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Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Astro-TEC Training and Empowerment Institute (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect personal data.

Scope

This Policy applies to your interaction with us on our website at www.astro-tecng.com; or our staff, service providers and agents for the purpose of providing our services to you. We advise that you read this Policy before you provide us with your personal information. We also advise you to constantly review it in light of any changes we may make. We will, however, notify you once we make changes to this Policy.

Personal Data We Collect

Personal Information is any information that personally identifies an individual, or information from which an individual could be identified. We may collect the following personal information from you or your ward:

✓ Contact information (name, email, phone number, address)
✓ Demographic information (age, location, occupation)
✓ Education and employment history
✓ Payment information (credit card, bank account)

Generally, the institute will collect personal data directly from you. This may be by requiring

you or your ward to fill forms or through direct communication.

How Do We Use Your Personal Information ?

We will use the personal information we collect for the purpose of providing Our services

to you and ensuring the well-being of your wards. Specifically, this may include:

✓ to select, onboard and enrol students;
✓ to provide our education services. This includes academic training, physical training, spiritual development, career advisory and extracurricular activities and monitoring the students;
✓ to monitor and report the progress of students;
✓ for maintaining relationships with alumni of the Institute;
✓ to inform you about events and other things happening in the Institute;
✓ to assess the quality of Our services;
✓ for advertisement of the Institute’s Services. (We may use of photographic images of students in Institute publications, on the Institute website and (where appropriate) on the Institute’s social media channels in accordance with the Institute’s policy on taking, storing and using images of students and candidates;
✓ for legal and regulatory purposes; and
✓ to ensure the security of the students

Overall, we will ensure that Our legal basis for processing Personal information falls within

at least one of the following categories:

✓ You have granted us your consent to process personal information;

processing your personal information is necessary for:

✓ the performance of a contract which You are a party to;

✓ compliance with our legal obligation;

✓ protecting your vital interest or that of another person; and

✓ a task carried out by us in the interest of the public.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

We adopt appropriate data collection, storage and processing practices and security measures to prevent unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or destruction of personal  information shared with us.

Although we will endeavour to properly protect your information, these measures do not guarantee that your information will not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed while being transmitted or while stored on our systems. By using our services, you acknowledge that you understand and agree to assume these risks. In the unlikely event that we believe

that the security of your information in our possession or control may have been compromised, we shall notify you immediately, except otherwise unnecessary.

In the event of any compromise to your Personal Information, we shall immediately take steps to avert the effect of any breach which may have occurred.

Will the Institute Share Your Information with Anyone?

We may retain the services of other service providers, suppliers, and partners to manage

or support the operation of the institute. We may, therefore, share your personal information with these third parties solely for the purpose of providing our services to you.

We will not sell, trade, or rent your personal identification information to others. We may,

however, share generic aggregated demographic information not linked to any personal

information regarding you with advertisers and marketers.

We may disclose personal information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief

that such action is necessary to: (a) conform with the requirements of the law or comply

with legal process served on us; or (b) act in urgent circumstances to protect you or your

ward’s personal safety, or the safety of the members of the public. To the extent practicable

and legally permitted, we will attempt to advise you prior to any such disclosure, so that

you may seek a protective order or other relief limiting such disclosure.

Third-Party Websites

Where You find advertisements or other content on our website, please note that We do

not control the content or links that appear on these sites and are not responsible for the

practices employed by websites linked to or from our website. We will notify you once you

are leaving our website to enable you to decide whether to proceed or not. We advise you

to read the privacy statements of all third-party websites before submitting any personal

information.

What Information Will We Retain?

We will retain your information for as long as you remains a student/candidate of the Institute. Upon graduation from the institute, we will restrict the information we retain to the minimum required for regulatory purposes and for communicating with you as an alumni of the institute.

How do we Store Your Information?

Although we maintain appropriate administrative, technical and physical safeguards over

your information, your information may be transferred to and stored outside Nigeria. It

may be processed by staff operating outside Nigeria or transferred to third parties outside

Nigeria. Nevertheless, we will ensure that we only transfer it to countries with similar or

better data protection regulations as Nigeria. We will also take steps reasonably necessary

to ensure that your data is treated, stored, and processed securely and in accordance with

this Privacy Policy.

What are your Rights in Relation to your Personal Information?

You have various rights in relation to the personal information of you and your ward. In particular, you have a right to:

• object to the processing of your personal information;

• request a copy of your personal information in Our possession;

• ask that We update the personal information in our possession, or correct such personal information that you think is incorrect or incomplete;

• request that we delete your personal information in our possession, or restrict the way in which we use such personal information; and

• withdraw consent to Our processing of your personal information (to the extent such processing is based on consent).

To exercise any of your rights, or if you have any other questions about our use of your

personal information, please e-mail: admin@astro-tecng.com. You may also use these contact details if you wish to make a complaint to us relating to your privacy; or the

way we have handled your personal information.

Policy Review

The school has the discretion to update this Policy at any time. When we do, we will post a notification on the home page of Our website. The changes will take effect after the notification.

We encourage you to frequently check the page for any changes and to stay informed about measures we have adopted to protect the personal information we collect. You acknowledge and agree that it is your responsibility to review this Policy periodically and become aware of modifications.

How to Contact Us?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, or any complaints, please contact our

Data Protection Officer: admin@astro-tecng.com