Legal & Compliance
Privacy Policy
NEEF is committed to protecting the privacy, confidentiality, and security of all personal and commercial data submitted by applicants and website visitors in accordance with statutory privacy frameworks and data protection regulations.
1. Information We Collect
When you apply for a grant or contact our advisory desk, we may collect:
- Personal Identification Data: Full legal name, date of birth, national identification number, and government-issued ID copies.
- Business Information: Official registration certificates, registered address, tax identification number, business sector, and ownership structure.
- Financial Records: Bank statements, turnover summaries, employee headcount, and capital asset quotations submitted for grant assessment.
- Technical Data: IP addresses, browser types, and access timestamps recorded for security monitoring and fraud prevention.
- Personal Identification Data: Full legal name, date of birth, national identification number, and government-issued ID copies.
- Business Information: Official registration certificates, registered address, tax identification number, business sector, and ownership structure.
- Financial Records: Bank statements, turnover summaries, employee headcount, and capital asset quotations submitted for grant assessment.
- Technical Data: IP addresses, browser types, and access timestamps recorded for security monitoring and fraud prevention.
2. Purpose of Data Processing
We process your personal and enterprise information exclusively for legitimate purposes:
- Assessing your eligibility and scoring your submission against grant criteria.
- Verifying your identity, registration status, and preventing duplicate or fraudulent applications.
- Disbursing grant capital to verified corporate accounts and monitoring milestone performance.
- Communicating with you regarding application status, upcoming cohorts, and programme updates.
- Compiling anonymized aggregate statistical reports for our philanthropic governance board.
- Assessing your eligibility and scoring your submission against grant criteria.
- Verifying your identity, registration status, and preventing duplicate or fraudulent applications.
- Disbursing grant capital to verified corporate accounts and monitoring milestone performance.
- Communicating with you regarding application status, upcoming cohorts, and programme updates.
- Compiling anonymized aggregate statistical reports for our philanthropic governance board.
3. Data Sharing & Third Parties
We never sell, rent, or trade your personal or business data to commercial marketers or third parties. Your information is disclosed only to independent evaluation panels, identity verification providers, and audit committees bound by strict confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations.
4. Data Security & Storage
We implement enterprise-grade security controls, including TLS/SSL encryption in transit, encrypted storage for sensitive documents, role-based access restrictions, and regular vulnerability audits to protect your data against unauthorized access, loss, or destruction.
5. Your Statutory Rights
As a data subject, you possess rights to:
- Request access to the personal records we hold concerning your application.
- Request rectification of inaccurate or outdated information.
- Request erasure of your records subject to legal and regulatory audit retention periods.
- Lodge a complaint if you suspect your personal data has been handled improperly.
- Request access to the personal records we hold concerning your application.
- Request rectification of inaccurate or outdated information.
- Request erasure of your records subject to legal and regulatory audit retention periods.
- Lodge a complaint if you suspect your personal data has been handled improperly.
6. Contacting the Data Protection Officer
For inquiries regarding our data handling practices or to exercise your statutory rights, please write to our Data Protection Officer through our official contact channels.
Official contact for privacy enquiries:
info@neefgrantng.org