Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters to us

This Privacy Policy explains how Diaspo Niger collects, uses, shares and protects your personal information.

Information Collected

1.1 Information you provide to us

Account information:

• First and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Profile photo (optional)
• Current city of residence
• Region of origin in Niger (optional)
• Occupation (optional)
• Biography (optional)

Verification information (KYC):

• Government-issued ID
• Proof of address
• Banking information (for creators and sellers)

1.2 Automatically collected information

• IP address and connection data
• Device type and operating system
• Device identifiers
• App usage data
• Connection logs
• Your precise geographic location, if you allow it — including when the app is closed or not in use, for as long as Travel Mode stays enabled

Use of Information

Providing services

• Create and manage your account
• Enable communication between members
• Place you on the member map and show you the members, groups, businesses and events near you (if location is enabled)
• Process your transactions and transfers
• Manage your subscriptions and payments

Improvement and security

• Improve our services
• Ensure platform security
• Prevent fraud and money laundering
• Comply with our legal obligations

Communications

• Send relevant notifications
• Inform you of important updates
• Respond to your support requests

Sharing of Information

Other users (based on your settings)

• Your public profile
• Your posts and content
• Your precise geographic location, visible to other members for as long as sharing stays enabled

Service providers

• Firebase / Google Cloud (hosting)
• Supabase (database and storage)
• Notification delivery providers

Authorities

• Tax authorities (creator/seller revenues)
• FINTRAC/CANAFE (AML/CFT compliance)
• Judicial authorities (upon court order)

International transfers

Your data may be processed in the United States (Google). These transfers are governed by standard contractual clauses or other compliant transfer mechanisms.

Your Rights

Common rights (Law 25)

Response time: Maximum 30 days

Information Retention

Inactive accounts

• Notification after 12 months of inactivity
• Automatic deletion after 24 months (unless legal obligations apply)

Security

Technical measures

• Encryption of data in transit (TLS/SSL)
• Encryption of data at rest
• End-to-end encryption in conversations that have been switched to it: the key exists only on the participants' devices, our servers never hold it
• In other conversations, the encryption at rest above applies with a key held by our servers — which is what makes notification previews possible
• Two-factor authentication available
• Access and anomaly monitoring

Organisational measures

• Access limited to authorised employees
• Data protection training
• Internal security policy
• Regular security assessments

Minors

Diaspo Niger is intended for persons aged 16 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from persons under 16 years of age.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at privacy@diasponiger.com.

Changes

In the event of a material change to this Policy:

• In-app notification
• Email to users
• 30-day notice period before taking effect

Supervisory Authorities

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