PRIVACY POLICY OF GPM ASSOCIATES
GPM Associates is a firm of chartered accountants and data protection practitioners based in DBM Plaza, Aminu Kano Street, Maitama, Abuja, Nigeria. It is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our client's information. This Privacy Statement outlines our practices and principles concerning the handling, using, and disclosing of personal information we collect from and about you during our services or when you interact with us.
The Policy
This privacy policy is for this website and governs the privacy of its users who choose to use it. It explains how we comply with the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation), the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDA), the DPA (Data Protection Act) [pre GDPR enforcement], and the PECR (Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations).
Scope This Privacy Statement applies to all personal information collected by GPM from our clients, prospective clients, and visitors to our website or offices, including all electronic, written, or oral communications.
Information We Collect
Personal Information: We may collect personal information such as your name, contact details, financial details, and other relevant data necessary for our accounting and data protection services.
Usage Data: When you visit our website, we may collect information about your interactions, including but not limited to IP addresses, browser types, and pages visited.
Financial Information: As part of our accounting services, we collect financial information pertinent to account filing, management, and compliance with financial regulations.
How We Use Your Information
To Provide Services: We use your personal information to provide and improve our accounting and data protection services.
Communication: We may use your information to contact you regarding your account, send updates about our services, and respond to your inquiries.
Compliance and Enforcement: We use your information to comply with applicable laws and enforce our agreements with you.
Information Sharing and Disclosure
With Service Providers: We may share your information with service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as IT support, web hosting, and data analysis.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required by law or if we believe such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, and/or prevent fraud.
Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business by another company, your information may be transferred among the involved parties.
Data Security GPM takes the security of your data seriously. We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, alteration, or destruction. These include physical security measures to guard against unauthorised access to systems where we store your data and IT security measures, including encryption and firewalls.
Data Retention We retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to provide the services we offer or for other essential purposes, such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements.
Your Privacy Rights As a data subject, you have specific rights regarding the personal information we hold about you. These rights include:
Access: You have the right to access the personal information we hold about you.
Correction: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data.
Deletion: You may ask us to delete or remove your personal information if there is no good reason for us to continue to process it.
Objection: You have the right to object to processing your personal information where we rely on a legitimate interest.
Restriction: You have the right to ask us to suspend processing of your personal information.
Use of Cookies
Like many others, our website stores and retrieves information on your browser using cookies. This explains how we use them on our website.
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of data that our website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. Generally, it contains certain information that is not personally identifiable to you but is used to improve and personalise your web experience. For example, a cookie can include the date and time of visits to the website, the sites visited just before and just after it, the pages viewed, and the time spent on the website.
Types of Cookies
Based on their length, there are Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies. Session cookies are deleted from your computer when you close your browser, whereas persistent cookies remain stored on your computer until deleted or until they expire. Session cookies are used to remember your browsing selection or provide you with secure access to some of the services on the website. Persistent cookies recognise you as a repeat visitor to the Website and adapt its content to your preferences.
Based on ownership, there are In-house Cookies and Third-party Cookies. In-house cookies are set and managed directly by us, while third-party cookies are set and managed by websites other than ours.
Based on purpose, there are technical, analytical, and advertising cookies. Technical cookies are used to provide you with access to the services that you have requested. We may use cookies to make advertising more engaging to users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers. Some common applications of cookies are to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.
How we use Cookies
Our website uses cookies to facilitate your use of the website, distinguish you from other users, offer you a better user experience, and identify problems so that we can improve our website. If you give your consent, we will use cookies to gather more information on your preferences and tailor our website to your individual interests.
We may also use cookies to help us understand how you use our website and to make advertising more engaging to our users and more valuable to publishers and advertisers.
If you interact with the content of our Website, third-party cookies may also be installed (for example, by clicking on social media buttons or viewing videos housed on other sites). They are established by a domain different than our website and are subject to the relevant websites’ policies. We cannot access the data stored in the cookies of other websites when you browse these other websites.
Your Consent
When you first visit our website, browsing and remaining on our website will imply that you agree to our use of cookies, as explained in this Cookies Policy.
You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting the cookies on your computer (or mobile device) using the settings and configuration of your Internet browser.
