Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 5 November, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Baggins Technology Enterprises. We are committed to protecting your personal information and your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services. This policy applies to all users from Africa and the European Union (EU).

By accessing or using our services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information about you in the following categories:

– Personal Identification Information: Name, address, email address, phone number.

– Technical Data: Internet Protocol (IP) address, browser type, version, time zone setting, operating system.

– Usage Data: Information on how you use our website and services.

– Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

– Provide, operate, and maintain our services.

– Improve, personalize, and expand our services.

– Understand and analyze how you use our services.

– Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the services, and for marketing and promotional purposes.

– Send you emails containing information you have opted-in to receive.

– Find and prevent fraud.

4. Legal Basis for Processing Your Information (EU Users)

If you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), our legal basis for collecting and using your personal information depends on the information we collect and the specific context in which we collect it. We may process your personal information because:

– We need to fulfill a contract with you, such as providing our services or responding to your inquiries.

– You have given us permission to do so.

– The processing is in our legitimate interests and it’s not overridden by your rights.

– We need to comply with a legal obligation.

5. How We Share Your Information

Baggins Technology Enterprises does not sell, rent, or lease your personal information to third parties. We may share your data with third-party service providers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, where these parties have agreed to keep this information confidential and use it solely for purposes we have agreed.

6. International Data Transfers

If you are located in the European Economic Area, your information may be transferred to – and maintained on – computers located outside of the EEA, where data protection laws may differ from those in your jurisdiction. By using our services and providing your information, you consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and those third parties with whom we share it as described in this policy.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate security measures to protect your personal data from being accidentally lost, used, accessed, altered, or disclosed. We adopt updated data collection, storage, and processing practices and security measures to safeguard unauthorized access to your personal data.

8. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. If you request, we will anonymize your data so that it can no longer be associated with you, in which case we may use this information without further notice to you.

9. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your geographical location, you may have the following rights:

– Right to Access: Request copies of your personal data.

– Right to Rectification: Request correction of the information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.

– Right to Erasure: Request the deletion of your personal data, under certain circumstances.

– Right to Restrict Processing: Request that we limit the processing of your personal data, under certain circumstances.

– Right to Data Portability: Request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain circumstances.

– Right to Object: Object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: corporate@bagginshq.com

10. Cookies and Tracking Technologies

Baggins Technology Enterprises uses cookies to improve your experience on our website. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this site may become inaccessible or not function properly.

11. Third-Party Services

Our service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not owned or controlled by Baggins Technology Enterprises. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for, the privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: corporate@bagginshq.com