This Cookie Policy explains how we (“Our”, “Us”, or “We”) use cookies and similar technologies when you access Our NDPA Compliance Assessment Tool (“Tool”). This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your rights to control their use in line with the Nigerian Data Protection Act (NDPA 2023) and the General Application and Implementation Directive (GAID 2025).

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website saves on your computer, tablet, or mobile device when you visit Our website. Cookies are used to make Our website work more efficiently, to provide a better user experience by remembering your preferences, to understand how effective Our website has been to you, and to improve Our communication to you on Our services. Cookies can be first-party cookies or third-party cookies. Cookies serve many functions, but in general Our cookies are used to:

• Correctly, speedily, and efficiently load Our webpage;
• Protect Our users and Ourselves from fraud;
• Identify errors or poor performance of the site;
• Authenticate and recognise users while they are on Our site;
• Understand Our users' behaviour when they use Our Tool; and

Cookies can be ‘first party’, meaning they are created by Us or ‘third party’, meaning that they are created by Our trusted partners in order for Us to use their services to improve Our performance. Where cookies are third-party, please refer to their specific policies for more details. Cookies can be ‘session-only’, meaning they last only for the period of time you are browsing, or ‘persistent’, meaning that they remain in your internet browser for a longer period of time. You can disable cookies from your browser and delete all cookies currently stored on your device. Cookie settings are set separately for each device, and if you want to change your settings, you will need to do so for each device. If you do so, you will still be able to browse the site, but you will not be able to use all of the features. Most web browsers have cookies enabled by default settings.

Types of Cookies We Use

We classify the cookies on Our website into the following categories:

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These are cookies that enable core functionality such as security, network stability management, and accessibility. These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas. These cookies do not require your consent. Strictly necessary cookies don't record any information about you that could be used for marketing or gather any historical record of where you have been on the internet.

Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, like which pages are visited most often. They help Us improve how Our website works. These cookies require your consent. Below is a list of the performance cookies we use:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

Analytics Cookies: These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve the Tool and user experience.

Third Parties Cookies

We may work with third parties to set the above-mentioned cookies when you interact with Our website. These third parties include Our partners and service providers, such as advertisers, search engines, social media platforms, or analytics platforms that enable Us to improve and personalise your experiences on Our websites and deliver relevant services to you. Below is a list of these third-party cookies that range across the various cookie categories detailed previously. Third-party cookies are likely to be analytical/ performance cookies or targeting cookies. Where we use third-party cookies, and you want to find more detailed information, please visit their respective websites.

If you want to restrict or fully block web browser cookies on your device, you can do so through your browser, usually in its settings menu. The help function within your browser should help you understand how to do this, as it is slightly different for every browser (Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.).

Please be aware that some of Our services will not function as smoothly if your browser disables all cookies. You can create exceptions and allow cookies from specific websites only by making them “trusted websites” in your browser. We recommend you make Our Tool a trusted website in order to get the best service level Our platform can provide.

For more information on how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Microsoft Edge

How We Obtain Your Consent?

In compliance with the NDPA-GAID, we must obtain your explicit and informed consent before we can use non-essential cookies. When you first visit Our website, you are immediately introduced to a cookie banner that is displayed in a manner that is obvious to you as a site visitor or user, providing you with the choice to either:

• Accept All Cookies: By clicking “Accept”, you consent to Our use of cookies in accordance with this policy; or
• Reject All Cookies: By clicking “Reject”, you opt out of all non-essential cookies.
• Manage preferences: Choose which categories of cookies to allow.

How to Withdraw or Delete Your Cookies

You can withdraw or delete your consent at any time. We make this process as easy as it was to give consent by changing the settings in your browser.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or Our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.