Your Privacy Matters
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding how and when we collect, use, store, share and protect your information across our website, APIs, applications, email notifications and tools regardless of how you use or access them.
Notwithstanding which country you live in, when using any of our services, you consent to the collection, transfer, storage, disclosure, and use of your information in Nigeria and any other country we operate as described in this privacy policy. This includes any information you choose to provide that is deemed sensitive under applicable law.
We respect the privacy of our online visitors and registered users, and we will take reasonable steps to protect your information. It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. Accordingly, we have developed this privacy policy for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate, disclose, and otherwise make use of personal information.
Personal Information
Upon registration, we collect personal information which you voluntarily provided by lawful means. We collect and use personal information solely for fulfilling the purposes specified by us and for other ancillary purposes.
This refers to the personal information you submit when you register (e.g., email address, company name, password, bank account number, etc.) it may also include anonymous information that is linked to you, for example, your IP Address. It should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up to date.
The following lists what we use your personal information for. These may be updated from time to time:
- Provide you with access to our service
- Verify the information provided
- Prevent, detect and manage any illegal and fraudulent activity
- Improve our services to you
- Address any inappropriate use of our services
- Update our website layout, database, and content
- Target advertisements, newsletters, and service updates
- Resolve disputes that may occur
Additional personal information may be gotten from third party applications and other identification/verification services. For example, from your financial institution. Once you begin to use our services, we keep all records of your transactions and we will not share or disclose your personal information with a third party without your consent.
Protecting Your Information
We will protect your personal information by using global security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as against any unauthorized access, risk of loss, disclosure, copying, misuse, or modification. Other security measures include but are not limited to, firewalls, data encryption and granting access only to employees to fulfill their job responsibilities.
How We Use Cookies
We use cookies and similar technologies to help us recognize you, improve your experience, increase security, and measure use and effectiveness of our services. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but limiting cookies may affect your experience.
| Cookie type | Usage |
|---|---|
| Authentication | If you are signed in to Konnect, cookies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience. |
| Security | We use cookies to enable and support our security features, and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our User Agreement. |
| Preferences, features, and services | Cookies can tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. They can help you fill out forms on Konnect more easily. They also provide you with features, insights, and customized content in conjunction with our plugins. |
| Advertising | We may use cookies to show you relevant advertising both on and off the Konnect site. Similarly, our partners may use a cookie to determine whether we have shown an ad and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with ads. |
| Performance, Analytics and Research | Cookies help us learn how well our site and plugins perform in different locations. We also use cookies to understand, improve, and research products, features, and services, including when you access Konnect from other websites, applications, or devices such as your work computer or your mobile device. |
Controlling cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.