PRIVACY STATEMENT
This Privacy Statement (“Privacy
Statement”) explains how MyNaijaReviews, “MNR” “us,” “our,” and “we”) uses your
information and applies to all who use our Web site, mobile applications,
electronic services, social networking sites, or any individual, business
partner-specific, merchant-specific, city-specific, or other area-specific Web
sites we offer that link to or reference this Privacy Statement (collectively,
the “Site”) and when you receive electronic communications from us.
Please read this Privacy Statement
carefully and review it periodically for the latest information about our
privacy practices. By using the Site, you agree to the terms of this Privacy
Statement. If you do not agree with the practices described in this Privacy
Statement, please do not provide us with your personal information or interact
with the Site.
We will routinely update this Privacy
Statement to clarify our practices and to reflect new or different privacy
practices, such as when we add new services, functionality or features to the
Site. If we make any material changes we will notify you by email (sent to the
email address specified in your account) or by means of notice on the Site
prior to the change becoming effective. You can determine when this Privacy
Statement was last revised by referring to the date it was “Last Updated”
above. You can review the last version of this Privacy Statement here.
This Privacy Statement is organized as
follows:
1.
Types of Information We Collect
2.
Your Choices
3.
How MyNaijaReviews Uses
Information
4.
When and Why MNR Discloses
Personal Information
5.
How MNR Collects Information
6.
Accessing and Correcting
Personal Information
7.
Social Networks
8.
Privacy Practices of Third
Parties
9.
Children’s Privacy
10.
Glossary of Terms
1. Types of Information We Collect
We will collect information, including
Personal Information and Non-Identifying Information, when you interact with us
and the Site, for example when you:
Access or use the Site;
Register, subscribe, or create
an account with MNR;
Authenticate your account on MNR;
Open or respond to our e-mails;
Provide information to enrol or
participate in programs provided on behalf of, or together with, Business
Partners;
Visit any page online that
displays our ads or content;
Purchase products or services
on or through the Site;
Connect or link to any Site via
social networking sites;
Post comments to Online Communities;
and
Provide information to our
Vendors.
This
Privacy Statement does not apply to the collection of information in any way
other than as listed above.
2. Your Choices
We think that you benefit from a more
personalized experience when we know more about you and what you like. However,
you can limit the information you provide to MNR, and you can limit the
communications that MNR sends to you.
You may manage how your browser handles
Cookies by adjusting its privacy and security settings. Browsers are different,
so refer to instructions related to your browser to learn about cookie-related
and other privacy and security settings that may be available.
You may manage how your mobile device and
mobile browser share certain Device Data with us, as well as how your mobile
browser handles Cookies by adjusting the privacy and security settings on your
mobile device. Please refer to instructions provided by your mobile service
provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your
settings.
You may also manage the sharing of certain
Personal Information with us when you connect with us through social networking
platforms or applications. Please refer to the privacy policy and settings of
the social networking website or application to determine how you may adjust
our permissions and manage the interactivity between MNR and your social
networking account or your mobile device.
3. How We Use Information
We (or our Vendors on our behalf), use
information collected as described in this Privacy Statement to:
Operate, maintain and improve
the Site and our services;
Provide you with personalized
ads and offers for products and services from us and participating Business
Partners;
Facilitate and fulfil orders
placed on the Site – for example, for vouchers and other goods and services,
including tracking redemption;
Evaluate your eligibility for
certain types of offers, products or services that may be of interest to you,
and analyze advertising effectiveness;
Answer your questions and
respond to your requests;
Perform analytics and conduct
customer research;
Communicate and provide
additional information that may be of interest to you about MNR and our
Business Partners, sometimes by combining your information with information
from Other Sources;
Send you reminders, technical
notices, updates, security alerts, support and administrative messages, service
bulletins, marketing messages, and requested information, including on behalf
of Business Partners;
Administer rewards, surveys,
sweepstakes, contests, or other promotional activities or events sponsored by
us or our Business Partners;
Manage our everyday business
needs, such as administration of the Site, forum management, fulfillment,
analytics, fraud prevention, and enforcement of our corporate reporting
obligations and Terms of Use, or to comply with the law;
Allow you to apply for a job,
post a video or sign up for special offers from merchants, Business Partners,
or third parties through the Site, and to
Enhance other information we
have about you directly or from Other Sources to help us better understand you
and determine your interests.
We also may use information collected as
described in this Privacy Statement with your consent or as otherwise required
or permitted by law.
