I collect only the information needed to respond to enquiries, discuss possible work and maintain necessary business records. I do not sell personal information.
1. Overview
This privacy policy explains how Bernard Bassey handles personal information when you visit this website, send an email, submit an enquiry or otherwise make contact about a website, mobile app, software or training service.
For the purposes of this policy, Bernard Bassey is responsible for deciding why and how personal information submitted through this website is handled. Questions about this policy can be sent to contact@bernardbassey.com.
2. Information that may be collected
The information collected depends on how you use the website and what you choose to provide. It may include:
- Your name and email address.
- Your company or organisation.
- Your country or general location.
- The service you are interested in.
- Your expected budget and preferred timeline.
- Details you provide about your project, business or technical requirements.
- Messages and files you send by email, WhatsApp or another agreed communication channel.
- Basic technical information recorded by hosting and security systems, such as IP address, browser type, request time and pages requested.
Please do not send passwords, payment card details, government identification documents, private health information or other sensitive data unless it is specifically requested through an appropriate secure process.
3. How information is used
Personal information may be used to:
- Respond to your question or project enquiry.
- Understand your requirements and arrange a discovery conversation.
- Prepare a scope, estimate, proposal or service agreement.
- Communicate about an active or potential project.
- Provide agreed services, support and handover materials.
- Maintain records needed for administration, accounting, security and legal compliance.
- Protect the website from spam, abuse, fraud and technical attacks.
- Improve website content, accessibility and performance using appropriately configured tools.
Your information is not used for unrelated marketing without an appropriate reason or your permission where required.
4. Reasons for processing information
Depending on the situation and applicable law, information may be processed because you gave consent, because you asked for steps to be taken before entering a contract, because processing is needed to perform an agreement, because there is a legitimate business or security interest, or because a legal obligation must be met.
Where consent is the reason for processing, you may withdraw it. Withdrawal does not make earlier lawful processing invalid and may not apply where information must be retained for another lawful reason.
5. Contact form and direct email
The contact form asks for enough information to understand your enquiry and check that required fields have been completed. Form submissions are processed through Formspree so they can be delivered for review and response. Formspree may process the submitted details and related technical information as a service provider.
Information sent through the form or by email may be retained as part of the business conversation. Avoid including passwords, payment details or information that is not needed for the initial discussion.
8. International processing
This website serves people in Nigeria and other countries. Some technology providers may operate infrastructure outside your country. As a result, information may be processed in another jurisdiction with different data protection rules.
Reasonable care is taken when choosing service providers and communication tools. Where applicable, appropriate contractual, legal or organisational safeguards should be used for international transfers.
9. How long information is kept
Information is kept only for as long as it is reasonably needed for the purpose it was collected, an ongoing business relationship, security, accounting, dispute resolution or a legal obligation. Enquiries that do not become projects may be deleted when they are no longer useful, subject to backup cycles and lawful record-keeping needs.
Retention periods can vary because a short enquiry, an active contract and an accounting record serve different purposes.
10. Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to reduce the risk of unauthorised access, loss, misuse or alteration. These may include HTTPS, access controls, secure credentials, software updates, validation and reputable hosting services.
No website, email provider or internet transmission can be guaranteed completely secure. If you believe information connected with this website has been exposed or misused, contact contact@bernardbassey.com promptly.
11. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live and the law that applies, you may have rights to be informed about processing, request access, correct inaccurate information, object to or restrict certain processing, request deletion, request portability, withdraw consent and raise a complaint with a data protection authority.
To make a request, email contact@bernardbassey.com with enough information to identify the relevant interaction. Additional information may be requested where reasonably necessary to confirm identity and protect another person's privacy. Some requests may be limited where retention or processing is required by law or necessary to protect legal rights.
12. Children's privacy
This website and its project-enquiry services are intended for adults and organisations. Personal information from a child should not be submitted without the involvement of a parent or legal guardian. If information is believed to have been submitted improperly by a child, please make contact so it can be reviewed and, where appropriate, deleted.
13. External links
The portfolio and articles may link to client websites, Google Play, social platforms or other third-party services. This policy does not control how those external services collect or use information. Review the privacy notice on any external website before submitting personal data.
14. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when the website, contact process, service providers or legal requirements change. The revised date at the top of the page will show when the latest version took effect. Significant changes should be communicated in a reasonable way where required.
15. Contact and complaints
Questions, correction requests and privacy concerns can be sent to contact@bernardbassey.com. Please describe the request clearly and identify the communication or project it relates to.
If a concern is not resolved, you may have the right to contact the relevant supervisory authority. In Nigeria, information about privacy rights and complaints is available from the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.