your data to acountry without an adequate data protection law. We protect your informationusing physical, technical, and administrative security measures to reduce therisks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. Some ofthe safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical accesscontrols to our data centers, and information access authorization controls.
7.0 How We Share your information within Bitscape andother users
During yourinteraction with our website or premises, we may provide other organisations,with information such as your name, contact details, or other details youprovide us for the purpose of performing our statutory mandate to you or thirdparties.We work with multiplethird parties to perform business solutions and services and implement theirmandates. In doing so, a third party may share information about you with us,such as your email address or mobile phone number.You accept thatyour pictures and testimonials on all social media platforms about Bitscape canbe used for limited promotional purposes by us. This does not include yourtrademark or copyrighted materials.From time totime we may send you relevant information such as news items, enforcementnotice, statutorily mandated notices and essential information to aid theimplementation of our mandate. We may also share your personal information incompliance with National or international laws; crime prevention and riskmanagement agencies and service providers.
8.0 Security
We will alwayshold your information securely. To prevent unauthorized access to yourinformation, we have implemented strong controls and security safeguards at thetechnical and operational levels. This site uses Secure Sockets Layer/TransportLayer Security (SSL/TLS) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data.You should see the padlock symbol in your URL address bar once you aresuccessfully logged into the platform. The URL address will also start withhttps:// depicting a secure webpage. SSL applies encryption between two pointssuch as your PC and the connecting server. Any data transmitted during thesession will be encrypted before transmission and decrypted at the receivingend. This is to ensure that data cannot be read during transmission.Bitscape hasalso taken measures to comply with global Information Security ManagementSystems (ISMS) standard and we therefore have put in place digital and physicalsecurity measures to limit or eliminate possibilities of data privacy breachincidents.
9.0 Data Confidentiality Rights
Your informationis regarded as confidential and will not be divulged to any third party exceptunder legal and/or regulatory conditions. You have the right to request sightof, and copies of any and all information we keep on you, if such requests aremade in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act and other relevantenactments. While Bitscape is responsible for safeguarding the informationentrusted to us, your role in fulfilling confidentiality duties includes, butis not limited to, adopting and enforcing appropriate security measures such asnon-sharing of passwords and other platform login details, adherence withphysical security protocols on our premises, dealing with only authorizedofficers of the Agency.
10.0 Links to Other Websites and Premises
Certaintransaction processing channels may require links to other websites orOrganisations other than ours. Please note that Bitscape is not responsible andhas no control over websites outside its domain. We do not monitor or reviewthe content of other party’s websites which are linked from our website ormedia platforms. Opinions expressed or materials appearing on such websites arenot necessarily shared or endorsed by us, and Bitscape should not be regardedas the publisher of such opinions or materials. Please be aware that we are notresponsible for the privacy practices, or content of these sites. We encourageour users to be aware of when they leave our site and to read the privacystatements of these sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthinessof any other site connected to this site or accessed through this siteyourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. Bitscape will notaccept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoevercaused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personalinformation.
11.0 Governing Law
This PrivacyPolicy is made pursuant to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (2019),Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023) and other relevant Nigerian laws,regulations or international conventions applicable to Nigeria. Where anyprovision of this Policy is deemed inconsistent with a law, regulation orconvention, such provision shall be subject to the overriding law, regulationor convention.
1.0 Your Privacy Rights
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information. It applies to the Bitscape 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 chosen 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 or privacy details, you must promptly notify us at info@bitscapetech.com.
2.0 Consent
You accept this Privacy Policy when you give consent upon access to our platforms, or use our services, content, features, technologies or functions offered on our website, digital platforms or visit any of our offices for official or non-official purposes. This Policy governs the use of Bitscape services and intervention projects 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, or placing such notice at conspicuous points at our office facilities.
3.0 Your Personal Information
When you use Bitscape 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- data about the 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, still and moving images.We may also collect information you provide us including but not limited to- information on web form, survey responses, email, phone, organization you represent, officialposition, correspondence with Bitscape, support services and telecommunication with Bitscape. We may also collect information about your transactions,enquiries and your activities on our platform or premises.We may also useinformation provided by third parties like social media sites. Informationabout you provided by other sites are not controlled by Bitscape and we aretherefore not liable for how they use it.
