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Africa Startup Factory Limited: Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 27th of July, 2025
Africa Startup Factory Limited (“we”, “us”, or “our”), registered in the Federal Republic of Nigeria with the Company Number 2003403, owns and operates ASF.AFRICA, an online learning platform. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information, in compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).
Africa Startup Factory Limited, is the Data Controller, with the registered address 368-370, Block B, Sura Complex, Lagos, Nigeria, and can be contacted via the e-mail: hello@asf.africa
· During signup and course enrollment: name, email, phone, date of birth, gender, educational background, and payment details (to process payments).
b. Usage & Technical Data
· Automatically via website/app: IP address, device type, browser, cookies, session logs, course interactions, progress, and telemetry.
c. Cookies & Tracking
· Use of first-party and third-party cookies to support functionality, analytics, preferences, possibly third-party tools (e.g., Google Analytics).
· To provide the Service: account setup, course delivery, progress tracking.
· Communication: send confirmations, updates, support.
· Improvements & analytics: understand usage patterns and improve content.
· Legal compliance: manage security incidents and legal obligations.
· Marketing (optional): with your explicit consent, we may send you newsletters or offers which you may opt-out of anytime.
We process personal data based on your consent, performance of our services, legal obligations under the NDPR, or our legitimate interests (e.g., analytics, fraud prevention).
We engage third-party providers (e.g., payment processors, hosting, learning tools). They are contractually bound to use the data only to perform services for asf.africa
b. Legal Requests
We may disclose data to comply with legal obligations or protect rights or for security enforcement.
c. Business Transfers
In case of merger, acquisition, or sale, personal information may be transferred. We’ll notify you and remain compliant with this Privacy Policy.
We retain personal data only as long as necessary:
- Account and course data: for lifetime or until you request deletion.
- Logs and telemetry: 1–2 years for analytics/security.
- Payments/invoices: up to 7 years to comply with tax/law.
When data is no longer needed, it is securely deleted or anonymized.
Under NDPR, you have the right to:
- Access your data.
- Rectify inaccuracies.
- Erase your data (“right to be forgotten”), except where retention is legally required.
- Restrict or object to processing.
- Data portability.
Request these by emailing hello@asf.africa. You may request deletion at any time.
We maintain reasonable technical, organizational, and administrative measures to protect your data, including secure SSL/GPG transmission, regular audits, access controls, and encryption of sensitive information.
We do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under 13. If we discover we have, we will promptly delete that information.
We may update this policy in response to changes in laws or practices. We’ll notify users via email and/or prominent notice on the platform, and update the “Effective Date” at the top.
For questions or to exercise your rights, please reach out at: hello@asf.africa