How Vivre Wire collects, uses and protects your personal data, and the rights you have over it.
Who we are
This Privacy Policy explains how VIVRE LTD, publisher of Vivre Wire (“we”, “us”), collects, uses and protects personal data. VIVRE LTD is a private limited liability company registered in Nigeria and is the controller of the personal data described here. We handle personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and are answerable to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).
Questions about this policy or your data? Write to contact@vivrewire.com.
What we collect
- Information you give us
- Your name and email address when you subscribe or write to us, the content of your messages, tips and pitches, and any details you include in comments.
- Information collected automatically
- Your IP address, device and browser type, the pages you view, how long you stay, and the site you came from. We collect this through cookies and similar technologies.
- Information from partners
- Analytics and advertising partners may give us reports about how readers use our site. Analytics provided by Google Analytics; advertising supplied by Google AdSense and verified direct advertising partners.
Why we use your data
We need a lawful basis to use personal data. These are ours:
- To send you our newsletter. Basis: your consent, which you can withdraw at any time.
- To reply to your messages, tips and pitches. Basis: our legitimate interest in running a newsroom, and taking steps you ask for.
- To run, secure and improve our website. Basis: our legitimate interest in keeping the site safe and useful.
- To show advertising and measure it. Basis: your consent to cookies where the law requires it, and our legitimate interest in funding our journalism.
- To meet legal duties. Basis: legal obligation.
Cookies and analytics
Cookies are small files stored on your device. We use three kinds: essential cookies that make the site work, analytics cookies that show us which stories readers value (Google Analytics), and advertising cookies that support the ads we show (Google AdSense and verified direct advertising partners).
You can control cookies through your browser settings. Blocking some cookies may affect how the site works.
Who we share data with
- Service providers who help us run Vivre Wire, such as hosting, email delivery, analytics and advertising partners. They may only use your data to provide their service to us.
- Public authorities, courts or regulators when the law requires it.
- We do not sell personal data.
Transfers outside Nigeria
Some of our providers store or process data outside Nigeria. When that happens, we take steps to make sure your data stays protected, as the NDPA requires.
How long we keep data
We keep personal data only as long as we need it for the reasons above. For example, we keep newsletter details until you unsubscribe, messages for up to 12 months, and analytics data for up to 26 months. We delete or anonymize data when we no longer need it.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorized access. No system is completely secure. If a breach puts your rights at risk, we will notify the NDPC and the people affected, as the law requires.
Your rights
Under the NDPA you have the right to:
- be told how your data is used,
- see the personal data we hold about you and get a copy,
- have inaccurate data corrected,
- ask us to delete your data, or restrict how we use it,
- object to processing, including for direct marketing,
- receive your data in a portable format, where that applies,
- withdraw your consent at any time, without affecting what we did before you withdrew it.
To use any of these rights, email contact@vivrewire.com. We aim to answer within one month. Some rights may be limited where the law allows, for example when data is processed for journalism in the public interest.
If you are unhappy with how we handled your data, please tell us first. You also have the right to complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.
Children
Vivre Wire is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has given us personal data, write to us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. When we do, we will change the date at the top, and for major changes we will tell you on the site or by email.
Questions?
Email contact@vivrewire.com or visit our Contact page. Our use of cookies and your use of the site is also covered by our Terms of Use.