4.0 What we do with your personal information
The purpose ofour collecting your personal information is to give you efficient, enjoyableand secure service. We may use your information to:
- Provide tailored services andsupport;
- Process applications and sendnotices about your inquires to requisite parties;
- Verify your identity;- Resolve disputes, collect fees,and troubleshoot problems;
- Manage risk, or to detect,prevent, and/or remediate fraud or other potentially prohibited or illegalactivities;
- Detect, prevent or remediateviolation of Laws, Regulations, Standards, Guidelines and Frameworks;
- Improve Bitscape Services byimplementing aggregate customer or user preferences;
- Measure the performance of our servicesand solutions, and improve content, technology and layout;
- Track information breach andremediate such identified breaches;
- Manage and protect ourinformation technology and physical infrastructure;
- Contact you at any time throughyour provided telephone number, email address or other contact details;
5.0 Cookies
Cookies aresmall files placed on your computer’s hard drive that enables the website toidentify your computer as you view different pages. Cookies allow websites andapplications to store your preferences in order to present contents, options orfunctions that are specific to you. Like most interactive websites, our websiteuses cookies to enable the tracking of your activity for the duration of asession. Our website uses only encrypted session cookies which are erasedeither after a predefined timeout period or once the user logs out of theplatform and closes the browser. Session cookies do not collect informationfrom the user’s computer. They will typically store information in the form ofa session identification that does not personally identify the user.
6.0 How we protect your personal information
We store andprocess your personal information on our computers in Nigeria. Where we need totransfer your data to another country, such country must have an adequate dataprotection law. We will seek your consent where we need to send your data to acountry without an adequate data protection law. We protect your informationusing physical, technical, and administrative security measures to reduce therisks of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure and alteration. Some ofthe safeguards we use are firewalls and data encryption, physical accesscontrols to our data centers, and information access authorization controls.
7.0 How We Share your information within Bitscape andother users
During yourinteraction with our website or premises, we may provide other organisations,with information such as your name, contact details, or other details youprovide us for the purpose of performing our statutory mandate to you or thirdparties.We work with multiplethird parties to perform business solutions and services and implement theirmandates. In doing so, a third party may share information about you with us,such as your email address or mobile phone number.You accept thatyour pictures and testimonials on all social media platforms about Bitscape canbe used for limited promotional purposes by us. This does not include yourtrademark or copyrighted materials.From time totime we may send you relevant information such as news items, enforcementnotice, statutorily mandated notices and essential information to aid theimplementation of our mandate. We may also share your personal information incompliance with National or international laws; crime prevention and riskmanagement agencies and service providers.
8.0 Security
We will alwayshold your information securely. To prevent unauthorized access to yourinformation, we have implemented strong controls and security safeguards at thetechnical and operational levels. This site uses Secure Sockets Layer/TransportLayer Security (SSL/TLS) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data.You should see the padlock symbol in your URL address bar once you aresuccessfully logged into the platform. The URL address will also start withhttps:// depicting a secure webpage. SSL applies encryption between two pointssuch as your PC and the connecting server. Any data transmitted during thesession will be encrypted before transmission and decrypted at the receivingend. This is to ensure that data cannot be read during transmission.Bitscape hasalso taken measures to comply with global Information Security ManagementSystems (ISMS) standard and we therefore have put in place digital and physicalsecurity measures to limit or eliminate possibilities of data privacy breachincidents.
9.0 Data Confidentiality Rights
Your informationis regarded as confidential and will not be divulged to any third party exceptunder legal and/or regulatory conditions. You have the right to request sightof, and copies of any and all information we keep on you, if such requests aremade in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act and other relevantenactments. While Bitscape is responsible for safeguarding the informationentrusted to us, your role in fulfilling confidentiality duties includes, butis not limited to, adopting and enforcing appropriate security measures such asnon-sharing of passwords and other platform login details, adherence withphysical security protocols on our premises, dealing with only authorizedofficers of the Agency.
10.0 Links to Other Websites and Premises
Certaintransaction processing channels may require links to other websites orOrganisations other than ours. Please note that Bitscape is not responsible andhas no control over websites outside its domain. We do not monitor or reviewthe content of other party’s websites which are linked from our website ormedia platforms. Opinions expressed or materials appearing on such websites arenot necessarily shared or endorsed by us, and Bitscape should not be regardedas the publisher of such opinions or materials. Please be aware that we are notresponsible for the privacy practices, or content of these sites. We encourageour users to be aware of when they leave our site and to read the privacystatements of these sites. You should evaluate the security and trustworthinessof any other site connected to this site or accessed through this siteyourself, before disclosing any personal information to them. Bitscape will notaccept any responsibility for any loss or damage in whatever manner, howsoevercaused, resulting from your disclosure to third parties of personalinformation.
11.0 Governing Law
This PrivacyPolicy is made pursuant to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (2019),Nigeria Data Protection Act (2023) and other relevant Nigerian laws,regulations or international conventions applicable to Nigeria. Where anyprovision of this Policy is deemed inconsistent with a law, regulation orconvention, such provision shall be subject to the overriding law, regulationor convention.