Last Updated: 30th September 2021
Ofaami is an online job board providing services to job seekers to assist them with finding jobs relevant to their skills. Ofaami offers job seekers by posting products and online sourcing tools to connect with our job seekers. Ofaami is a part of the Skymove Limited company that is based on providing online IT solutions.
Our Privacy Policy applies to all of the job seeker services provided by Ofaami and its mother company, including services provided on mobile devices.
Our Privacy Policy does not apply to services offered by other companies or individuals, including products or websites that may be linked from our services. It also does not cover the information practices of other companies and organisations that advertise our services and that may use cookies, pixel tags and other technologies to serve and offer relevant ads.
Ofaami is committed to keeping your personal information safe and private.
Ofaami is the data controller, responsible for the processing of personal information you provide to us. Our policy sets out the followings:
When someone visits www.Ofaami.goo.ng we use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone.
When you use our job seeker services, we may collect personal information such as your name, email address, home address, telephone number, LinkedIn URL, website URL, CV and IP address.
In order for Ofaami to provide you with job seeking services we need to collect personal information from you. You provide us with your information in the following ways:
Data Protection law requires Ofaami to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. The law says we are allowed to use your personal information only if we have proper reason to do so. This includes sharing it outside Ofaami. We must have one or more of these reasons:
Here is a list of all the ways we may use your personal information and which of the reasons we rely on to do so. If we rely on legitimate interest, we will tell you what that is.
| What we use your personal information for | Our reasons | Our legitimate interests | How long we keep your personal information |
|---|---|---|---|
When you set up an account:
|
|
|
As long as you have an account with us or until you delete it. |
| Uploading a CV |
|
Until you delete it or maximum of 10 years | |
| When you accept an invitation to Chat with a recruiter |
|
Chats are kept for 90 days | |
| Making a job application |
|
Job Applications are kept for 90 days | |
| Creating a Job Alert |
|
Until you turn it off or delete it or when you have not been active on your account for more than 90 days | |
| Making your CV and profile available to recruiters |
|
|
Until you withdraw your consent |
| Sending you notifications to your device. |
|
As long as you have an account with us or until you withdraw your consent | |
| Sending you information about job opportunities on behalf of recruiters |
|
As long as you have an account with us or until you withdraw your consent | |
| Marketing emails about job seeker services |
|
As long as you have an account with us or until you withdraw your consent | |
When you contact us by:
|
|
|
Online forms are kept for a maximum of 1 year and emails a maximum of 5 years |
| When you speak with us on the telephone, recording your call |
|
|
For a maximum of 90 days. |
We do not share personal information with companies, organisations and individuals outside of Ofaami and its mother company unless one of the following circumstances applies:
We may share your personal information on to a third-party service/software provider that Ofaami use to provide you with services you have requested. Any third-party that we share your information with are obligated to keep your details securely and to only use them to fulfil the service they provide you on our behalf.
If you submit a job application on our site we will disclose your information to the advertiser of the job. Advertisers are either Recruitment Agencies or Companies.
Advertisers sign Ofaami’s Terms and Conditions of Business agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following data protection law.
We will make your personal information available to job Providers based on your access settings.
Providers sign Ofaami’s Terms and Conditions of Business agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following data protection law.
We will disclose the information you provide in your chat message to the provider who invited you to chat.
They have signed Ofaami’s Terms and Conditions of Business agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following data protection law.
We may disclose your personal information with a third-party to comply with a legal or regulatory obligation or court order.
We may disclose your personal information if we enter into a joint venture with or is sold to or merged with another business entity.
We will not sell or distribute any of the information you provide to us without your consent.
We will not pass your information to third-parties to enable them to contact you themselves about products and services they offer.
Your information may be accessed by our staff working within and outside Nigeria and third-party companies that we may use to provide part of our services and who may be located outside of the European Economic Area. Both our staff and third-parties are obligated to keep your information safe and private.
If you submit a job application for a job on our site that is located outside of Nigeria we will disclose your information to the advertiser of the job. This could be a job in USA, Australia, Canada etc.
Advertisers sign Ofaami’s Terms and Conditions of Business agreeing to process your personal information lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner following applicable data protection law.
You have genuine choice and control over how we use your personal information.
You have the right to access, update and delete your information at any time. The only reason we would be unable to delete information at your request is where there is a legitimate legal reason why we are obligated to keep it.
You also have the right to restrict or object to certain kinds of processing of your information, including marketing emails.
Where you have provided consent you also have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Your information is available in a friendly format for you to receive a copy.
We may send you emails if we have your consent or a ‘legitimate interest’ which means we have a business or commercial reason to use your information. You can change your preferences on your account if you do not want to receive certain types of email, but whatever you choose, you will still receive essential emails about changes to our existing job seeker services and your account.
You are not obligated to share your personal information with Ofaami, if you choose not to share your information we may not be able to provide you with our services.
You have full access to the personal information that we hold about you. When logged into your account you can:
We hold the personal information on secure systems managed by Ofaami and its mother company.
We work hard to protect Ofaami and our users from unauthorised access to or unauthorised alteration, disclosure or destruction of information that we hold. In particular:
Ofaami will report and take steps outlined by the data protection law if your information is part of a security breach.
If you have any queries relating to our use of your information, please contact our data protection representative by email at the address below.
dataprotection@ofaami.goo.ng
Please let us know if you have any concerns about how we used your personal information by contacting us.
You have the right to report your concerns to Nigerian data protection supervisory authority, the Information Commissioner’s Office.
We keep our Privacy Policy under regular review. Any changes to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on our website and, where appropriate, we will contact you about changes.
