Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

and our commitment to protecting your privacy

Definitions

Data Subjects refers to customers (prospective customers; new and existing customers; previous customers), vendors, partners and our employees

Process refers to how we collect, use, store, make available, destroy, update, disclose, or otherwise deal with your personal information. As a general rule we will only process your personal  information  lawfully. We respect your privacy and will treat your personal information confidentially.

“we” or “us” or “our” refers to OneUniverse.

The definitions, explanations and general principles in this policy here are further supplemented in the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and the General Application and Implementation Directive to the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2025.

Introduction

The privacy and security of data has become even more important in the environment that we operate in. At One Universe, we recognize and appreciate that we receive personal information about our 
Data Subjects. We understand the need to ensure the safety of every information received in the course of our interaction and we have thus stated in this policy how we may collect, use  and  share  information  that you provide to us. 

Our commitment

  • To ensure that all appropriate safeguards are in place to protect the security and confidentiality of the personal data we collect;
  • To limit the personal data collected to the minimum required to provide a better service;
  • To ensure that the personal data we collect from you are absolutely necessary as may be required to provide or improve the service that we provide to you;
  • To ensure that only employees who have the need to access your personal data and ensure that such  employees are properly trained.
  • Not to disclose your personal data to external parties unless you have agreed, we are required by law or we have previously informed you.

Your agreement to the processing of your personal data

If you are not satisfied with the response, please contact us at eagle-elite@email.com with the details explaining your concerns. We will review your complaint and investigate if the right procedures have been followed and respond back to you as appropriate. We aim to complete this investigation within 15 working days of receiving your complaint, however, in some cases it may take longer. If you are still unsatisfied with the response, you may contact us.

1. What is personal information?

Personal information refers to any information that identifies you or specifically relates to you.  Personal information includes, but is not limited to, the following information that we collect from you: 

  • your marital status (like married, single, divorced);
  • your national origin;
  • your age;
  • your language; birth; education;
  • your financial history (like your income or your buying, investing and banking behavioural based on, amongst others, account transactions); 
  • your identifying number (like an account number, identity number or passport number) and other unique identifiers such as but not limited to MAC address, IP address, IMEI number, IMSI number, SIM and others; 
  • your e-mail address; physical address  (like  residential  address,  work  address  or  your  physical location); telephone number; 
  • your online identifiers; social media profiles;
  • your biometric information (like fingerprints, your signature or voice);
  • your race; gender; sex; pregnancy; ethnic origin; social origin; colour; sexual orientation;
  • your physical health; mental  health;  well-being;  disability;  religion;  belief;  conscience;  culture; 
  • your medical history; criminal history; employment history;
  • your personal views, preferences and opinions;
  • your confidential correspondence; and / or
  • another’s views  or  opinions  about  you  and  your  name  also  constitute  your  personal  information. 

Personal information includes special personal information, as explained below.

2. When will we process your personal information?

In line with Principle V of the NDPA 2023, We will only process your personal information for lawful purposes relating to our business if the following applies: 

  • where we have received your consent;
  • Where a person authorised by you, the law or a court, has consented thereto;
  • where it is necessary to conclude or perform under a contract we have with you or in order to take steps at your request prior to entering into a contract with us; 
  • Where any applicable legislations, regulations, the NDPA 2023 and GAID 2025 permits same;
  • to comply with a legal obligation to which we are subject to;
  • to protect or pursue your, our or a third party’s vital interest;
  • if the processing is needed to create, use or protect a right or obligation in law;        
  • if it is necessary for the performance of a task carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official public mandate vested in us; 
  • if it is lawful in connection with our ordinary business purpose and for maintaining our  overall relationship with you; 
  • if the processing is for statistical or research purposes and all legal conditions are met.

3. When and where do we obtain personal information about you

We collect personal information from you directly. 

  • We collect information about you based on your use of our products, services or service Channels e.g. websites. 
  • Further to your engagement or interaction with us such as but not limited to on social media, emails, letters, telephone calls, surveys. 
  • We may collect information about you from public sources (like newspapers) and from third parties we interact with for the purposes of conducting our business e.g. Such third parties include but not limited to payment gateway service providers, verification agencies.  The third parties from whom we may collect your personal information include, but are not limited to, the following: 
  • your spouse, dependents, partners, employer, joint applicant or account holder and other similar sources;
  • people you have authorised to share your personal information;
  • attorneys, tracing agents, debt collectors and other persons that assist with the enforcement of agreements; 
  • payment processing services providers, merchants, banks and other persons that assist with the processing of your payment instructions; 
  • insurers, brokers, other financial institutions or other organizations that assist with insurance and assurance underwriting, the providing of insurance and assurance policies and products, the assessment of insurance and assurance claims and other related purposes;
  • law enforcement and fraud prevention agencies and other persons tasked with the prevention and prosecution of crime; 
  • regulatory authorities, industry ombudsman, governmental departments, local and international tax authorities; 
  • credit bureaux;
  • trustees, Executors or Curators appointed by a court of law;
  • our service providers, agents and sub-contractors like couriers and other persons we use to offer and provide products and services to you; 
  • courts of law or tribunals; 
  • our marketing list providers

