Privacy Policy

This website, smatatech.com.ng, is operated by Smatatech Technologies (“Smatatech”, “we”, “us”), based in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. For this policy, Smatatech is the data controller of personal data collected through the website.

Questions about privacy can be sent to info@smatatech.com.ng.

We collect only what we need to respond to you and to run the site:

• Information you give us: your name, email address, phone/WhatsApp number, company, and the details you write in the project brief, contact or discovery-call forms (such as project description, budget range and timeline).
• Messages you send us by email or WhatsApp, which we keep to continue the conversation.
• Technical and usage data (only if you accept analytics/advertising cookies): pages visited, approximate location, device and browser type, referrer, and actions such as form submissions or WhatsApp clicks.

We do not ask for payment card details, government ID numbers or sensitive personal data through this website. Please don't include them in your messages.

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (“NDPA”) we rely on the following lawful bases:

• Taking steps at your request / contract: responding to enquiries, preparing quotes and scoping projects.
• Consent: analytics and advertising cookies, and your agreement when you submit a form. You can withdraw consent at any time.
• Legitimate interests: keeping the site secure, preventing spam and abuse, and improving our services, where this does not override your rights.
• Legal obligation: keeping records we are required to keep.

We do not sell your personal data.

We use a small number of technologies:

• Strictly necessary: remembering your cookie choice (stored in your browser).
• Analytics (Google Analytics): helps us understand how visitors use the site. Loaded only after you accept.
• Advertising measurement (Meta Pixel): lets us measure the results of our Facebook and Instagram ads and see conversions such as form submissions. Loaded only after you accept.

When you choose “Decline”, analytics and advertising scripts are not loaded. You can change your choice by clearing this site's data in your browser, after which the banner appears again. You can also control cookies in your browser settings.

We share personal data only with service providers that help us operate, and only as needed:

• Hosting, database and email providers that run our website and systems.
• Google (analytics) and Meta (advertising measurement), when you accept cookies.
• WhatsApp (Meta), if you choose to contact us through it.
• Professional advisers, or authorities where the law requires it.

These providers act under their own terms or on our instructions and must protect your data appropriately.

Some providers we use are based outside Nigeria, so your data may be processed in other countries. Where this happens we take steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, in line with the NDPA.

We keep enquiry and project-brief information for as long as needed to respond to you and, if we work together, for the duration of the project and a reasonable period afterwards for records and support. If an enquiry doesn't lead to a project, we aim to delete or anonymise it within a reasonable period. Analytics data is kept according to the settings of the analytics provider.

Under the NDPA you have the right to:

• be informed about how your data is used and to request access to it;
• ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data;
• ask us to delete your data, or restrict or object to its processing, in the circumstances the law allows;
• request your data in a portable format;
• withdraw consent at any time, without affecting earlier lawful processing;
• complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) if you believe your rights have been infringed.

To exercise any of these rights, email info@smatatech.com.ng. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal data, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) and restricted access. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

This website is intended for businesses and adults. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us with data, please contact us and we will delete it.

The site links to third-party services such as Instagram, X and WhatsApp. We are not responsible for their privacy practices; please read their policies.

We may update this policy from time to time. The “last updated” date shows the latest version, and we will make clear any significant changes on this page.

Smatatech Technologies, Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Email: info@smatatech.com.ng. WhatsApp: +234 903 314 9347.