Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

This website, ciif.africa, is operated by Creative Industries Initiative for Africa (C.I.I.F.A.) Limited ("CIIFA", "we", "us"), a company registered in Nigeria with its office at 4B Onikoyi Lane, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi, Lagos. For anything in this policy, contact us at info@ciif.africa or +234 817 256 0000.

2. What this policy covers

This policy covers personal information collected through this website. CIIFA programmes (such as CBA for Africa, the Skill Pool Initiative, the Enterprise Programme, the Creative Career Fair and the CIIFA SafeHouse) may run their own platforms with their own privacy notices; where a programme collects data through its own application, registration or learning systems, that programme's notice applies alongside this one.

3. The information we collect

• Information you send us. This site does not use account registration or web forms today, you contact us by email or phone. When you do, we receive what you choose to share: typically your name, contact details and the content of your message (for example a partnership enquiry, a SafeHouse booking request, or a programme question).
• Technical information. Our hosting provider records standard server logs (IP address, browser type, pages requested, timestamps) for security and reliability.
• Fonts. This site loads the Outfit typeface from Google Fonts. Your browser requests the font files from Google's servers, which means Google receives your IP address. See Google's privacy policy for how it handles such requests.
• Cookies. We do not currently set cookies or run analytics or advertising trackers on this site. If that changes, we will update this policy and, where required, ask for your consent first.

4. How we use your information

• To respond to your enquiries and manage bookings, applications and partnerships you initiate.
• To deliver services you request, for example confirming a SafeHouse booking or following up a programme application.
• To send you updates you have asked for (such as programme announcements). You can opt out at any time by replying or emailing info@ciif.africa.
• To keep the website and our operations secure, and to meet legal and regulatory obligations.

5. Legal basis

We process personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and, where applicable, other data-protection laws. Our legal bases are: consent (when you contact us or ask for updates), contract (when we deliver a booking or service you requested), legitimate interests (running and securing our business), and legal obligation.

6. Sharing

We do not sell personal information. We share it only:

• with service providers who help us operate (such as email and hosting providers), under appropriate safeguards;
• with programme partners where you engage a programme they co-deliver, for example the Creative Talent Foundation (CTF) for CBA for Africa, or a delivery partner for an Enterprise Programme bootcamp, and only as needed for that programme;
• where the law requires it, or to protect our rights, people or property.

7. Retention

We keep personal information only as long as needed for the purpose it was collected, for example, the life of an enquiry, booking or programme relationship, plus any period required by law (such as financial record-keeping), after which it is deleted or anonymised.

8. Security

We apply reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect personal information against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. No internet service can be guaranteed 100% secure, but we take the duty seriously and limit access to those who need it.

9. Your rights

Under the NDPA you may request access to the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, object to or restrict processing, ask for portability, and withdraw consent at any time. Write to info@ciif.africa and we will respond within the timelines the law sets. You also have the right to complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

10. Children

This website is aimed at adults and organisations. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through this site; where a CIIFA programme admits participants under 18, consent and safeguards are handled through that programme's own processes.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the website and our programmes evolve. The "last updated" date at the top always reflects the current version, and significant changes will be flagged on this page.