4. When and Why MNR Discloses Information
We (or our Vendors on our behalf) may share
your Personal Information as required or permitted by law:
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With any MNR Affiliate who may
only use the Personal Information for the purposes described in this Privacy
Statement;
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With our Vendors to provide
services for us and who are required to protect the Personal Information;
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To report or collect on debts
owed to us or our Business Partners;
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With relevant Business
Partners:
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With whom we jointly offer
products and services;
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To facilitate a direct
relationship with you, including in connection with any program we administer
on behalf of the Business Partner;
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To enable electronic
communications with you as part of purchase, a sponsored reward, offer,
contest, program, or other activity in which you have elected to participate;
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To the extent you have
purchased or redeemed a MNR voucher, goods or services offered by a Business
Partner or participated in an offer, rewards, contest or other activity or
program sponsored or offered through MNR on behalf of that Business Partner;
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With a purchaser of MNR or any
of the MNR Affiliates (or their assets);
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To comply with legal orders and
government requests, or as needed to support auditing, compliance, and
corporate governance functions;
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To combat fraud or criminal
activity, and to protect our rights or those of our Affiliates, users, and
Business Partners, or as part of legal proceedings affecting MNR;
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In response to a subpoena, or
similar legal process including to law enforcement agencies, regulators, and
courts in Nigeria and other countries where we operate; or with your consent.
We encourage Business Partners to adopt and
post privacy policies. However, their use of Personal Information obtained
through MNR is governed by their privacy policies and is not subject to our
control.
We may also disclose Non-Identifiable
Information:
For the same reasons we might
share Personal Information;
With Business Partners for
their own analysis and research;
To facilitate targeted content
and ads; or
With Third-Party Ad-Servers to
place our ads and/or ads of our merchants or Business Partners on the Site and
on third-party sites and to analyze the effectiveness of those ads.
We do not share Personal Information with
Third-Party Ad-Servers; however, Third-Party Ad-Servers may automatically
collect Non-Identifying Information about your visit to the Site and other
websites, your device address, your Internet Service Provider and the browser
you use to visit the Site. They do this by using Cookies, clear gifs and other
technologies. Information collected may be used, among other things, to deliver
advertising targeted to your interests and to better understand the usage and
visits to the Site and the other websites tracked by these third parties. This
Privacy Statement does not cover the collection methods or use of the
information collected by Third-Party Ad-Servers, and MNR is not responsible for
Cookies or clear gifs in third party ads. We encourage you to review the
privacy policies or statements of these third party advertising companies to
learn more about their use of Cookies and other technologies. If you would like
more information about this practice and to know your choices about not having
this information used by third party advertisers, please visit
http://www.networkadvertising.org.
5. How MNR Collects Information
You provide us with your Personal
Information when you register, subscribe, create an account, purchase or redeem
MNR vouchers, or otherwise when you provide us with your Personal Information
during your interaction with the Site. We also collect Personal Information
when you contact us online for customer service and other support using
self-help tools, such as email, text, or by posting to an Online Community.
We also receive Personal Information and
other online and offline information from Other Sources. MNR will use such
information in accordance with applicable laws. Such information, when combined
with Personal Information collected as provided in this Privacy Statement, will
also be handled in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We also use cookies,
tags, web beacons, local shared objects, files, tools and programs to keep
records, store your preferences, improve our advertising, and collect
Non-Identifying Information, including Device Data and your interaction with
the Site and our Business Partners' web sites.
We use Cookies that contain serial numbers
that allow us to connect your Site activity with other information we store
about you in your profile or as related to your interactions with the Site. We
use session cookies on a temporary basis, such as to manage your view of pages
on the Site. We use persistent cookies for a number of purposes, such as
retrieving certain information you have previously provided (for example, your
user id if you asked to be remembered), and storing your preferences (for
example, the cities for which you want to be shown MNR vouchers). Information
from Cookies also tells us about the website you were visiting before you came
to the Site and the website you visit after you leave the Site.
Device Data may be collected when your
device interacts with the Site and MNR, even if you are not logged into the
Site using your device. If you have questions about the security and privacy
settings of your mobile device, please refer to instructions from your mobile
service provider or the manufacturer of your device to learn how to adjust your
settings.
7. Accessing and Correcting Personal
Information
You
can access, update and delete your , Financial Account
Information, and the other information you provided to us in your profile by visiting
http://www.mynaijareviews.com/customer/account.aspx
If you want to close your MNR account or
have other questions or requests, please contact us. While we are ready to
assist you in managing your subscriptions, closing your account, and removing
your active profile, we cannot always delete records of past interactions and
transactions. For example, we are required to retain records relating to
previous purchases on the Site for financial reporting and compliance reasons.
We will retain your Personal Information
for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you services and
to maintain a record of your transactions for financial reporting purposes. If
you wish to cancel your account or request that we no longer use your Personal
Information to provide you services contact us at admin@mynaijareviews.com We
will retain and use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our
legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
8. Social Networks
Social Community Areas
The Site may be accessible through or
contain connections to areas where you may be able to publicly post
information, communicate with others such as discussion boards or blogs, review
products and merchants, and submit media content. Prior to posting in these
areas, please read our Terms of Use carefully. All the information you post may
be accessible to anyone with Internet access, and any Personal Information you
include in your posting may be read, collected, and used by others. For
example, if you post your email address along with a public restaurant review,
you may receive unsolicited messages from other parties. You should avoid
publicly posting Personal Information or identifying information about third
parties.
