Privacy Notice

Overview

This privacy notice describes your privacy rights regarding how the NBA-SBL and its Affiliates collect, process, use, store, and share your data when you use the NBA Conference website and all related sites, applications, and services.

We always ensure to handle personal data in our care in strict compliance with applicable data privacy and protection laws.

HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL DATA

We collect personal data in the following ways:

1. Registration Forms: When you register for the conference, we collect information such as your name, contact details, professional affiliation, and payment information.
2. Event Participation: During the conference, we may collect data through your participation in sessions, workshops, and other activities. This may include session attendance records, feedback forms, and interactive platform usage.
3. Communication Channels: We collect information from emails, phone calls, and other forms of communication with you regarding the conference.
4. Surveys and Feedback: Post-event surveys and feedback forms are used to gather your opinions and experiences, which help us improve future events.
5. Online Interactions: When you visit our conference website or use our online platforms, we collect data through cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your experience and gather usage statistics.
6. Networking Activities: Information exchanged during networking events, such as business cards and contact details, may be collected for follow-up communications and future event invitations.
7. Third-Party Services: We may collect personal data from third-party service providers involved in the organisation and execution of the conference, such as payment processors, event management platforms, and travel agencies.
8. Media and Publications: If you participate in any media-related activities or publications, such as interviews or articles, we may collect and use the information you provide.

We will ensure that all personal data is collected in accordance with applicable data protection laws and used solely to organise and improve the conference experience.

The Information We Collect

The NBA–SBL conference collects various types of personal data to ensure a seamless and enriching experience for all participants. The information we collect includes:

Third-Party Data: Information received from third-party service providers involved in conference organisation, such as event management platforms and travel agencies.

Personal Identification Information: Name, address, phone number, email address, gender, nationality and SCN.

Registration and Attendance Details: Conference registration details, session attendance records, and participation in workshops and other activities.

Communication Records: Emails and other communication records related to the conference.

Feedback and Survey Responses: Responses to post-event surveys, feedback forms, and other evaluative data collected to improve future events.

Technical Information: Website usage statistics collected through cookies and similar technologies.

Media and Publications: Photos, videos, and audio recordings taken during the conference, as well as any contributions to media activities or publications.

Use of Personal Information

We use your personal information collected for the NBA-SBL conference for the following purposes:

Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and interests.

• Event Management: To process your registration, manage attendance, facilitate participation in sessions and activities and administer and distribute conference resources
• Communication: To send you event-related information, updates, and notifications.
• Feedback and Improvement: To collect and analyse feedback to enhance future events.
• Networking: To facilitate professional networking and interaction among participants.
• Technical Support: To ensure the functionality and security of our online platforms.

THIRD PARTY

We regularly utilise third-party technology to ensure we are using up-to-date systems managed by credible companies to provide us with the information we need.  We always ensure every third party handles personal data in strict compliance with applicable data privacy and protection laws.

Choices and Rights

Individuals who have Personal Information held by the NBA-SBL may exercise any of the rights listed below:

• Right to request and access their Personal Information collected and stored. Where data is held electronically in a structured form, such as in a database, you have a right to receive that data in a common electronic format;
• Right to information on your personal information collected and stored;
• Right to object or request for restriction;
• Right to object to automated decision making;
• Right to request rectification and modification of Personal Information with the NBA-SBL.
• Right to request for deletion of your data;
• Right to request the movement of data from the NBA to a third party; this is the right to the portability of data; and
• Right to object to, and to request that the NBA restrict the processing of their information.

Such requests will be reviewed by the NBA–SBL Data Protection Team and carried out except as restricted by law or NBA-SBL statutory obligations. You may decline to provide your personal Information when it is requested by the NBA-SBL, however, certain services or all the services may be unavailable to you. You may review your account settings and update your Personal Information directly or by contacting us.

How We Protect Your Information

The NBA-SBL has established adequate controls to protect the integrity and confidentiality of Personal Information, both in digital and physical formats, and to prevent Personal Information from being accidentally or deliberately compromised.

The NBA is committed to managing your Personal Information in line with global industry best practices. We protect your Personal Information using physical, technical, and administrative security measures to reduce the risks of loss, misuse, unauthorised access, disclosure and alteration. We also use industry-recommended security protocols to safeguard your Personal Information. Other security safeguards include, but are not limited to, data encryption, firewalls, and physical access controls to our building and files and only granting access to Personal Information to persons who require it to fulfil their job responsibilities. Any Personal Information processing undertaken by any person who has not been authorised to carry such out as part of their legitimate duties is unauthorised.

Age Restrictions

The NBA-SBL Conference is not directed to children under 18. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 18. If, as a parent or guardian, you become aware that your child or ward has provided us with any information without your consent, please contact us through the details provided in this Privacy Notice.

Transfer of Personal Information

1. Third Party Processor within Nigeria

The NBA-SBL may engage the services of third parties in order to process your Personal Information collected by us. The processing by such third parties shall be governed by a written contract with the NBA-SBL  to ensure adequate protection and security measures are put in place by the third party for the protection of Personal Information in accordance with applicable laws and regulatory standards.

• Transfer of Personal Information to a Foreign Country

We use third-party services, which may be located outside Nigeria in where the collection and processing of your data is located. We ensure that when we share your data with such third-party service providers, we ensure to put in place appropriate safeguard mechanisms, by practices and applicable data protection law, to ensure the protection of your data

Changes to this Policy

We may need to update, modify or amend our Privacy Notice as our technology evolves and as required by law. We advise that you check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification on the page. If a User objects to any of the changes to this Privacy Notice, the User must cease using this website. Where such User continues to use this website, it shall continue to be bound by the terms of this Privacy Notice.

Contact

If you have any questions relating to this Privacy Notice or would like to find out more about exercising your data protection rights, please reach out to us via email at rex.azubuike@nbasbl.org.