Privacy Policy

LAOF may collect personal information you provide when you:

• Contact us;
• Make a donation;
• Apply to volunteer or participate in a programme;
• Register for an event;
• Submit a form, application, enquiry, or feedback; or
• Subscribe to our communications.

This may include your name, email address, phone number, address, and other information necessary for the relevant service or activity.

We may also collect basic technical information, such as your IP address, device type, browser information, and website usage through cookies or similar technologies.

LAOF may use your information to:

• Respond to enquiries and requests;
• Process donations, applications, and registrations;
• Manage programmes, events, and volunteer activities;
• Communicate with you about LAOF's work;
• Improve and secure our website and services;
• Maintain appropriate organisational records; and
• Meet legal, regulatory, accounting, and safeguarding obligations.

LAOF will process personal information only where there is a lawful basis to do so, including where you have provided consent, where processing is necessary to provide a service you have requested, where required by law, or where otherwise permitted under applicable data-protection law.

LAOF will take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is only used for legitimate and relevant purposes.

Where reasonably necessary, information may be shared with trusted service providers, payment processors, programme partners, professional advisers, or relevant authorities for legitimate organisational purposes, service delivery, safeguarding, security, or legal compliance.

Third-party service providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable requirements.

LAOF takes additional care when handling information relating to children, beneficiaries, and vulnerable persons.

Where required, appropriate consent, authorisation, and safeguarding measures will be applied before personal information, photographs, videos, or stories are collected or published.

LAOF takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.

Personal information will be retained only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or as required or permitted by law.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to your personal information;
• Request correction or deletion of inaccurate information;
• Request restriction of certain processing;
• Object to certain processing;
• Withdraw consent where consent is the basis for processing; and
• Exercise other rights available under Nigerian data-protection law.

You may contact LAOF to exercise your rights or raise a privacy concern.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) where you believe your data-protection rights have been violated.

The LAOF website may use cookies and similar technologies to support functionality, security, analytics, and user experience.

Where required, appropriate options will be provided for managing non-essential cookies.

LAOF may update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect changes in its activities, technology, or applicable laws.

The latest version will be published on this website.