Privacy Policy

Vera AgriTech Ltd. (referred to as "Vera AgriTech", "we", "us", or "our") is an agricultural technology company registered in Nigeria, with its office at No. 4 Alhaji R.A. Akinpelu Close, Oni and Sons Area, Ring Road, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. We build climate-smart food production systems, including screen houses, hydroponic and soilless farming kits, drip irrigation systems, and farm machinery, and we provide commercial crop production, training, and agribusiness consulting services.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the personal data you share with us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect your personal data when you:

• Visit our website at https://veraagritech.com/ (the "Website");
• Submit an enquiry, request a quote, or contact us through our online forms;
• Register for our training programmes or consulting services;
• Communicate with us by email, telephone, WhatsApp, or social media;
• Enter into a business relationship with us as a customer, farmer, cooperative, partner, supplier, or investor.

This Policy is issued in compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 (NDPA) and, where applicable, other data protection laws such as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for visitors located in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK GDPR for visitors in the United Kingdom.

By using our Website or providing your personal data to us, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with it, please do not use the Website or provide us with your personal data.

2. Who We Are (Data Controller)

For the purposes of applicable data protection law, the data controller is:

If we appoint a Data Protection Officer (DPO) or privacy contact, their details will be published on this page. Until then, all privacy-related enquiries should be directed to the contact details above with the subject line "Privacy Enquiry".

3. Personal Data We Collect

We collect personal data in the following ways:

3.1 Information You Provide Directly

(a) Contact and enquiry forms. When you complete the enquiry form on our Website ("Send Enquiry"), request a quote for a screen house, hydroponic setup, or machinery, or request our machinery catalogue, we collect:

• Full name;
• Email address;
• Area of interest (e.g., commercial produce purchase, screen house/hydroponic construction, irrigation and machinery sales, training and advisory, business partnership);
• The content of your message, which may include details about your farm, location, budget, or project.

(b) Training and advisory registrations. When you register for our training workshops (in Ibadan or on-site programmes for cooperatives, schools, agencies, and NGOs) or book a consultation, we may collect your name, contact details, organisation or cooperative name, occupation, location, and information relevant to the programme (e.g., farming experience, cultivation area).

(c) Commercial transactions. When you purchase products, commission construction, enter a produce offtake/buyback arrangement, or invest in or partner with us, we may collect billing and delivery addresses, payment-related information (processed through banks or licensed payment providers — we do not store full card details), business registration details, tax identification numbers, and contract information.

(d) Direct communications. When you contact us by email, telephone, WhatsApp, or social media, we collect the information you choose to share, including your phone number, WhatsApp profile name, and message content.

(e) Testimonials and media. With your consent, we may collect and publish your name, photograph, location, and feedback as a customer testimonial or case study on our Website and marketing materials.

3.2 Information Collected Automatically

When you browse the Website, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address and approximate location (city/country);
• Browser type and version, device type, and operating system;
• Pages visited, time spent on pages, referring website, and click behaviour;
• Date and time of access;
• Cookies and similar technologies (see Section 8).

3.3 Information from Third Parties

We may receive personal data about you from:

• Our strategic partners and collaborators (e.g., financial institutions, insurance providers, development agencies, and government bodies such as SMEDAN) where you have engaged with a joint programme, financing scheme, or referral;
• Publicly available sources, where you represent a business or organisation;
• Social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, X/Twitter) when you interact with our official pages.

3.4 Data We Do Not Intentionally Collect

Our Website and services are directed at adults, businesses, cooperatives, and institutions. We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data (such as health, religious, or biometric data) or data from children under 18 without verifiable parental or guardian consent. If you believe a child has provided us personal data, please contact us so we can delete it.

4. Purposes and Lawful Bases for Processing

We process your personal data only where we have a lawful basis under the NDPA (and GDPR, where applicable). These include:

We will not use your personal data for purposes incompatible with those described above without informing you and, where required, obtaining your consent.

5. How We Share Your Personal Data

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal data. We may share it with the following categories of recipients, strictly on a need-to-know basis:

(a) Service providers (data processors). Trusted third parties who help us operate, such as website hosting and maintenance providers, email service providers, IT support, cloud storage providers, and analytics services. These providers are contractually required to process your data only on our instructions and to protect it appropriately.

(b) Communication platforms. If you choose to contact us via WhatsApp (operated by Meta Platforms), your communication is also subject to WhatsApp's own privacy policy. Similarly, interactions on Facebook, Instagram, or X are governed by those platforms' policies.

(c) Payment and financial institutions. Banks and licensed payment processors that facilitate payments for our products and services.

(d) Strategic partners. Where you participate in a joint programme (for example, a financing, insurance, empowerment, or development scheme run with our banking, insurance, government, or development partners), we may share relevant data with the specific partner administering that programme. We will inform you at the point of collection where this applies.

(e) Professional advisers. Lawyers, accountants, auditors, and insurers, where necessary for our legitimate business operations.

(f) Regulators and law enforcement. Where required by law, court order, or a lawful request from a competent authority, including the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), tax authorities, or law enforcement agencies.

(g) Business transfers. If Vera AgriTech is involved in a merger, acquisition, restructuring, or sale of assets, personal data may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to appropriate confidentiality and data protection safeguards.

