Privacy Policy

Effective Date: October 1, 2025

Introduction

At Appmosphere, we value your privacy and have created this Privacy Policy in accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other applicable laws. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information, including any non-public personal data.

This policy applies to information we collect when you use our social media Application Appmosphere or any other associated services (“Services”) or otherwise interact with us as described below. We may change this Privacy Policy from time to time and will notify you by revising the date at the top of this policy, and in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as by adding a statement to our Social Media Application or by sending you an email notification).

We encourage you to review the Privacy Policy whenever you interact with us to stay informed about our information practices and the ways you can help protect your privacy. This privacy policy applies to the Services provided by Appmosphere.

What User Data We Collect

You are not required to submit or provide personal information to obtain access to our Social Media Application. However, certain parts of the Application may require that we collect such data from you for a particular purpose, We collect and retain your personal information solely for the purpose of providing you with the services you request on our social media platform, such as account registration, content sharing, subscription, customer support, and community interactions. Your data is stored only for as long as necessary to fulfill these purposes and in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Data We Collect:

We may collect and process the following categories of data:

A. Personal Identifiable Information (PII)

Full name, username, display name
Email address and/or phone number
Profile picture, date of birth, gender

B. User-Generated Content
Photos, videos, comments, messages, posts, and any content you share on the App

C. Device and Technical Data

IP address, device ID, device model, operating system version
Log data, crash reports, usage analytics

D. Location Data
Approximate or precise geolocation, only with your permission

E. Contacts & Media Access
Your contacts, camera, microphone, or media files, only if you grant access

Why We Collect Your Data

We may collect your data for several reasons, which include:
To register and maintain your user account
To provide and improve our services and platform functionality
To enable social networking features (e.g., sharing, commenting, messaging)
To personalize your content feed and recommend connections
To enforce our community guidelines and detect misuse
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
To send administrative messages, security alerts, and marketing (with your consent)
To better understand your needs.
To improve our services and products.
To send you promotional emails containing the information we think you will find interesting.
To contact you to fill out surveys and participate in other types of market research.
To customize our Application according to your online behaviour and personal preferences.

Legal Basis for Processing your Data

A. Consent: We require your consent to lawfully process your personal and business data. This means that we will not collect or use your data without a clear affirmative action from you indicating your Consent. By actively ticking a designated consent checkbox, you are explicitly authorizing us to collect, process, store, and share your data in accordance with this Privacy Policy

B. Contractual necessity: to fulfill our contractual obligations to you in the course of your continued usage transaction.

C. Legal obligation: To comply with national and international regulations relating to the data protection of data subjects.

D. Legitimate interest: We may process your personal and business data based on our legitimate interests, which include ensuring the security and integrity of the Appmosphere Social media Application, preventing fraud, enforcing our terms of use, and improving the efficiency of our service delivery.

How We Share Your Information

We may disclose your data to:

Other users (based on your privacy settings)
Our service providers (e.g., hosting, cloud storage, analytics, customer support)
Regulatory authorities, law enforcement, or public bodies (when required by law)
Business partners or affiliates (with your explicit consent)

We do not sell or rent your personal data.

Data Storage and Retention

We store your data securely and retain it for only as long as is necessary for the purposes stated in this policy, Legal and regulatory compliance and dispute resolution and service continuity.

You may request deletion of your account and data at any time.

International Data Transfers

Where data must be transferred to countries outside Nigeria or the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure that such transfers are made in accordance with applicable data protection laws through any of the following safeguards:

Adequacy decisions by the European Commission or relevant Nigerian authorities (where applicable);

Use of Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission or recognized contractual clauses in Nigeria;

Binding Corporate Rules (BCRs) or other legally recognized mechanisms that ensure equivalent protection of your rights.

Your Right

The law gives you certain rights in respect of the information we hold about you. Below is a highlight of some of those rights. It is not a complete, exhaustive statement of your rights in respect of your data:

You have a right to consent to this Privacy Policy and to withdraw your consent at any time.
You have a right to a copy of the personal data we hold about you, as well as the information about what we do with it, who we share it with, and how long we hold it for. We may make a reasonable charge for additional copies of that data in the case of unfounded and excessive requests.
You have the right to freely transfer your data received from us to any other person.
You have the right to have the information we hold about you corrected, if it is factually inaccurate. You may contact us for this purpose.
In some circumstances, you have the right to the deletion of the information that we hold about you.
You have a right to lodge a complaint about the handling of your personal data with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).
You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes.

If you wish to exercise your rights, you may write to us at info@appmosphereofficial.com

Safeguarding and Securing the Data

Your personal information is treated with strict confidentiality and protected from unauthorised access, use, or disclosure.

We maintain appropriate electronic and procedural safeguards for the collection and storage of any data provided.

No personal information is ever sold, rented, or transferred to any third parties. We will never convey your personal information to anyone else without your consent, unless we are compelled to do so by law. However, no transmission of data over the internet can be guaranteed to be totally secure. As a result, we cannot warrant the total security of any information users transmit to our Application.

Teen Participation and Parental Control

We encourage safe and responsible engagement by young users on our social media platform. In line with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) and other applicable data protection laws, individuals under the age of 18 are required to obtain verifiable consent from a parent or legal guardian before registering or submitting any personal information on our platform.

We do not knowingly collect, use, or disclose personal data from minors without such authorization. Where it is discovered that a minor has registered or submitted personal data without appropriate consent, we will take immediate steps to suspend the account, delete the associated data, and notify the guardian where possible.

By permitting a minor to use this platform, the parent or legal guardian agrees to the collection, processing, and use of the minor’s personal data in accordance with this Privacy Policy and affirms that they have read and understood the terms therein.

We reserve the right to request proof of age and guardian consent at any time. Parents or guardians who believe their child has used our services without permission should contact us immediately at support@appmosphereofficial.com

Data Protection Officer’s contact email so that we can take the appropriate corrective measures.

Our Cookie Policy

Once you agree to allow our Application to use cookies, you also agree to use the data it collects regarding your online behaviour (analyze web traffic, web pages you spend the most time on, and websites you visit).

The data we collect by using cookies is used to customize our website to your needs. After we use the data for statistical analysis, the data is completely removed from our systems.

Please note that cookies don't allow us to gain control of your computer in any way. They are strictly used to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not so that we can provide a better experience for you.

If you want to disable cookies, you can do it by accessing the settings of your internet browser.

Links to Other Websites

Our Application may contain links that lead to other websites. If you click on these links, Appmosphere is not to be held responsible for your data and privacy protection. Visiting those websites is not governed by this privacy policy agreement. Make sure to read the privacy policy documentation of the website you go to from our Application.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at support@appmosphereofficial.com