1. Introduction

The Nigerian Physician Advocacy Group (NPAG) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website and use our services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your personal information.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information: When you sign up for membership, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and payment information.

2.2 Usage Data: We automatically collect certain information about your device and usage of our website, including your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring URLs, access times, and pages viewed.

2.3 Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our website and store certain information. Cookies are files with small amounts of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device.

3. How We Use Your Information

3.1 To Provide Services: We use your personal information to process your membership application, manage your membership, and provide you with membership benefits.

3.2 To Communicate with You: We use your contact information to send you updates, newsletters, and other communications related to your membership and our services.

3.3 To Improve Our Services: We analyze usage data to understand how our website is used and to improve its functionality and content.

3.4 To Process Payments: We use your payment information to process membership fees and other transactions.

4. Information Sharing and Disclosure

4.1 Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or providing our services to you.

4.2 Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or government agency).

4.3 Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred to the acquiring entity.

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

6.1 Access and Update: You have the right to access and update your personal information. You can do this by logging into your account or contacting us directly.

6.2 Deletion: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information, subject to certain legal obligations.

6.3 Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of the processing of your personal information under certain conditions.

6.4 Data Portability: You have the right to receive a copy of your personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed to individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 18, we will take steps to delete such information.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on our website and updating the effective date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@npag.org.

Effective Date: July 20th, 2024