Privacy Policy

Information You Provide

When you create an account, upload advertisement and listings, contact us directly, or otherwise use the Services you may provide some or all of the following information:

• Account information, such as date of birth, username, password, email, phone number, and profile image.
• User content, including comments, photographs, audio recordings, videos, and text that you choose to create, import, upload, or publish through our apps and websites. Even if you are not a user, information about you may appear in user content created or published by users on our apps and websites. We may collect user content through pre-uploading at the time of creation, import, or upload, regardless of whether you choose to save or publish that user content.
• Messages, including content you compose, send, or receive through our messaging functionalities, including messages you send through our chat functionality when using our features to communicate with buyers and sellers.
• AI interactions, including prompts, questions, files, and other types of information that you submit to our AI-powered interfaces, as well as the responses they generate.
• Clipboard content, such as text and images, accessed through your device's clipboard when you choose to use certain functions such as initiating information sharing with third-party services, or copying and pasting clipboard content onto our apps and websites.
• Your phone and social network contacts, with your permission. If you choose to sync your contacts, we will collect information, such as names, phone numbers, and email addresses from your device's phone book, and friends list from your social network, and match that information to users who have 8 Yellow accounts.
• Your account settings and communication preferences.
• Information to verify an account such as proof of identity or age.
• Information in correspondence you send to us, including when you contact us for support.
• Information you share if you fill in advertisers' forms on our app, or through your participation in surveys, research, promotions, marketing campaigns, events, or contests.

Information You Provide may include sensitive personal information, as defined under the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023. We process such information in accordance with Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023. You may choose whether or not you include sensitive personal information in your user content, advertisement or listing or in other information you voluntarily submit. The type of information that Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023 have identified as sensitive personal information include the following: medical records, physical health and mental health history, biometric data, genetic date, racial or ethnic origin, religious beliefs, sexual life or sexual orientation, political opinions and philosophical convictions and trade union memberships or financial information. 8 Yellow does not require you to provide this type of information. However, if you choose to publish such information, please keep in mind that such content may be visible to other users and the public, depending on your privacy settings.

In other situations, we may process your financial information in order to provide you the goods or services you request from us; your photo identification may be required in order to verify your identity; and information from users under the relevant age threshold in order to confirm age. We may also collect precise location data, depending on your settings and as explained below.

Automatically Collected Information

We automatically collect certain information from you when you use the Services, including:

• Usage information, including information regarding your use of the Services, such as information about how you interact with advertisements and listings, the duration and frequency of your use of the Services, and your engagement with other users. We also collect certain information about your interactions with websites when you use our in-app browser.
• Technical information from your device, network, and application, including your IP address, user agent, mobile carrier, time zone settings, identifiers for advertising purposes, model of your device, the device system, network type, your screen resolution and operating system, app and file names and types, keystroke patterns or rhythms, battery state, audio settings and connected audio devices. We automatically assign device IDs and user IDs, and may use this and other information to identify your activity across devices.
• Location information about your approximate location based on your device and network information, such as SIM card region, IP address, and device system settings. Also, if you choose to enable location services for the 8 Yellow app within your device settings, we collect approximate or precise location information from your device. You can turn off location services from your device settings at any time.
• Metadata that is automatically uploaded in connection with your user advertisements and listings, messages, or AI interactions, such as how, when, where, and by whom the user advertisements and listings was created, or message or prompt was sent. Metadata may also include information, such as your username, that enables your user advertisements and listings to be traced back to your account by other users.
• Cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, flash cookies, pixels, SDKs, etc.) that we and our service providers and business partners use to provide certain features and functionalities, including to measure and analyze how you use the Services enhance your experience using the Services; improve the Services; and promote the Services on other websites and apps.

Information From Other Sources

We may receive the information described in this Privacy Policy from other sources, such as:

• If you choose to sign up or log in to the Services using a third-party service, we may collect information from the third-party service, such as your public profile information and email.
• We receive information about you from sellers as well as payment and transaction fulfillment providers, such as payment confirmation details, and information about the delivery of products you have purchased through our shopping features.
• We may obtain information about you from affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, us.
• We may receive information about you from others, such as where you are included or mentioned in user advertisements and listings, messages, in a complaint, appeal, request or feedback submitted to us, or if your contact information is provided to us.
• We may also collect or receive information about you from professional organizations, businesses, government authorities, and others, including publicly-available sources.

Service Providers and Business Partners

We share Information We Collect with service providers and business partners as necessary to help us perform business operations and for business purposes, including research, payment processing and transaction fulfillment, technology services, deliveries, sending communications, advertising and marketing services, analytics, measurement, data storage and hosting, disaster recovery, and search engine optimization. Examples of such service providers and business partners include:

• Payment processors and transaction fulfillment providers, who may receive certain Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources.
• Customer and technical support providers, who may receive certain Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources.
• Advertising, marketing, and analytics partners, who may receive certain Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources for the purpose of providing their services.
• Users of our analytics services, who may receive aggregated statistics and insights to understand user engagement. We may create this aggregate information using Information You Provide and Automatically Collected Information.
• Third-party platforms and partners, who may receive certain Information You Provide, Automatically Collected Information, and Information From Other Sources depending on the features you use and the permissions you grant. We share your information with these entities to offer you a seamless sign-up, log-in, and content-sharing experience as well as to enable third-party features which allow you to connect your 8 Yellow account.

Within Our Corporate Group

We may share Information We Collect with affiliates controlled by, or under common control with, 8 Yellow Limited as necessary for the purposes set forth within this Privacy Policy.

In Connection with a Sale, Merger, or Other Business Transfer

We may share Information We Collect in connection with or during negotiations of a corporate transaction, such as a merger, acquisition in full or in part, reorganization, asset sale, or in the unlikely event of bankruptcy.

For Legal Reasons

We may share Information We Collect to comply with the law, including to respond to subpoenas, court orders, legal process, law enforcement requests, legal claims, or government inquiries. We may also disclose Information We Collect to enforce any terms applicable to the Services, and to protect and defend our rights, interests, safety, and security, and those of our affiliates, users, or the public.

Users and the Public

Based on your privacy settings, your information, including certain of your account information, user advertisements and listings, and usage information, may be visible to other users and the public. For example, if you have a public account and have not restricted the visibility of your posts individually, your account information and user advertisements and listings can be viewed or shared by anyone, whether or not they have an 8 Yellow account, and may also appear on search engines, content aggregators, and news sites. You can learn about privacy settings, including how to limit the audience for your advertisements and listings. Please use caution in disclosing personal information, especially sensitive personal information, while using the Services. We are not responsible for the information you choose to publicly disclose.

Independent Researchers

We may share certain of your information with qualifying researchers to facilitate independent research.

With Your Consent

We may share your information for other purposes pursuant to your consent or at your direction. For example, we may facilitate the sending of marketing communications to you by sellers, such as by sharing your email address.