1. Introduction
Welcome to the official website of Professor Segun Aina and The DSA Initiative. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy governs the manner in which we collect, use, maintain, and disclose information collected from users of this website, in strict compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023.
2. The Data Controller
For the purposes of the NDPA, the Data Controller is the Office of Professor Segun Aina and the DSA Initiative. If you have any questions about this policy, you may contact our privacy coordination desk at: info@profsegunaina.com.
3. Information We Collect
We may collect personal identification information in a variety of ways, including, but not limited to, when you visit our site, fill out a form (such as our Mentorship or Partnership Google Forms), subscribe to our newsletter, and in connection with other activities, services, features, or resources we make available on our site.
– Voluntarily Provided Data: Name, email address, phone number, professional affiliation, and any other details you submit via our intake forms.
– Automatically Collected Data: Browser name, type of computer, technical information about your means of connection to our site (e.g., operating system, Internet service providers utilised), and analytical cookies.
4. How We Use Collected Information
We collect and process your personal data for the following strictly defined purposes:
– To coordinate community programmes: To assess mentorship applications and respond to partnership proposals.
– To send periodic emails: We may use the email address provided to respond to inquiries, questions, and/or other requests, as well as to send periodic executive dispatches (only if explicitly opted-in).
– To improve our website: We may use feedback and analytics to improve our digital resources.
5. How We Protect Your Information
We adopt appropriate data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to protect against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information stored via our secure cloud infrastructure.
6. Sharing Your Personal Information
We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to third parties. We may share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal identification information with our trusted institutional partners.
7. Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required to comply with our legal obligations.
8. Your Data Protection Rights
Under the NDPA 2023, you are entitled to:
– The right to access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
– The right to rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
– The right to erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
– The right to restrict or object to processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data.
– To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@profsegunaina.com.