4. Reasons we need to process your personal information

We will process your personal information for the following reasons: 

  • to provide you with products, goods and services;
  • to market our products, goods and services to you;
  • to respond to your enquiries and complaints;
  • to comply with legislative, regulatory, risk  and  compliance  requirements  or to fulfil reporting requirements             and information requests; 
  • to detect, prevent and report theft, fraud, money laundering and other crimes. This may include the processing of special personal information, like alleged criminal behaviour or like the supply of false, misleading or dishonest information when opening an account with  us or avoiding liability by way of deception; 
  • to enforce  and  collect  on  any  agreement  when  you  are  in  default  or  breach  of  the  agreement terms and conditions, like tracing you or to institute legal proceedings against  you; 
  • to conduct market and behavioural research, including scoring and analysis to determine if you qualify for products and services or to determine your credit or insurance risk; 
  • to develop, test and improve products and services for you;
  • for historical, statistical and research purposes, like market segmentation;
  • to process payment instruments and payment instructions;
  • to conduct affordability assessments, credit assessments and credit scoring;
  • to develop credit models and credit tools;
  • to open, manage and maintain your accounts or relationship with us;
  • to disclose  and  obtain  personal  information  from  credit  bureaux  regarding  your  credit history; 
  • to enable us to deliver goods, documents or notices to you;
  • for security, identity verification and to check the accuracy of your personal information;
    •    to communicate with you and carry out your instructions and requests; 
  • for customer satisfaction surveys, promotional and other competitions;
  • insurance and assurance underwriting and administration;
  • to process or consider or assess insurance or assurance claims;
  • to provide insurance and assurance policies and products and related services;
  • to enable you to take part in and make use of value-added products and services;
    •    to assess our lending risks; and / or 
  • for any other related purposes.

5. How we use your personal information for marketing

  • We will use your personal information to market financial, investments and other related products and services to you. 
  • We will do this in person, by post, telephone, or electronic channels such as SMS, email and pop up notfications.
  • If you are not our customer, or in any other instances where the law requires, we will only market to you by electronic communications with your consent. 
  • In all cases you can request us to stop sending marketing communications to you at any time. 

6. When, how and with whom we share your personal information

In general we will only share your personal information if any one or more of the following apply: 

  • if you have consented to this;
  • if it is necessary to conclude or perform under a contract we have with you;
  • if the law requires it; and / or
  • if it is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject;
  • if it’s necessary to protect or pursue your, our or a third party’s vital interest.
  • if it is necessary in connection with our ordinary business purpose and for maintaining our overall relationship    with you;   
  • if it is necessary to comply with applicable legislations and regulations.
  • our employees as required by their employment conditions;
  • attorneys, tracing  agents,  debt  collectors  and  other  persons  that  assist  with  the enforcement of   agreements;
  • payment processing services providers, merchants, banks and other persons that assist with the processing of your payment instructions, like card scheme providers and payment gateways;
  • insurers, brokers,  other  financial  institutions  or  other  organizations  that  assist  with 
    insurance  and  assurance  underwriting,  the  providing  of  insurance  and  assurance,  the  assessment of insurance and assurance claims and other related purposes; 
  • law enforcement and  fraud  prevention  agencies  and  other  persons  tasked  with  the prevention and prosecution of crime; 
  • regulatory authorities, industry ombuds, governmental departments, local and international tax authorities and other persons the law requires us to share your personal information with; 
  • credit bureaux;
  • our service providers, agents and sub-contractors like couriers and other persons we use to offer and provide products and services to you; 
  • persons to whom  we  have  ceded  our  rights  or  delegated  its  obligations  to  under  agreements, like where a business is sold; 
  • courts of law or tribunals that require the personal information to adjudicate referrals, actions or applications; 
  • the general public where you submit content to our social media sites;
  • trustees, Executors or Curators appointed by a court of law;
  • cheque verification service providers; 

7. Under what circumstances will we transfer your information to other countries?

We will only transfer your personal information to third parties  in  foreign  countries  or  international  organizations  that  have  been  designated  by  the  Nigerian Data Protection Commission (the Commission) as having adequate data protection law and in compliance with Part VIII of the NDPA 2023 and Article 45 GAID 2025. Pending the issuance of any regulatory instrument by the Commission on cross-border data transfer, we will evaluate such requirement in line with Schedule 5 of GAID 2025 and would only transfer personal data across border:

  • where your personal information will be adequately protected under the other country’s laws or an agreement with the third-party recipient; 
  • where the transfer is necessary to enter into or perform under a contract with you, or a contract with a third party that is in your interest, or the implementation of pre-contractual measures taken at your request; 
  • where the transfer is necessary for important reasons of public interest;
  • where the transfer is necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal claims;
  • where the transfer is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or of other persons,  where you are physically or legally incapable of giving consent 
  • where you have consented to the transfer; and / or
  • where it is not reasonably practical to obtain your consent, the transfer is in your interest.

