Privacy Policy

Last Updated: November 1, 2022

Please, read this privacy policy (the “Policy”) carefully to understand how GhanaGarages.com uses the personal information you provide us. By accessing or using www.ghanagarages.com, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and accepted this Policy.

This Policy may change from time to time. Any changes made in this Policy will be posted on this website. Changes to this Policy are effective as of the stated “Last Updated” date. We recommend that you check this Policy periodically for any updates or changes.

Information We Collect– You willingly provide us with the information required for member registration on this website.

How We Use the Information Collected– We use the personal information you willingly provide us to provide you with quality service and security, to operate the website efficiently, for us to understand how people use the website, to enable us perform our obligations to you, to ensure marketplace integrity and security, to prevent fraud, to contact you and send you direct communication when necessary and, to promote and advertise the website.In the event that you believe your information is in any way incorrect or inaccurate, please let us know immediately.

How Long We Keep Your Personal Information– We keep your personal information for as long as it is required to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. However, in some cases (where required), we may retain such information for longer periods of time.

Age Consent- This website is offered and available to users who are at least 18 years of age. Minors under 18 years of age cannot, and will not be registered to become members of this platform.

Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties– We share personal information with third parties (only when necessary) in order to operate the website, provide our services to you, fulfil obligations imposed on us by applicable laws and regulations, and to prevent fraud.

Where We Store Personal Information- Some of the personal information you willingly provide us may be stored or processed on our behalf by third party service providers and data processors and may be located in other jurisdictions, such as the United States.

Cookies– We use cookies and similar technologies (such as web beacons, pixels, tags, and scripts) to improve user experience, provide our services, analyze website performance and for marketing purposes.

External Links –GhanaGarages.com may contain links to third party websites. It must be understood that, if you link to a third party website from GhanaGarages.com, any data you provide to that website, and any use of that data by the third party are not under the control of GhanaGarages.com and can therefore, not take responsibility for the actions of the third party website.

Security– As much as possible, we implement technical and organizational measures to maintain the security of this website, your personal information, and in preventing unauthorized access, loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or damage to it through industry standard technologies and internal procedures.

Our Legal Basis for Using Your Personal Information

Where relevant under applicable laws, all processing of your personal information will be justified on “lawful grounds”. As much as possible, processing will be justified on the basis that:

· you have willingly provided your consent for us to use your personal information for specific purposes;

· our use of your personal information is necessary to perform a contract or take steps to enter into a contract with you;

· the processing is necessary to comply with a relevant legal obligation or regulatory obligation that we have (e.g. fraud prevention); or

· the processing is necessary to support our legitimate interests as a business (e.g. to improve our services to you), subject to your interests and fundamental rights and provided it is conducted at all times in a way that is proportionate.

Sharing Personal Information with Third Parties

We share your personal information with third parties as detailed below:

· With registered members and website visitors.Once you are registered on GhanaGarages.com, your username and some other profile information are made public, and visible to other registered members and all visitors to the website. This information includes photos you willingly provide us to upload for your service, your published portfolio, your service information details, ratings, and additional information you may choose to add to your profile. Please, be aware that certain information, such as your username and profile details, together with the content uploaded on your behalf upon your request, will be publicly displayed when you become a registered member on GhanaGarages.com. If you privately share any additional of your personal information or data with other users of this website, it is your responsibility to ensure that they comply with your standards.

· With Service Providers. We share personal information for business purposes with service providers that provide us with services for the purpose of running the website, opening and operating your account as well as providing ancillary services and solutions. These include, among others, hosting services, billing and payment processors and vendors, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, community management services, data and cybersecurity services, web analytics and performance tools, IT SaaS services, communication systems, mailing systems, data optimization and marketing services, data enrichment services, legal and financial advisors or technical consultants. Consistent with applicable legal requirements, we take appropriate technical and organizational measures to require third parties to adequately safeguard your personal information and only process it in accordance with our instructions;

· For legal reasons. We share personal information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities or other parties in order to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or to regulatory authorities, if we believe we are required to do so by law, or that doing so is reasonably necessary to comply with legal processes; when we believe it is necessary or appropriate to disclose personal information to law enforcement authorities, such as to investigate actual or suspected fraud or violations of law, breaches of security, or breaches of this Policy; to respond to claims against us; and to protect the rights, property, or safety of GhanaGarages.com, our customers and clients, or the public;

· For payments and fraud detection. We share personal information with payment processors, fraud detection agencies and similar third parties for the purpose of facilitating payments (where applicable) and securing the website and protecting it against fraud, unauthorized transactions, claims or other liabilities;

· With social media partners. From time to time, we may share limited personal information with social media platforms and marketing partners, such as Facebook and Google, to promote our services or the GhanaGarages.com marketplace;

· In the context of a corporate transaction. Personal information will also be disclosed if we go through a business transition such as a merger, sale, transfer of all or a portion of GhanaGarages.com’s assets, acquisition, bankruptcy or similar event. In the event that we sell our business or assets, we will disclose your data to the prospective buyer. If we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, information held by us about our users will be one of the transferred assets.