Connecting through Social Networks
MNR offers social networking users the
opportunity to interact with friends and to share on social networks. If you
are logged into both MNR and a social network, when you use the Site’ social
networking connection functions, we will link your social network account with
your MNR account if the email addresses match. If the email addresses do not
match, we ask you if you want to link them and you must validate that you
control the accounts. If you are already logged into MNR but not logged into
your social network site, when you use the Site’ social network connection
functions, you will be prompted to enter your social network web site
credentials or to sign up for the social network.
If you are not currently registered as MNR
user and you use the Site’s social network connection functions, you will first
be asked to enter your social network credentials and then be given the option
to register and join MNR. Once you register with MNR and connect with the
social network, you will be able to automatically post recent MNR activity back
to your social network. Please refer to the privacy settings in your social
network account to manage the data that is shared through your account.
By proceeding through any of the above
steps, you grant MNR permission to access all of the elements of your social
network profile information that you have made available to be shared and to
use it in accordance with the social network’s terms of use and this Privacy
Statement.
9. Privacy Practices of Third Parties
This Privacy Statement only addresses the
use and disclosure of information by MNR through your interaction with the
Site. Other websites that may be accessible through links from the Site may
have their own privacy statements and personal information collection, use, and
disclosure practices. Our Business Partners may also have their own privacy
statements. We encourage you to familiarize yourself with the privacy
statements provided by these other parties prior to providing them with
information or taking advantage of a sponsored offer or promotion.
10. Children’s Privacy
MNR does not intend that any portion of the
Site will be accessed or used by children under the age of seventeen, and such
use is prohibited. The Site is designed and intended for adults. By using MNR,
you represent that you are at least eighteen years old and understand that you
must be at least eighteen years old in order to create an account and purchase
the goods or services advertised through the Site. We will promptly delete
information associated with any account be obtain actual knowledge is
associated with a registered user who is not at least eighteen years old.
11. Glossary of Terms
Affiliate means a company owned and/or
controlled by MyNaijaReviews
Business Partners means, collectively,
third parties with whom we conduct business, such as merchants, co-marketers,
distributors, and resellers.
Cookie means a small amount of information
that a web server sends to your browser that stores information about your
account, your preferences, and your use of the Site. Some cookies are
temporary, whereas others may be configured to last longer. “Session cookies”
are temporary cookies used for various reasons, such as to manage page views.
Your browser usually erases session cookies once you exit your browser.
“Persistent cookies” are more permanent cookies that are stored on your
computers or mobile devices even beyond when you exit your browser.
Device Data means information concerning a
device you use to access, use, or interact with the Site, such as operating
system type or mobile device model, browser type, domain, and other system
settings, the language your system uses and the country and time zone of your
device, geo-location, unique device identifier or other device identifier, mobile
phone carrier identification, and device software platform and firmware
information.
Non-Identifying Information means
information that alone cannot identify you, including data from Cookies, Pixel
Tags and Web Beacons, and Device Data. Non-Identifying Information may be
derived from Personal Information.
Online Communities means, collectively, our
social networking pages or accounts, forums, bulletin boards, discussion
groups, chat rooms or other methods of communication that may be offered on or
linked through the Site.
Other Sources means sources of information
that legally provide Groupon with your information,
and which are outside the scope of this Privacy Statement at the time of
collection.
Personal Information means information
about you that specifically identifies you or, when combined with other
information we have, can be used to identify you. This includes the following
types of information:
Contact Information: your name, postal
addresses, email addresses, social networking website user account names,
telephone numbers, or other addresses at which you are able to receive
communications.
Relationship Information: information you
provide that enables us to determine lifestyle, interests, and activities,
including location information related to your state/province, city, or neighbourhood;
areas of interest, the types of deals that interest you, information collected
through your interactions with social networks, demographic information (e.g.,
birth date, age, gender); information about persons for whom you have purchased
MNR vouchers as gifts or who have bought MNR vouchers as gifts for you; and
information about friends who refer you or whom you have referred;
Transaction Information: information you
provide when you interact with us and the Site, such as the MNR vouchers you
are interested in, purchase and redeem; email and other communications; and how
you interact with Business Partners and our Vendors;
Pixel Tags and Web Beacons means tiny
graphic images placed on website pages or in our emails that allow us to
determine whether you have performed specific actions.
Third-Party Ad-Servers means Vendors and
other third parties that provide the technology to place ads on websites and
track ad performance.
Vendors means, collectively, third parties
that perform business operations on behalf of MNR such as transaction processing, billing,
mailing, communications services (e-mail, direct mail, etc.), marketing, data
processing and analytics, servicing, collections, or ad management.