This Privacy Policy explains what personal data is collected when you use OFAyes.com and OFAyes.com mobile application (“OFAyes”) and the services provided through (together the “Service”), how such personal data will be used and shared. BY USING THE SERVICE, YOU PROMISE US THAT (I) YOU HAVE READ, UNDERSTAND AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY, AND (II) YOU ARE OVER 16 YEARS OF AGE (OR HAVE HAD YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN READ AND AGREE TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY FOR YOU). If you do not agree, or are unable to make this promise, you must not use the Service. In such a case, you must contact the support team via email to request deletion of your account and data.
“Process”, in respect of personal data, includes to collect, store, and disclose to others. TABLE OF CONTENTS
OFAyes Marketplace, a company registered in the Federal Republic of Nigeria (with a registered office at 111 Road, 1st Avenue Gwarinpa, Abuja, Nigeria) will be the controller of your data.
We collect data you give us voluntarily (for example, an email address). We also collect data automatically (for example, your IP address).
2.1 Data you give us.
You may be asked to provide us information about yourself when you register for and/or use the Service. This information includes first name, last name, phone number, email, gender, date of birth (together “Required Information”), address details, working hours etc., as well as access to your photos, albums and their metadata. You will need to provide us with your ID or similar identification document if you want to post an advertisement in the Mobile Phones category, unblock your account or make a duplicate account primary. To use our Service and register an account, you will need to provide the Required Information. You will be able to use the Service even if you do not give this data to us, but some Service’s functionality may be limited to you (for example, if you do not register an account, you will not be able to chat with other users, post ads, see contact details of other users). Sometimes you may also need to provide us additional information in the communication with our Support Team to fulfil your request (for example, if your account was previously blocked, we may ask you to confirm your identity by providing an ID document). While posting an announcement on the Service, you can decide to provide additional personal information about yourself. For example, you can decide to make available your CV or any photos of you or bearing your personal information. You acknowledge that by providing your data in the announcement you are making such data publicly available. In addition, you acknowledge and agree that we will make public some personal data from your profile to provide the Service, – it will enable us to facilitate communication and transactions between the users. In particular, you acknowledge and agree that your email will be shown as a part of your advertisement in the Work CVs section to some users with the posted advertisement in the Jobs section. You should carefully consider risks associated with the fact that you make certain information – in particular, you phone number, address, photos, passport and financial details or exact location – publicly available.
2.2. Data provided to us by third parties
When you decide to log in using Meta, we get personal data from your Meta account. This includes your profile image, name, and Meta ID. Unless you opt-out on the Meta Login screen, we will also collect other data, such as email address, gender, date of birth, friends list, and location as listed in your Meta profile. For more information, please refer to the Meta Permissions Reference (describes the categories of information, which Meta may share with third parties and the set of requirements) and to the Meta Data policy. In addition, Meta lets you control the choices you made when connecting your Meta profile to the App on their Apps and Websites page.
When you decide to log in using Google, we get personal data from your Google account. This includes your profile image, name, and Google ID. Unless you opt out on the Google Login screen, we will also collect other data, such as email address, gender, date of birth, friends list, and location as listed in your Meta profile. For more information, please refer to the Google Permissions Reference (describes the categories of information, that Meta may share with third parties and the set of requirements) and to the Google Data policy. In addition, Google lets you control the choices you made when connecting your Google profile to the App on their Apps and Websites page. If you were invited to create an account in the Service, the person that invited you can provide personal information about you, such as your phone number, email address, social media account or other contact information. We may collect your name, official government ID number and photo image to confirm your identity. We may use your ID number to collect the following additional data on you from governmental sources: full name, date of birth, image, address, phone number, gender, government ID expiry date or other additional information associated with your ID number that the issuing authority may provide. We may process or store your data outside of the borders of your country.
2.3. Data we collect automatically:
Data about how you found us We collect data about your referring URL (that is, the place on the Web where you were when you tapped on our ad).
2.3.2. Device and Location Data.
We collect data from your device. Examples of such data include language settings, IP address, time zone, type and model of a device, device settings, operating system, Internet service provider, mobile carrier, hardware ID, and Google ID.
2.3.3. Usage data
We record how you interact with our Service. For example, we log the features, and content you interact with, how often you use the Service, how long you are on the Service, what sections you use, and how many ads you watch.
2.3.4. Advertising IDs\
We collect your Google Advertising ID (“AAID”) (depending on the operating system of your device). You can typically reset these numbers through the settings of your device’s operating system (but we do not control this).
2.3.5. Transaction data
When you make payments through the Service, you need to provide financial account data, such as your credit card number, to our third-party service providers. We do not collect or store full credit card number data, though we may receive credit card-related data, data about the transaction, including the date, time and amount of the transaction, and the type of payment method used.
2.3.6. Cookies
Please see our Cookies Policy to find out more about our use of cookies.
In our data protection practices we strive, in particular, to provide that personal data is: processed per specific, legitimate and lawful purpose consented to by you; is adequate, accurate and without prejudice to the dignity of the human person; stored only for the period within which it is reasonably needed; and secured against reasonably foreseeable hazards and breaches such as theft, cyberattack, viral attack, dissemination, manipulations of any kind, damage by rain, fire or exposure to other natural elements.
We process your data: 4.1. To provide our Service This includes enabling you to use the Service in seamlessly and preventing or addressing Service errors or technical issues. 4.2. To customize your experience We process your data to adjust the content of the Service and make offers tailored to your personal preferences and interests. 4.3. To manage your account and provide you with customer support We process your personal data to respond to your requests for technical support, Service information or to any other communication you initiate. This includes accessing your account to address technical support requests. For this purpose, we may send you, for example, notifications or emails about the performance of our Service, security, payment transactions, notices regarding our Terms of Use or this Privacy Policy. 4.4. To communicate with you regarding your use of our Service We communicate with you, for example, by push notifications or in the chat. As a result, you may, for example, receive a notification whether on the Website or via email that you received a new message on OFAyes. To opt out of receiving push notifications, you need to change the settings on your browser or mobile device. To opt out of certain type of emails, you need to follow unsubscribe link located in the footer of the email, by contacting our support team at support@OFAyes.com, or in your profile settings. The services that we use for these purposes may collect data concerning the date and time when the message was viewed by our users, as well as when they interacted with it, such as by clicking on links included in the message. 4.5. To research and analyze your use of the Service This helps us to better understand our business, analyze our operations, maintain, improve, innovate, plan, design, and develop OFAyes and our new products. We also use such data for statistical analysis purposes, to test and improve our offers. This enables us to better understand what features and sections of OFAyes our users like more, what categories of users use our Service. As a consequence, we often decide how to improve OFAyes based on the results obtained from this processing. For example, if we discover that Jobs section is not as popular as others, we may focus on improving it. 4.6. To send you marketing communications We process your data for our marketing campaigns. We may add your email address to our marketing list. As a result, you will receive information about our products, such as for example, special offers, and products of our partners. If you do not want to receive marketing emails from us, you can unsubscribe following instructions in the footer of the marketing emails, by contacting our support team at support@OFAyes.com, or in your profile settings. We may also show you advertisements on the Website, and send you push notifications for marketing purposes. To opt out of receiving push notifications, must change the settings on your device and/or browser. 4.7. To personalize our ads We and our partners use your data to tailor ads and possibly even show them to you at the relevant time. For example, if you have visited our website, you might see ads for our products, for instance, in your Google feed. We may target advertising to you through a variety of ad networks and exchanges, using data from advertising technologies on and off of our Services like unique cookies or similar tracking technology, pixel, device identifiers, geolocation, operation system information, and email. How to opt-out or influence personalized advertising iOS: On your iPhone or iPad, go to “Settings,” then “Privacy” and tap “Advertising” to select “Limit Ad Track”. In addition, you can reset your advertising identifier (this also may help you to see less of personalized ads) in the same section. Android: To opt-out of ads on an Android device, simply open the Google Settings app on your mobile phone, tap “Ads” and enable “opt out of interest-based ads”. In addition, you can reset your advertising identifier in the same section (this also may help you to see less of personalized ads). Meta also allows its users to influence the types of ads they see on Meta. To find how to control the ads you see on Meta, please go here or adjust your ads settings on Meta. Please refer to our Cookies Policy to find out how to manage the use of cookies. 4.8. To enforce our Terms and Conditions of Use and to prevent and combat fraud We use personal data to enforce our agreements and contractual commitments, to detect, prevent, and combat fraud. As a result of such processing, we may share your information with others, including law enforcement agencies (in particular, if a dispute arises in connection with our Terms of Use). 4.9. To comply with legal obligations We may process, use, or share your data when the law requires it, in particular, if a law enforcement agency requests your data by available legal means. 4.10. To process your payments We provide paid products and/or services within the Service. For this purpose, we use third-party services for payment processing (for example, payment processors). As a result of this processing, you will be able to make a payment and use the paid features of the Service.
