Privacy Policy

This website is operated by YALI Network Abuja (“YALI”, “we”, “us”). We are the data controller for personal information collected through this site. You can reach us at yaliabuja@gmail.com.

We collect only what is needed for the purpose you contact us about:

• Contact form: your name, email address, subject and message.
• Partnership form: your name, organization, phone number, email address, partnership interest and message.
• Community form: your name, email address and message.
• Event registration: your name, email address, phone number, country, organization (optional), role, attendance mode and any accessibility or dietary needs you choose to share.
• Newsletter: your email address.
• Stored in a database: form submissions, event registrations, opportunity applications (including a CV if you upload one) and newsletter sign-ups are saved in a managed database so that our team can respond to you and manage events. Only authorized YALI team members can access them.
• Technical data: standard server logs (such as IP address, browser type and the pages requested) kept by our hosting provider for security and reliability.

Please do not send us sensitive information (for example health, financial account or government ID details) through the website forms.

• To respond to your enquiries and messages.
• To review and follow up on partnership requests.
• To send you our newsletter, if you subscribe. You can unsubscribe at any time.
• To keep the website secure, understand how it is used and improve it.
• To meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

We process personal information in line with applicable data protection law, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. Depending on the situation, we rely on your consent (for example, newsletter sign-ups), our legitimate interests in running and improving YALI Network Abuja, the steps needed to respond to a request you make, or a legal obligation.

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with:

• Service providers who help us run the website and communications, under appropriate confidentiality and data-protection terms. These are Vercel (website hosting), Neon (the database where form submissions and event registrations are stored), Resend (which delivers a copy of your contact, partnership or community message to our team’s inbox) and, if you subscribe, our email provider.
• Programme or partner organizations, but only where you ask us to or have given your consent.
• Authorities or advisers where we are legally required to, or need to protect our rights.

To display this website we load fonts from Google Fonts. When your browser requests them, Google receives technical information such as your IP address. Links to external sites (for example funders, fellowships and social networks) are governed by those sites’ own privacy policies. See our Cookies Policy for details.

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, including to meet legal, accounting or reporting requirements. Newsletter details are kept until you unsubscribe. Enquiries are normally deleted once they are resolved, unless a longer period is required.

Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:

• ask for access to the personal information we hold about you;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information;
• ask us to delete your information or restrict how we use it;
• object to our processing, or withdraw consent you previously gave;
• receive your information in a portable format where applicable.

To exercise these rights, email yaliabuja@gmail.com. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal information. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

This website is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. If you believe a child has given us information, please contact us and we will delete it.

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top shows when it last changed. Significant changes will be highlighted on this page.

Questions about this policy or your information? Email yaliabuja@gmail.com or use our contact page.