Privacy Policy

Running Jack ICT Academy is a technology training institution based in Nigeria. We operate the website at runningjackictacademy.com and the student learning platform accessible to enrolled students.

For data protection purposes, Running Jack ICT Academy is the data controller responsible for your personal information.

We collect information you provide directly to us and information generated through your use of our platform:

• To process your enrollment and manage your student account
• To deliver course content and track your learning progress
• To send you important notifications about your account, payments, and course activities
• To issue and verify your certificates of completion
• To respond to your enquiries and provide student support
• To send follow-up communications if you begin but do not complete enrollment (you may unsubscribe at any time)
• To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and security threats
• To comply with our legal obligations

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Contract: Processing necessary to fulfill your enrollment agreement with us
• Legitimate Interests: Platform security, fraud prevention, and service improvement
• Consent: Marketing communications and optional follow-up emails (which you may withdraw at any time)
• Legal Obligation: Compliance with applicable Nigerian law and regulations

We use the following trusted third-party services to operate the platform. Each has their own privacy policy:

• Paystack — Payment processing (paystack.com/privacy)
• Google OAuth — Optional sign-in with Google (policies.google.com/privacy)
• Brevo (formerly Sendinblue) — Email delivery (brevo.com/legal/privacypolicy)
• Namecheap — Web hosting provider (namecheap.com/legal/general/privacy-policy)

We share only the minimum data necessary with these providers and require them to protect your information.

• Active student accounts: Retained for the duration of your enrollment and up to 3 years after completion
• Certificate records: Retained indefinitely for verification purposes
• Payment records: Retained for 7 years in accordance with financial record-keeping requirements
• Incomplete registration data: Automatically deleted after 14 days of inactivity
• Security logs: Retained for 90 days then automatically purged

You have the following rights regarding your personal data:

• Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Deletion: Request deletion of your data, subject to legal retention requirements
• Portability: Request your data in a machine-readable format
• Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Withdraw Consent: Unsubscribe from marketing emails at any time via the unsubscribe link in any email

To exercise any of these rights, please email us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data, including:

• HTTPS encryption for all data in transit
• Hashed and salted password storage (SHA-256)
• CSRF token protection on all forms
• Rate limiting and brute-force protection on login
• Intrusion detection and firewall rules
• Session expiry and timeout controls

No system is 100% secure. If you believe your account has been compromised, please contact us immediately.

We use essential session cookies to keep you logged in and maintain your preferences (such as dark/light mode). We do not use advertising cookies or third-party tracking cookies.

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser or log out. Preference cookies persist for up to 1 year.

Our platform is not intended for children under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 16 without verifiable parental consent. If you believe a child has provided us with their data without consent, please contact us immediately.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify enrolled students of significant changes via email. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent revision.