WAEC DATA PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy between The WEST AFRICAN EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL of 21 Hussey Street, Lagos (hereinafter referred to as WAEC) and you, constitutes our commitment to your privacy on our administrative records, websites, social media platforms and premises.
1.0 YOUR RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Your privacy is important to you and to WAEC. Therefore, we will protect the information you share with us. To protect your privacy, WAEC follows different principles in accordance with applicable data protection laws and regulations in relation to the handling of Personal Data.
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information. It applies to the WAEC website and all database applications, services, tools and physical contact with us regardless of how you access or use them.
2.0 Consent
You accept this Privacy Policy when you sign up for, access, or use the WAEC products and services offered on this platform and all related sites and applications or visit any of our offices for official or non-official purposes (collectively referred to as “Services”).
3.0 Changes to our Privacy Policy
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy at any time. All changes to this Privacy Policy will be effective immediately upon its posting on this website, portals and softwares. Ensure you check this Policy regularly to stay updated with any amendment.
4.0 Information We May Collect When You Use This Platform
We collect personally identifiable information such as:
- contact information (such as name, address, email address and phone number)
- age
- gender
- date of birth, and
- any other information you choose to provide us, subject to applicable laws and the terms of this Privacy Policy.
5.0 How Do We Collect Your Data?
We collect data and process data when you:
- Register online for any of our examination or place an order for any of our products or services.
- Voluntarily complete a customer survey or provide feedback on any of our message boards or via email.
- Use or view our websites or portals via your browser and the offline registration application (offline module).
6.0 Your Data Protection Rights
Every user is entitled to access, erasure, restriction of processing, and data portability under applicable data protection regulations.
7.0 Security & Confidentiality
Communications between your browser and portions of the WAEC Integrated platform containing personally identifiable information are protected with Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption.
WAEC PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE
This website uses cookies and other methods to process data in order to customise and control your site experience, provide social media features, analyze our traffic and personalise advertising on both our website and our Integrated system partner’s platform.