6. Third-Party Services Embedded on Our Website

Our Website uses or links to third-party services that may collect data directly from your browser:

• Google Maps. Our contact section embeds a Google Map to show our office location. When the map loads, Google may collect your IP address and usage data in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy).
• WhatsApp click-to-chat. Clicking our "Chat with us on WhatsApp" link opens WhatsApp, which processes your data under Meta's/WhatsApp's privacy policy.
• Social media links. Links to our Facebook, Instagram, and X pages take you to platforms governed by their own privacy policies.
• Analytics tools. Where we use website analytics (e.g., Google Analytics or similar), these tools use cookies or similar technologies as described in Section 8.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or platforms. We encourage you to review their privacy policies before providing them with personal data.

7. International Data Transfers

Vera AgriTech operates from Nigeria, and your data is primarily processed in Nigeria. However, some of our service providers (such as web hosting, email, cloud storage, and analytics providers) may store or process data on servers located outside Nigeria, including in countries that may not offer the same level of data protection as your home country.

Where personal data is transferred outside Nigeria, we take steps to ensure the transfer complies with the NDPA, including transferring only to countries with adequate protection as recognised by the NDPC, or applying appropriate safeguards such as contractual data protection clauses, or relying on your explicit consent or another lawful transfer basis where applicable.

For visitors from the EEA or UK, transfers outside those regions are protected using recognised mechanisms such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses, where required.

8. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. We may use:

• Strictly necessary cookies — required for the Website to function (e.g., security, load balancing, form submission). These do not require consent.
• Functional cookies — remember your preferences (e.g., interactive tools such as our yield calculator settings).
• Analytics/performance cookies — help us understand how visitors use the Website so we can improve it.
• Marketing cookies (if deployed) — used to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns.

You can control cookies through your browser settings, including blocking or deleting them. Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Website. Where required by law, we will request your consent for non-essential cookies via a cookie notice or banner.

9. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or destruction. These measures include:

• Secure (HTTPS/TLS) transmission of data submitted through the Website;
• Access controls limiting personal data to authorised personnel who need it for their roles;
• Use of reputable hosting and service providers with security safeguards;
• Staff awareness of confidentiality and data protection obligations;
• Regular review of our security practices.

However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure. While we strive to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we become aware of a personal data breach likely to result in a risk to your rights, we will notify the Nigeria Data Protection Commission and, where required, affected individuals, in accordance with the NDPA.

10. Data Retention

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, including to satisfy legal, accounting, tax, regulatory, or reporting requirements. As a general guide:

• Enquiries and quotes that do not lead to a contract: retained for up to 24 months after our last interaction, then deleted or anonymised;
• Customer, contract, and transaction records: retained for the duration of the relationship and thereafter for the period required by Nigerian tax, corporate, and contract law (typically up to 6 years);
• Training records and certificates: retained for as long as reasonably necessary to verify participation and certification;
• Marketing data: retained until you withdraw consent or unsubscribe;
• Website analytics data: retained in accordance with the retention settings of the analytics tool, typically 14–26 months.

When personal data is no longer needed, we securely delete, destroy, or anonymise it.

11. Your Rights

Subject to applicable law, you have the following rights in relation to your personal data:

1. Right of access — to request confirmation of whether we process your personal data and to receive a copy of it;
2. Right to rectification — to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data;
3. Right to erasure — to request deletion of your data where there is no lawful basis for us to continue processing it;
4. Right to restrict processing — to request that we limit how we use your data in certain circumstances;
5. Right to data portability — to receive your data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format and to have it transmitted to another controller, where technically feasible;
6. Right to object — to object to processing based on legitimate interests, and to object at any time to direct marketing;
7. Right to withdraw consent — where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing before withdrawal;
8. Right not to be subject to solely automated decision-making that produces legal or similarly significant effects on you (we do not currently carry out such automated decision-making);
9. Right to lodge a complaint — with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) (https://ndpc.gov.ng) or, if you are in the EEA/UK, with your local supervisory authority.

How to exercise your rights. Send your request to info@veraagritech.com or write to our office address with the subject "Data Subject Request". We may need to verify your identity before acting on your request. We will respond within the timeframe required by law (generally within 30 days), and we will not charge a fee unless the request is manifestly unfounded, excessive, or repetitive, in which case any fee will be as permitted by law.

12. Marketing Communications

We will only send you marketing communications (such as newsletters, training dates, product announcements, and blog updates) where you have opted in or where otherwise permitted by law. Every marketing email will contain an unsubscribe link, and you may also opt out at any time by contacting us at info@veraagritech.com or via WhatsApp at +234 803 521 7807. Opting out of marketing does not affect service-related communications (such as responses to your enquiries, quotes, invoices, or training confirmations).

13. Children's Privacy

Our Website and services are not directed at children under 18 years of age. Where minors participate in our youth training and empowerment programmes, we collect their personal data only with the verifiable consent of a parent, guardian, school, or sponsoring organisation, and only to the extent necessary to deliver the programme. If we learn that we have collected personal data from a child without appropriate consent, we will delete it promptly.

14. Testimonials, Photographs, and Case Studies

We publish testimonials, names, photographs, and project details of customers, trainees, and partners only with their consent. If your testimonial or image appears on our Website or marketing materials and you wish to have it updated or removed, contact us at info@veraagritech.com and we will act on your request within a reasonable time.

15. Links to Other Websites

Our Website contains links to external websites (including partner websites, social media platforms, and the website of our web developer). We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those websites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.

16. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or services. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page and, where the changes are significant, provide a more prominent notice on the Website or notify you directly where appropriate. We encourage you to review this page periodically.

17. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023, and shall be interpreted in accordance with them, without prejudice to any mandatory rights you may have under the data protection laws of your country of residence.

18. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact:

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