We process your data, in particular, under the following legal bases: 5.1. your consent; On this basis, we use your cookies as described in our Cookies Policy. 5.2. to perform our contract with you; 5.3. for our (or others) legitimate interests; Under this legal basis we, in particular: communicate with you regarding your use of our Service This includes, for example, sending you push notifications reminding you that you have unread messages. The legitimate interest we rely on for this purpose is our interest to encourage you to use our Service more often. We also take into account the potential benefits to you. research and analyze your use of the Service Our legitimate interest for this purpose is our interest in improving our Service so that we understand users’ preferences and can provide you with a better experience (for example, to make the use of our mobile application easier and more enjoyable, or to introduce and test new features). send you marketing communications The legitimate interest we rely on for this processing is our interest in promoting our Service in a measured and appropriate way. personalize our ads The legitimate interest we rely on for this processing is our interest in promoting our Service in a reasonably targeted way. enforce our Terms of Use and to prevent and combat fraud Our legitimate interests for this purpose are enforcing our legal rights, preventing and addressing fraud and unauthorized use of the Service, and non-compliance with our Terms of Use. 5.4. to comply with legal obligations.
We share information with third parties that help us operate, provide, improve, integrate, customize, support, and market our Service. We may share some sets of personal data, in particular, for purposes and with parties indicated in Section 2 of this Privacy Policy. The types of third parties we share information with include, in particular: 6.1. Service providers We share personal data with third parties that we hire to provide services or perform business functions on our behalf, based on our instructions. We may share your personal information with the following types of service providers: cloud storage providers data analytics providers login service providers marketing partners (in particular, social media networks, marketing agencies, and email delivery services; such as payment services providers local banks and other financial institutions 6.2. Law enforcement agencies and other public authorities We may use and disclose personal data to enforce our Terms of Use, to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you or others, and to respond to requests from courts, law enforcement agencies, regulatory agencies, and other public and government authorities, or in other cases provided for by law. 6.3. Third parties as part of a merger or acquisition As we develop our business, we may buy or sell assets or business offerings. Customers’ information is generally one of the transferred business assets in these types of transactions. We may also share such information with any affiliated entity (e.g., parent company or subsidiary) and may transfer such information in the course of a corporate transaction, such as the sale of our business, a divestiture, merger, consolidation, or asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.
If there is a data breach that may cause a risk for the rights and freedoms of individuals, we will notify competent supervisory authority, when such notification is mandatory. If the risk is assessed by us as “high”, we will also notify the affected data subjects without undue delay. The time frame for such notification will be developed by us on the basis of number of affected data subjects and time needed to collect contact information for notifications. If the measures taken or proposed to be taken in response to the breach did not address your concerns, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority, or to seek redress in a court of competent jurisdiction.
No limitation of liability shall avail us in case we act in breach of the principles set out in Section 3.
To be in control of your data, you have the following rights: Accessing/reviewing/updating/correcting your data. You may review, edit, or change the personal data that you had previously provided to OFAyes in the settings section on the Website. You may also request a copy of your data collected during your use of the Service. Deleting your data. You can request erasure of your data by sending us an email at support@OFAyes.com or you can delete your account via the link. When you request the deletion of your data, we will use reasonable efforts to honor your request. In some cases, we may be legally required to keep some of the data for a certain time; in such an event, we will fulfil your request after we have complied with our obligations. Objecting to or restricting the use of your personal data (including for direct marketing purposes). You can ask us to stop using all or some of your personal data or limit our use thereof. The right to lodge a complaint with supervisory authority. We would love you to contact us directly, so we could address your concerns. Nevertheless, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority. To exercise any of your privacy rights, please send a request to support@OFAyes.com.
We do not knowingly process personal data from persons under 16 years of age. If you learn that anyone younger than 16 has provided us with personal data, please contact us at support@OFAyes.com.
We may transfer personal data to countries other than the country in which the data was originally collected to provide the Service set in the Terms of Use and for purposes indicated in this Privacy Policy. If these countries do not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information, we deploy special safeguards. In particular, if we transfer personal data originating from the EEA to countries with not adequate level of data protection, we use one of the following legal bases: (i) Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission (details available here), or (ii) the European Commission adequacy decisions about certain countries (details available here).
We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we decide to make material changes to this Privacy Policy, you will be notified through our Service or by other available means and will have an opportunity to review the revised Privacy Policy. By continuing to access or use the Service after those changes become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Privacy Policy.
We will store your data for as long as it is reasonably necessary for achieving the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy (including providing the Service to you), which includes (but is not limited to) the period during which you have an OFAyes account. We will also retain and use your data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements. We will store your hashed email address, phone number, identification documents and information on the fact your account has been blocked after fulfilling your request to delete your data. We will also retain and use your data as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
You may contact us at any time for details regarding this Privacy Policy and its previous versions. For any questions concerning your account or your data please contact us at support@OFAyes.com. Effective as of 28 July 2024
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