PRIVACY POLICY FOR OGFZA WEBSITE
Effective date: July 14, 2020
Applicable to: https://ogfza.gov.ng/
- DEFINITIONS
“Parties” means both You and the operator of the Website: Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority.
“Operator” means the owner, publisher and administrator of the Website.
“Personal Data” means any personal information collected for You in relation with your use of this service which is capable of identifying You.
“Service” means the Website, which is known as: https://ogfza.gov.ng/ including all pages, sub pages, all blogs, forums and other connected internet content whatsoever.
“Third Party Service Provider” means a party or parties who are contracted by the owner/data controller for the purposes of processing the personal data of user.
“User Content” means any audio, video, text, images or other material users choose to display on this Website.
“You, Yours” means the user of this Website.
- INTRODUCTION
This Privacy Policy is designed to inform You about the Personal Data we collect, how we collect this data, the uses of the data and Your rights relating to the Personal Data when You use this Service.
We are committed to protecting your Personal Data while You use this Website.
By continuing to use our Website, You acknowledge that You have reviewed the Privacy Policy and agree to its terms. This also means that You have consented to the use of Your Personal Data and has accepted the applicable disclosures.
- THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU
We collect various information to enable us provide good Service to all our users. Depending on how our Service will be used, the different types of Personal Data we collect are as follows:
For registered users: During the process of Your registration we may collect the following information:
Name;
Email Address;
Contact Information;
Mobile Number.
We may also require other information in relation to:
(I) Your interaction with our representatives;
(II) receiving general emails from us.
(III) commenting on our Content or other User Content on our Website.
(IV) the following forms of activities:
The complaints or inquiries you mane about our services.
For unregistered users: We will collect passive information from all registered and unregistered users. These information include cookies, IP address information, location information and certain browser information.
- THE PERSONAL DATA WE COLLECT AS YOU USE OUR SERVICE
We use the following to collect Personal Data from You:
Cookies: We use the data collected by the cookies to offer You the best experience on our Website. Cookies are information stored on Your browser when You visit our Website or use a social network with Your PC, Smartphone or Tablets. They contain various data which includes the name of the server from which it comes, the numeric identifier, etc. The types of cookies we use are as follows:
(I) Technical cookies: This cookies are essential for the correct functioning of our Website and to provide the Service required to our users.
(II) Profiling cookies: These cookies are used to create user profiles based on personal choices and preferences in order to send advertising messages to Your device.
(III) Third party cookies: While using our Service, You may receive cookies from websites managed by other organizations. Third party analytical cookies may also be installed. Third party analytical cookies are used to detect information on user behaviour on our Website.This is placed in order to monitor the performance and improve the usability of this Website.
(IV) Support in configuring your browser:You can manage cookie through the settings of Your browser on Your device. However, deleting cookies from Your browser may remove the preferences You have set for this Website.
Log Data: We also use log files which store automatic information collected when users visit this Website. The log data which may be collected are as follows:
(I) the domain and host from which You access the Website;
(II) name of the Internet Service Provider (ISP);
(III) date and time of visit;
(IV) Your computer operating system and browser software;
(V) web pages visited and the duration and frequency of visits;
(VI) internet protocol (IP) address.
- THIRD PARTIES
We may utilize third party service providers, from time to time to help in processing Your Personal Data and help us with our Website.
We may use Third Party Service Providers for the following services in relation to our Website:
Tracking of usage data.
We may also share Your Personal Data with the following third parties:
Inter-agency organisations; Customs, Immigration, etc.
We share Your Personal Data with third parties to protect the rights, properties or safety of us, the users or as otherwise required by law.
- STORAGE OF PERSONAL DATA
We take the security of the Personal Data we collect very seriously and we take reasonable measures to reduce the risk of accidental destruction, loss or unauthorized access to such information. However, please note that no system involving the transmission of information via electronic storage systems or the internet is completely secure.
We use the following systems to store Your information:
Microsoft secure Onedrive (Cloud storage)
The Personal Data and any other information we have about You may be stored for the following period: One month.
- PURPOSE OF PROCESSING PERSONAL DATA
We collect and use the Personal Data that we collect for the following reasons:
(I) to provide our Service, maintain and make improvement to the Service we provide to You;
(II) to provide personalized Service to You including making recommendations and providing personalized content;
(III) to provide analytics and measurement to understand how our Service is used.
- PROTECTION OF PERSONAL DATA
Our Service is built with strong security features that continuously protects Your Personal Data. Our security features help us detect and block security threats. If we detect any security risk, we may inform You and guide You through steps to stay protected.
We use the following security features to protect Your Personal Data from any security breach or harm:
Website security software to check our website for any vulnerability. Some of these include; SQL injection scans, CSS (Cross site scripting) vulnerability.
- DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL DATA
When You share Your Personal Data
Our Service enables You to share information with other users. However, You have control over how You share this information. When You upload any content on our Website, Your content becomes accessible to other users.
When we share Your Personal Data
We do not disclose Your Personal Data except for any of the following reasons:
(I) if You have granted us the permission to do so: We will disclose Your Personal Data where we have received Your unequivocal consent and permission to do so. ;
(II) for the purposes of processing Your Personal Data: We may disclose Your Personal Data to trusted businesses or persons for the purpose of processing Your Personal Data for us, based on our instruction and in compliance with our Privacy Policy;
(III) Any other reason as may be necessary for the operation of our Website.
- USER CONTENT
We may allow users to post their content or information on this. These contents include audio, video, updates, articles, images or other materials users choose to display on the. Please note that any material which You may post is made accessible to the entire public and will not be regulated by this Privacy Policy.
- LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES/SERVICES
The website may contain links to other websites which we believe may offer useful information. These linked websites are not under our control and this Privacy Policy does not apply to these websites. We suggest that You contact those websites directly for information on their privacy policy, security, data collection and distribution policies.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If You have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the Personal Data we collect or if You wish to make any comments or complaints about anything related to this Privacy Policy, please contact us at the following email address: ICTAdministrator@ogfza.gov.ng.