Disabling and Blocking Cookies
Our system will automatically create cookies when you visit our website. Cookies are not necessary for using our Website, so you can block or disable them by configuring your browser to allow you to block the installation of some or all cookies. Almost all browsers allow you to be alerted to the presence of cookies or block them automatically.
If you block cookies, you can continue to use our website, although some services may be limited, and you may not experience the full functionality of our website. For more information on deleting, disabling or blocking cookies, please visit www.aboutcookies.org
Changes to the Cookies Policy
We reserve the right to amend, update or adapt this Cookies Policy to reflect any changes in legislation or in the interpretation by the relevant data protection agency.
Website Visitor Tracking
This website uses tracking software to monitor its visitors to understand better how they use it. The software will save a cookie to your computer’s hard drive to track and monitor your engagement and usage of the website, but it will not store, save, or collect personal information.
Downloads & Media Files
Any downloadable documents, files, or media made available on this website are provided to users at their own risk. While all precautions have been undertaken to ensure only genuine downloads are available, users are advised to verify their authenticity using third-party anti-virus software or similar applications.
We accept no responsibility for third-party downloads and downloads provided by external third-party websites and advise users to verify their authenticity using third-party anti-virus software or similar applications.
Embedded Content
This website may contain embedded content via third-party websites like YouTube or Vimeo. This content can have its own trackable events. You can read the privacy policy on their respective websites.
Contact & Communication With Us
Users contacting us through this website do so at their own discretion and provide any such personal details requested at their own risk. Your personal information is kept private and stored securely until it is no longer required or has no use. Where we have clearly stated and made you aware of the fact and where you have given your express permission, we may use your details to send you product/service information through a mailing list system. This is done in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above.
Email Mailing List & Marketing Messages
We may operate an email mailing list program to inform subscribers about products, services, and/or news we supply/publish. Users can subscribe through an online automated process where they have given their explicit permission. Subscriber personal details are collected, processed, managed, and stored in accordance with the regulations named in ‘The policy’ above. Subscribers can unsubscribe at any time through an automated online service or, if unavailable, other means as detailed in the footer of sent marketing messages. The type and content of marketing messages subscribers receive, and if it may contain third-party content, is clearly outlined at the point of subscription.
Email marketing messages may contain tracking beacons / tracked clickable links or similar server technologies in order to track subscriber activity within email marketing messages. Where used, such marketing messages may record a range of subscriber data relating to engagement, geography, demographics, and stored subscriber data. You can contact us to find out who our current provider is, and you can read their privacy policy on their website.
External Website Links & Third Parties
Although we only look to include quality, safe, and relevant external links, users are advised to adopt a policy of caution before clicking any external web links mentioned throughout this website. (External links are clickable text/banner/image links to other websites and are usually highlighted with a different colour)
Shortened URLs: URL shortening is a technique used on the web to make URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) substantially shorter. This technique is especially used in social media. Users should exercise caution when clicking on shortened URL links and verify their authenticity before proceeding.
Despite our best efforts, we cannot guarantee or verify the contents of any externally linked website. Users should, therefore, note they click on external links at their own risk, and we cannot be held liable for any damages or implications caused by visiting any external links mentioned.
Social Media Policy & Usage
Our website may occasionally feature social sharing buttons, which help share web content directly from web pages to the respective social media platforms. You use social sharing buttons at your own discretion and accept that doing so may publish content to your social media profile feed or page. Further information about social media privacy and usage policies is in the resources section below.
How to Exercise Your Rights To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our office address or through our designated contact details provided below. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Changes to Our Privacy Statement We may update this Privacy Statement from time to time in response to changing legal, technical, or business developments. When we update our Privacy Statement, we will take appropriate measures to inform you, consistent with the significance of our changes.
Contact Us If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information, please contact us using the following information:
Email: info@gpm-associates.ng
Phone: +234 703 854 9925, +234 807 762 3709, +234 8*55317871
Address:
Suite 008 & 009 GA 247
Plot 264 Ahmadu Bello Way
FCT Abuja, 900108
Nigeria
By providing us with your personal information, you agree to the terms and practices described in this Privacy Statement.
This Privacy Statement is effective as of 15 April 2024
