Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

UpportuCity ("UpportuCity", "the City", "we", "us", or "our") is an opportunity discovery platform operated as a Rogg Tech project. We aggregate verified scholarships, jobs, grants, fellowships, internships and related opportunities into a single trusted hub for African talent and the diaspora.

This Privacy Policy explains what personal information we collect when you visit upportucity.com (the "Site"), create an account, join The City community, subscribe to our newsletter, or otherwise interact with us — and what we do with it.

By using the Site, you agree to the practices described here. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the Site.

2. Who Is Responsible for Your Data

The data controller for information collected through this Site is:

UpportuCity (a Rogg Tech project) 

Email: hello@upportucity.com 

Alternate email: upportucity@gmail.com 

Phone: +234 904 125 9424 

If you have questions about this policy or how we handle your data, contact us using the details above.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Information you give us directly

• Account details — your name, email address, password (stored in encrypted form), and any username or display name you choose when you register or join The City.
• Profile information — optional details such as your country, city, field of study or work, educational level, areas of interest, professional background, and profile photo.
• Community content — posts, comments, replies, opportunity submissions, reactions and any other content you share within The City feed.
• Newsletter subscription — the email address you provide to receive weekly opportunity alerts.
• Contact and partnership enquiries — your name, email, organisation, and the contents of any message you send through our contact form or by email.
• Success stories and testimonials — where you voluntarily submit your outcome, institution, photograph, or quote for publication.

3.2 Information collected automatically

When you browse the Site, we and our service providers may automatically collect:

• IP address and approximate location derived from it (typically country or city level)
• Browser type, operating system, device type and screen resolution
• Pages viewed, opportunities clicked, search terms entered on the Site, time spent, and referring website
• Date and time stamps of your visits
• Cookie identifiers and similar device identifiers

3.3 Information from third parties

If you sign in or connect through a third-party service (for example a social login), we receive the basic profile information that service shares with us, subject to your settings on that service. We may also receive aggregate audience data from analytics and advertising partners.

We do not knowingly collect sensitive personal data such as health information, religious beliefs, political opinions, biometric data or financial account numbers. Please do not include such information in community posts or messages to us.

4. How We Use Your Information

We use personal information to:

• Create and administer your account and authenticate you when you log in
• Display and operate The City community feed, including your posts and profile
• Personalise the opportunities, categories and resources shown to you
• Send you newsletters, deadline reminders and opportunity alerts you have subscribed to
• Send service messages such as password resets, security notices and changes to our terms
• Verify and moderate opportunity submissions and community content
• Respond to your enquiries, partnership requests and support tickets
• Understand how the Site is used so we can improve features, search and content
• Display advertising, including advertising served through Google AdSense
• Detect, investigate and prevent fraud, scams, spam, abuse and security incidents
• Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms and Conditions

5. Legal Bases for Processing

Where the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA), the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation, or similar laws apply, we rely on the following legal bases:

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

We use cookies and similar technologies to keep you signed in, remember your preferences, measure traffic, and serve advertising.

Categories we use:

• Strictly necessary — session management, login state, security tokens (including CSRF protection). These cannot be switched off.
• Preference — remembering saved opportunities, filters, and display settings.
• Analytics — understanding which opportunities and pages are most useful.
• Advertising — used by Google AdSense and its partners to serve and measure ads.

Google AdSense. This Site displays advertising through Google AdSense (publisher ID ca-pub-5162120248027866). Google and its partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this and other websites. You can opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings at adssettings.google.com, or opt out of third-party vendor cookies at www.aboutads.info/choices. Google's own handling of data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent you from logging in or using parts of the Site.

7. How We Share Information

We do not sell your personal information.

We share information only in the following circumstances:

• Service providers — hosting, email delivery, analytics, customer support and security vendors who process data on our instructions and under confidentiality obligations.
• Advertising partners — Google AdSense and its authorised vendors, as described in Section 6.
• Public display — anything you post publicly in The City feed, including your display name, profile photo and post content, is visible to other users and may be indexed by search engines.
• Testimonials — where you have consented, your name, photo, institution and quote may appear on the Site or in our marketing.
• Legal and safety — where required by law, court order, or a competent regulator, or where necessary to investigate fraud, protect our rights, or protect the safety of our users.
• Business transfers — in connection with a merger, acquisition, restructuring or sale of assets, subject to this policy continuing to apply.

Important: When you click through to an external opportunity, application portal, university, employer or funder website, you leave UpportuCity. We do not transmit your personal information to those organisations. Any data you submit to them is governed by their own privacy policies.

8. International Transfers

Our servers and service providers may be located outside your country of residence, including outside Nigeria. Where we transfer personal data internationally, we take reasonable steps to ensure an adequate level of protection through appropriate safeguards such as standard contractual clauses or transfers to jurisdictions recognised as providing adequate protection.

9. Data Retention

We keep personal information only as long as necessary:

• Account and profile data — for as long as your account is active, and up to 12 months after you request deletion (to handle disputes and prevent re-registration abuse).
• Community posts — until you delete them or your account is deleted; anonymised copies may remain where a thread's context would otherwise be broken.
• Newsletter records — until you unsubscribe, plus a suppression record so we do not email you again.
• Contact enquiries — up to 24 months after resolution.
• Server logs and analytics — typically up to 24 months, often in aggregated or de-identified form.

10. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
• Delete your account and associated personal data
• Object to or restrict certain processing, including profiling for advertising
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out
• Portability — receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, email hello@upportucity.com with the subject line "Data Request". We will respond within 30 days. We may ask you to verify your identity before acting on a request.

Nigerian users: you may lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC). EU/UK users: you may complain to your national data protection authority.

Unsubscribing: every newsletter contains an unsubscribe link, which takes effect immediately. You will still receive essential service emails relating to your account.

11. Data Security

We use reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS), hashed password storage, access controls limiting who on our team can view user data, and CSRF protection on forms.

No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. You are responsible for keeping your password confidential and for all activity under your account. If you believe your account has been compromised, contact us immediately at hello@upportucity.com.

12. Children's Privacy

UpportuCity is not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 16. If you are under 16, please do not register or submit personal information. If we learn that we have collected data from a child under 16 without verified parental consent, we will delete it promptly. Parents or guardians who believe their child has provided us with personal data should contact hello@upportucity.com.

13. Third-Party Links

The Site contains extensive links to third-party websites, including funders, universities, employers, application portals and social platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites. We encourage you to read the privacy policy of every site you visit, especially before entering personal or financial information into an application form.

14. Automated Decision-Making

We do not make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects about you based solely on automated processing. We do use automated systems to rank, recommend and filter opportunities and to flag suspicious content for human review.

15. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. If the changes are material, we will notify registered users by email or by a prominent notice on the Site before they take effect. Your continued use of the Site after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

16. Contact Us

Questions, requests or complaints about this policy:

Email: hello@upportucity.com 

Alternate: upportucity@gmail.com 

Phone: +234 904 125 9424