Privacy Policy

1. Organization Identity & Scope

Dzuels Educational Foundation ("the Foundation", "we", "us", or "our") is a non-governmental organization registered with Nigeria's Corporate Affairs Commission under Registration Number CAC/IT/NO 123456 as an Incorporated Trustee.

This Privacy Policy applies to personal information gathered through our official website (dzuelsfoundation.org), public intake forms, volunteer applications, partner enquiries, and event registration forms (including Ijero Tech Day).

2. Information We Collect

We only collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when interacting with our website. This includes:

• Contact Inquiries: Your full name, email address, phone number, subject, and message content when submitting the Contact form.
• Volunteer Applications: Full name, email address, phone number, age band, employment status, core skills, and your statement of motivation.
• Partner Enquiries: Organization or institution name, contact representative name, email, phone number, partnership type, and proposed collaborative scope.
• Event Registrations: Attendee name, email address, phone number, school or organization affiliation, batch selection, and dietary or special accommodations for community events like Ijero Tech Day.
• Newsletter Subscriptions: Your email address for foundation announcements (with an instant one-click unsubscribe mechanism).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect strictly for legitimate non-profit and charitable operational purposes:

• Evaluating volunteer suitability and assigning tasks in education clinics and bootcamps.
• Responding to partnership inquiries from educational institutions, seed funds, and donor bodies.
• Managing event attendance, cohort scheduling, badge issuance, and safety protocols for Ijero Tech Day.
• Replying to inquiries submitted through our contact form.
• Sending official receipts or letters of acknowledgment for verified donations.
• Complying with applicable statutory, accounting, and charitable reporting regulations in Nigeria.

4. Payment Security & Financial Data

We take financial transparency and payment safety seriously:

5. Information Sharing & Third Parties

We do not sell, rent, trade, or distribute your personal details to commercial advertising networks. We only share information with trusted third-party service providers who assist us in operating our platform:

• Infrastructure & Hosting: Cloud and web hosting providers maintaining our server infrastructure under strict confidentiality agreements.
• Email Delivery Services: Secure transactional email gateways delivering confirmation and acknowledgment emails.
• Legal & Regulatory Authorities: We may disclose information if required to do so by Nigerian law or in response to valid legal processes.

6. Data Retention & Safeguards

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this policy or as required by audit and accounting standards. We implement industry-standard physical, technical, and administrative safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, destruction, loss, or alteration.

7. Your Rights Under Data Protection Laws

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) and applicable global data protection principles, you possess the right to:

• Request confirmation of whether we hold personal information about you.
• Request access to or a copy of your personal data.
• Request correction of inaccurate or outdated details.
• Request erasure of your information from our active records.
• Withdraw consent at any time for ongoing communications.

8. Cookies & Local Storage

Our website does not use tracking cookies or third-party advertising pixels. We utilize standard browser local storage (dzuels-theme) strictly to preserve your selected dark or light mode color preference across browsing sessions without flickering.

9. Contact Us for Privacy Matters

If you have questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how your personal information is handled, please contact our administrative team: