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Privacy & Cookies
Updated 5 November 2026
What we collect, why we collect it, and the choices you have.
1. Who we are
This website is run by the Tech Innovation Awards secretariat. We decide how and why your personal data is used here. For any privacy question or request, contact anaphtal@digitaleconomymag.com.
We handle personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and, where it applies, the EU and UK General Data Protection Regulation.
2. What we collect and why
- Award entries: name, company, job title, email, phone, website, category, your description, and the files you upload. We use these to assess your entry, contact you about it and run the awards. Our legal basis is taking the steps you ask for by entering, and our legitimate interest in running a fair programme.
- Contact messages: name, email, subject and message. We use these to reply to you, based on our legitimate interest in answering enquiries.
- Site statistics (only with your consent): pages visited, the website that referred you, device type, country, and a code that changes daily. We use these to understand and improve the site. Your consent is our legal basis, and you can withdraw it at any time.
- Service records: our hosting provider may process technical data such as IP addresses to deliver and secure the site.
We don't sell your personal data, and we don't use it for advertising.
3. Cookies and similar technologies
Strictly necessary items don't need consent. Optional items stay off unless you turn them on. Rejecting them doesn't stop you using the site or entering the awards.
| Name | Kind | Purpose | Type | Lasts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tia-cookie-consent | Browser storage | Remembers your privacy choices. | Strictly necessary | 180 days |
| tia-welcome-seen-* | Browser storage | Stops the welcome message showing again once you've closed it. | Functional | Until you clear it |
| tia_admin_session | Cookie | Keeps secretariat staff signed in to the admin area. Not set for other visitors. | Strictly necessary | 7 days |
| Site statistics | No cookie | Counts page visits using a code made from your IP address and browser, which changes daily. Your IP address isn't stored. | Optional: needs your consent | See section 4 |
| Google Maps | Third-party cookies | Shows the venue map. Set by Google under its own policy, and only if you allow the map. | Optional: needs your consent | Set by Google |
You can change your mind at any time: . Turning the map off stops it loading, but cookies Google has already set must be cleared in your browser.
4. How long we keep data
We keep entries and contact messages for as long as we need them to run the awards and deal with any follow-up, then delete them or make them anonymous. Site statistics are kept only as long as they're useful for reporting on the site. You can ask us to delete your data sooner, using the contact details above.
5. Who we share it with
We use trusted providers that process data for us, only to run this site:
- Vercel: website hosting and storage of uploaded files
- Neon: database
- Hostinger: email
- Cloudinary: delivery of website images (your browser requests them directly)
- Google: the venue map, only if you allow it
Judges and secretariat staff see entries as needed to assess them. Some providers may process data outside your country, including in the UK, EU and United States. We may also disclose data where the law requires it.
6. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you can ask to access, correct or delete your data, to restrict or object to how we use it, to receive a copy of it, and to withdraw consent at any time. Contact anaphtal@digitaleconomymag.com.
You can also complain to a regulator. In Nigeria that is the Nigeria Data Protection Commission; in the EU and UK it is your local data protection authority.
7. Changes to this policy
We'll update this page if our practices change. The date at the top shows the latest version.