Privacy Policy.

1. Introduction

SafeBuy Realties Limited, also referred to as “SafeBuy Realties,” “SafeBuy,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” is building a professional-led real estate ecosystem focused on verified property decisions, due diligence, safer transaction workflows, and trusted collaboration. This Privacy Policy describes how we handle personal information when you use our website, coming-soon page, early-access forms, contact forms, official communication channels, and future platform services.

2. Scope of this policy

This policy applies to visitors, early-access users, property buyers, property owners, agents, lawyers, surveyors, valuers, inspectors, aligned service providers, diaspora investors, and other stakeholders who interact with SafeBuy Realties online or through our official channels.

Depending on your location and how you use our services, certain data protection laws may apply, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act, 2023 and related Nigerian data protection guidance, the EU General Data Protection Regulation where applicable, and California privacy laws where applicable.

3. Information we collect

3.1 Information you provide directly

• Full name, email address, phone number, and stakeholder type.
• Early-access requests, enquiry details, messages, and support communications.
• Property interest details, inspection requests, due diligence requests, and partnership enquiries.
• Professional details such as role, organization, credentials, or service category where relevant.
• Identity, verification, property, title, inspection, or transaction documents where these are later required for platform services.
• Payment or billing information where paid services are introduced. Payments may be processed by trusted third-party payment providers.

3.2 Technical and usage information

• Device type, browser type, operating system, IP address, approximate location, and server logs.
• Website usage data, page interactions, form submissions, referral information, and analytics data.
• Cookies, pixels, and similar technologies used for security, analytics, functionality, and service improvement.

4. How we use your information

• To respond to enquiries, early-access requests, inspection requests, and due diligence requests.
• To provide launch updates, service announcements, and relevant SafeBuy Realties communications.
• To understand stakeholder needs and improve our services, website experience, and future platform features.
• To support real estate verification, property due diligence, professional collaboration, and safer transaction workflows.
• To detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, abuse, unauthorized activity, suspicious listings, or security risks.
• To comply with legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, dispute-resolution, and enforcement obligations.
• To create aggregated or anonymized insights that do not directly identify you.

5. Legal bases for processing

Where a lawful basis is required, we may process personal information based on:

• Consent: where you submit a form, request updates, or agree to specific processing.
• Contract or pre-contract steps: where processing is needed to respond to your request or provide a service.
• Legal obligation: where processing is needed to comply with applicable laws or lawful requests.
• Legitimate interests: including platform security, fraud prevention, service improvement, stakeholder communication, and business administration, balanced against your rights.

6. Nigeria data protection commitments

SafeBuy Realties is committed to handling personal information responsibly under applicable Nigerian data protection requirements. We aim to process personal information fairly, lawfully, transparently, and only for specific and legitimate purposes.

• We collect only information that is relevant to our stated purposes.
• We take reasonable security measures to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.
• We seek to work with service providers who apply appropriate confidentiality and data protection safeguards.
• We will respond to valid data subject requests in line with applicable law.

7. GDPR rights for EU/EEA users

Where the GDPR applies, you may have rights including:

• Right to access the personal information we hold about you.
• Right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Right to request deletion of personal information, subject to legal exceptions.
• Right to restrict or object to certain processing.
• Right to data portability where applicable.
• Right not to be subject to certain solely automated decisions where applicable.
• Right to lodge a complaint with a competent supervisory authority.

8. California privacy rights

Where California privacy laws apply, California residents may have rights to request information about personal information collected, request deletion, request correction, opt out of certain sale or sharing activities, limit certain uses of sensitive personal information, and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.

SafeBuy Realties does not sell personal information. If our practices change in a way that triggers additional opt-out requirements, we will update this policy and provide the required mechanism.

9. Sharing of information

We do not sell personal information. We may share information only where appropriate and necessary, including:

• With service providers supporting hosting, analytics, communications, security, payments, customer support, identity verification, document review, or platform operations.
• With professional partners or service providers where needed to respond to property, inspection, due diligence, or verification requests.
• With other users only where necessary for requested platform functionality or transaction workflow.
• With regulators, public authorities, courts, law enforcement, or advisers where required by law or necessary to protect rights, safety, property, or prevent fraud.
• In connection with a business transfer, merger, acquisition, restructuring, or similar transaction, subject to appropriate safeguards.

10. International transfers

Some service providers or operational systems may be located outside your country. Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will use reasonable safeguards required by applicable law, which may include contractual protections or other approved transfer mechanisms.

11. Security measures

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and operational measures to protect personal information. However, no website, internet transmission, email communication, or storage system is completely secure. You should only submit information through official SafeBuy Realties channels and avoid sending highly sensitive documents unless requested through a secure workflow.

12. Data retention

We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including responding to enquiries, managing early-access requests, providing services, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, and maintaining business records. When information is no longer needed, we will delete, anonymize, or securely archive it where appropriate.

13. Children’s privacy

Our services are not intended for children under 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18. If we learn that a child has submitted personal information, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

14. Cookies and analytics

We may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand usage, improve performance, prevent abuse, and support analytics. You can control cookies through your browser settings, but disabling some cookies may affect website functionality.

15. Your choices and requests

You may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, portability, or withdrawal of consent where applicable. We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests. Some requests may be limited by legal, security, fraud-prevention, contractual, or record-keeping obligations.

16. Third-party links

Our website or communications may link to third-party websites, social media platforms, payment providers, verification providers, or professional services. This Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Please review their privacy notices before submitting personal information to them.

17. Updates to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, legal requirements, security practices, or business operations. When we make changes, we will update the “Last updated” date. Continued use of our website or services after updates means the revised policy applies from the updated date.