Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for daapia.com.

Daapia.com is owned and operated by Daapia Empire.

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from https://www.daapia.com (the “Site”). Your use of the Site will be regarded as acceptance of our practices around privacy and personal information.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to the Site with regards to the information that they share or we collect on daapia.com. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Personal Information We Collect

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit All About Cookies.
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you register for an account, submit documents to verify your account, add your social media information to your account, subscribe to our mailing list, or subscribe to receive comments updates, we collect or have access to certain information from you, including your name, company/business name, company/business address, ID card number, residential address, email address, phone number and your social media page links.  We refer to this information as “Account Information.”

Furthermore, when you make a purchase or attempt to make a purchase through the Site, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, shipping address, payment information (including credit/debit card numbers, mobile money numbers and bank account information), email address, and phone number.  We refer to this information as “Order Information.”

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about Device Information, Account Information and Order Information. You are free to refuse our request for your personal information, with the understanding that we may NOT be able to provide you with some of your desired services.

How We Use Your Personal Information

We use the Order Information that we collect generally to fulfill any orders placed through the Site (including processing your payment information, arranging for shipping, and providing you with invoices and/or order confirmations).  Since sellers handle their own shipping, they may be given access to your phone number and shipping address in order to contact you and to ship your order. Subsequently, the shipping companies that handle the shipping of your products may also be given access to your phone number and your shipping address.

If you choose a direct payment gateway to complete your purchase, the Site transmits your credit/debit card data to the payment processor. The data is encrypted through the Site’s SSL and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS). All direct payment gateways adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by the Site and its service providers.

Additionally, we use this Order Information to:

• Communicate with you;
• Screen our orders for potential risk or fraud; and
• When in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our products or services.

We use the Device Information that we collect (in particular, your IP address) to help us screen for potential risk and fraud, and more generally to improve and optimize the Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our customers browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our marketing and advertising campaigns).

We use the Account Information that we collect to give you access to services on daapia.com, to maintain your account on daapia.com, to send you communications and to connect you with your customers and other shoppers. If you post a job on our jobs site, your email address and your business/office address may be displayed on the site to allow candidates to contact you. In addition, if you contact a candidate or an employer on the jobs site, they will have access to your email address in order to reply to your query.

Sharing Your Personal Information

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information as described above.  We use WordPress and WooCommerce to power the Site (See Automattic’s (owners of WordPress and WooCommerce) privacy policy).  We use Google Analytics to help us understand how our customers use the Site (See Google’s privacy policy).  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics. We use Paystack payment gateway to process your payments. (see Paystack’s privacy policy and terms).

In general, the third-party providers we use will only collect, use, and disclose your information to the extent necessary to allow them to perform the services they provide to us.

Certain providers may be located in or have facilities that are located in a different jurisdiction than either you or us. So, if you elect to proceed with a transaction that involves the services of a third-party service provider, then your information may become subject to the laws of the jurisdiction(s) in which that service provider or its facilities are located.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

Links

When you click on links on the Site, they may direct you away from the Site. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of other sites, and encourage you to read their privacy statements.

Once you leave the Site or are redirected to a third-party website or application, you are no longer governed by this Privacy Policy or the Site’s Terms of Service.

Behavioural Advertising

As described above, we use your Personal Information to provide you with targeted advertisements or marketing communications we believe may be of interest to you.  For more information about how targeted advertising works, you can visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s (“NAI”) educational page.

You can opt out of targeted advertising by going to the advertisers’ websites: FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, BING.

Additionally, you can opt out of some of these services by visiting the Digital Advertising Alliance’s opt-out portal.

Do Not Track

Please note that we do not alter the Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

Your Rights

If you are a European resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us.

Additionally, if you are a European resident, we note that we are processing your information in order to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make an order through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.  Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

Data Retention

When you place an order through the Site, we will maintain your Order Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

Age Consent

By using this site, you represent that you are at least the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence, or that you are the age of majority in your jurisdiction of residence and you have given us your consent to allow any of your minor dependents to use this site.

Changes

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the Site. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here and by email and/or site notification. Your continued use of the Site will be regarded as acceptance of the changes.

See detailed cookie policy.

Grievance/Data Protection Officer

If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may contact our Grievance Officer at Daapia Empire, H/se No. 196 BLK C, Napogbakole Ext. Residential Area, Wa-UWR, Ghana, or through the request form below (you must be logged in). We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.