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This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) is designed to help you understand how Releaf MarketPlace Nigeria Limited (“Releaf ”, “Us’, “Our” or “We”) collect, transmit, and store information about our Users. The term “you” or “You” or “User” or “Users” shall refer to Clients or any other person or entity who views, uses, accesses, browses or submits any content or material to the Website. Providing your information is voluntary and your use of the Website after the effective date of this Policy constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to all the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy, do not use or access the Website.
This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect via e-mail, telephone, the website www.releaf.africa (“Website”), mobile applications, electronic devices, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and other social media applications and similar platforms. In order to help you get the most out of our service, we collect User submitted personally identifiable information (“PII”) when you use the Website. We ask Users only to submit the minimum amount of information necessary to use our service. Such information may include your name, address, password, zip code, email address, account details and phone number for communication purposes. Information may be submitted to the Website or via phone or email when communicating with a Releaf representative. We may collect information related to your documentation of and payment for our services. Collected Data will only be stored for the duration of our services.
Such data is compiled in aggregate and includes things like the referring URL and the type of browser you may be using to access the Website. This data is used to better understand and enhance the User experience on the Platform. Releaf may publish these statistics or share them with third parties only for purposes relevant to the objectives stated in the Terms of Use. You hereby grant Releaf unequivocal and unconditional consent to share your data in the manner stipulated above.
If you elect to pay for our services with a credit card, we do not store your card details including your name, credit card number, and expiration date associated with the account. All financial information is collected and encrypted by the third-party payment processor used on the Website. As such we accept no liability where same arises.
If you elect to link your account with us to your Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or other social media account, we do not store your password or any other personal details associated with the account. All passwords are collected and encrypted by the third-party payment processor used on the Website. As such we accept no liability where same arises.
Releaf uses cookies to help create a better User experience. A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your browser from a web server and may be stored on your computer’s hard drive. Releaf uses cookies to better customize your experience on the Website based on User attributes like your location and account preferences. No personally identifiable information is stored in our cookies. While you may elect to disable or delete cookies from your browser at any time, please note that this action may limit your use of Releaf services that require cookies. You also can control advertising cookies from Google, by using its Ads Preference Manager. Please note that to the extent advertising technology is integrated into the Website, you may still receive advertisements even if you opt-out of tailored advertising. You can, however, 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 website.
We use the following cookies:
● 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 and make use of e-billing services.
● Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors/Users and to see how visitors/Users 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.
● 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).
● 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 advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. You also understand and agree that we may share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Some browsers allow you to indicate that you would not like your online activities tracked, using “do not track” indicators (“DNT Indicators”), however, we are not obligated to respond to these indicators. Presently, we are not set up to respond to DNT Indicators. This means that while the Website may track certain latent information about your online activities, the collected information will be used to improve your use of our Website and in ways consistent with the provisions of this Privacy Policy.
Releaf does not disclose or sell your PII without your consent. We may use PII or other personal information you specifically give to us: a) to provide services to you through the System, b) to process transactions and billing, c) for identification and authentication purposes, d) to communicate with you concerning the System, transactions, security, privacy and administrative issues relating to your use of the System, e) to improve your response to and interaction with the System, f) to do something you have asked us to do, or tell you of services that we think may be of interest to you; and g) for administration of and troubleshooting regarding the System. Certain third parties who provide technical support for the operation of the System may need access to such information from time to time but are not permitted to disclose such information to others. We reserve the right to release non-personally identifiable information collected in aggregate, however subject to the use as reserved in this Terms.
Releaf may disclose personal information when we believe such action is necessary to comply with the law or enforce or apply our Terms of Use. We however undertake not to disclose such personal information except in full compliance with the relevant laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In the event of a change in control of Releaf ’s business, personal information may be exchanged as part of a merger, sale, or other business transfer. If such a transfer makes a material change to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you of any changes.
We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorised way, altered or disclosed. In addition, we limit access to your personal data to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need to know. They will only process your personal data on our instructions, and they are subject to a duty of confidentiality. We have also put in place procedures to deal with any suspected personal data breach and will notify you and any applicable regulator of a breach where we are legally required to do so.
We will only retain your data for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or reporting requirements. We may retain your data for a longer period in the event of a complaint or if we reasonably believe there is a prospect of litigation in respect to our relationship with you. To determine the appropriate retention period for User data, we consider the amount, nature and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorised use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal, regulatory, tax, accounting or other requirements.
Releaf reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy, from time to time, due to modifications to the Website’s features and functionality. We will post any changes here and indicate the new effective date of the Privacy Policy at the top of the document. We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy for any updates while you are an active User of the Website.
The Website is hosted in Nigeria. If you are using the Website from outside Nigeria, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored and processed in the country of use. By using the Website, you consent to your information being transferred to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in our Privacy Policy.
Questions regarding this Privacy Policy should be directed to legal@releaf.ng
