Privacy
Privacy policy
How RIDLI collects, uses and protects your personal data. Last updated November 2026.
who we are
- Rural Innovation and Digital Literacy Development Initiative (RIDLI) runs free digital skills cohorts through partner centers across Nigeria. RIDLI is the data controller for the information you give us on this website.
- Questions about your data: desk@ridli.org.
what we collect
- Applications: your name, WhatsApp number, email (optional), age, gender, state, LGA, city, closest landmark, how you heard about us and your reason for joining.
- Sponsors, members, stock gifts and legacy pledges: your name, contact details, city and country, and the amount or tier you chose. We do not store card or bank details on this website.
- Messages and fraud reports: what you write to us and any contact details you include.
- Technical data: your IP address is used briefly to stop spam and abuse of our forms.
why we use it
- To review your application, assign you to a center near you, and contact you about admission (by WhatsApp or email).
- To process sponsorships and send receipts, and to stay in touch with members and donors.
- To answer your messages and investigate fraud reports.
- To publish anonymous totals (for example, number of applications) in our reports.
- Our lawful bases are your consent, steps you ask us to take before joining, and our legitimate interest in running and protecting the programme.
who we share it with
- The partner center you are assigned to receives the details it needs to admit and train you.
- Service providers that host and run this website and its email (for example our database, file storage and email providers). They process data only on our instructions.
- We never sell your data, and we never ask applicants for payment.
- Some of these providers store data outside Nigeria. Where that happens we rely on the safeguards the NDPA requires.
what is shown publicly
- If you check your status with your RIDLI code, the result shows your name, location and assigned center. Keep your code private.
- Club members on paid tiers may be listed with first name and last initial only. Sponsors who choose "anonymous" are never named.
how long we keep it
- Applications are kept for the cohort you applied to and up to 3 years after, so we can report on outcomes and handle re-applications. Donor records are kept as long as the law requires for financial records.
- You can ask us to delete your data sooner (see below).
your rights
- You can ask to see, correct, or delete your data, object to how we use it, withdraw consent, or ask for a copy to take elsewhere. Email desk@ridli.org and we will reply within 30 days.
- You can also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).
young applicants
- If you are under 18, please ask a parent or guardian before you apply. We may contact them before admission.