This transfer will happen within the requirements and safeguards of the law. 

Where possible, the party processing your personal information in the other country will  agree to apply the same level of protection as available by law in your country or if the other country’s laws provide better protection the other country’s laws would be agreed to and  applied. 

An example  of  us  transferring  your  personal  information  to  another  country  is  where  foreign payments take place if you purchase goods or services from a foreign country. 

8. What are your rights?

You must provide proof of identity when enforcing the rights below. 

You must inform us when your personal information changes. 

You have the right to request access to the personal information we have about you by  contacting us. This includes requesting: 

  • confirmation that we hold your personal information;
  • a copy or description of the record containing your personal information; and
  • the identity  or  categories  of  third  parties  who  have  had  access  to  your  personal  information. 

We will attend to requests for access to personal information within a reasonable time.  You may be required to pay a reasonable fee to receive copies or descriptions of records, or information about third parties. We will inform you of the fee before attending to your request. 

Please note that the law may limit your right to access information. 

You have the right to request us to correct or delete the personal information we have about you if it is inaccurate, irrelevant, excessive, out of date, incomplete, misleading, obtained unlawfully or we are no longer authorised to keep it. You must inform us of your request in writing. We may request documents from you to verify the change in personal information. 

We will email you a prescribed form to complete in making your request.

A specific agreement that you have entered into with us may determine how you must change your personal information provided at the time when you entered into the specific agreement.  Please adhere to these requirements.  If the law requires us to keep the personal information, it  will  not  be  deleted  upon  your  request.  The deletion of certain personal information may lead to the termination of your business relationship with us. 

You may object on reasonable grounds to the processing of your personal information.  A prescribed form has been included as an annexure to this notice for you to complete in making your request

We will not be able to give effect to your objection if the processing of your personal information was and is permitted by law; you have provided consent to the processing and our processing done according to your consent or the processing is necessary to conclude or perform under a contract with you. 

Where you have provided your consent for the processing of your personal information, you may withdraw your consent.  If you withdraw your consent  we  will  explain  the  consequences to you. We may proceed to process your personal information even if you have withdrawn your consent if the law permits or requires it. 

Typically, you have the right to object to any decision producing a legal effect concerning you or which otherwise significantly affects you if this is based solely on the automated processing of your personal data. This includes automated decisions based on profiling.

You have a right to file a complaint with us or any Regulator with jurisdiction about an alleged contravention of the protection of your personal information by us. We will address your complaint as far as possible. 

You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

9. How we secure your personal information

We will take appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational steps to protect your personal information according to industry best practices.  Our security measures (including physical, technological and procedural safeguards)  will  be  appropriate  and  reasonable. This includes the following: 

  • keeping our systems secure (like monitoring access and usage);
  • storing our records securely;
  • controlling the access to our buildings, systems and/or records; and
  • safely destroying or deleting records. 

10. How long do we keep your personal information

We will keep your personal information for as long as: 

  • the law requires us to keep it;
  • a contract between you and us requires us to keep it;
  • you have consented for us keeping it;
  • we are required to keep it to achieve the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy;
  • we require it for statistical or research purposes; 
  • a code of conduct requires us to keep it; and / or
  • we require it for our lawful business purposes.

Take note: We may keep your personal information even if you no longer have a relationship with us, if the law permits.

11. Our cookie policy

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from our websites or applications to your computer or device hard drive or Internet browser where it is saved. The cookie contains information to personalize your experience on our websites or applications and may improve your experience on the websites or applications. The cookie will also identify your device, like the computer or smart phone. 

By using our websites or applications you agree that cookies may be forwarded from the relevant website or application to your computer or device. The cookie will enable us to know that you have visited the website or application before and will identify you. We may also use the cookie to prevent fraud. 

12. How we process information about persons related to a juristic person i.e. related persons

If you are a juristic person (like a company or corporation), we may collect and use personal information  relating  to  the  juristic  person’s  directors,  officers,  employees,  beneficial  owners, partners, shareholders, members, authorised signatories, representatives, agents,  payers,  payees,  customers,  guarantors,  spouses  of guarantors,  sureties,  spouses  of  sureties, other security providers and other persons related to the juristic person (“Related  Persons”). 

If you provide the personal information of a Related Person to us, you warrant that the Related Person is aware that you are sharing their personal information with us and that the Related Person has consented thereto. 

We will process the personal information of Related Persons as stated in this Privacy Policy, thus references to “you” or “your” in this Privacy Policy will include Related Persons with the necessary amendments. 

13. Queries and Complaints

If you have any queries or complaints about privacy, please contact  
Phone: 08037937640 

Email: info@oneuniverse.ng

Address : Close 32 House 5, Satellite Town, Lagos   

14. Amendment to our Privacy Policy

We can change this Privacy Policy from time to time if the law or its business practices requires it. The version of the Privacy Policy displayed on our website will apply to your interactions with us. The latest version of this Privacy Policy will replace all earlier versions unless it says otherwise.