INNERBERG INTERNATIONAL CONSULTANTS WEBSITE PRIVACY NOTICE

PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT?

“Data controller” is the term used to describe Innerberg Consultants (Innerberg International Consultants Ltd). Thus, it is up to us to decide how to store and utilize the personal data we have about you. According to data protection laws, we must inform you of the information in this privacy notice.

Users who have consented to cookies and page tracking methods are subject to this notice when they visit the Innerberg Consultants website. This notice is not included in any employment contract or other service agreement. We could make changes to this notice at any moment.

To understand how and why we are using your personal information, it is crucial that you read this notice and any further privacy notices we may give on particular occasions when we are gathering or processing it.

DATA PROTECTION PRINCIPLES

The law on data protection shall be followed. This requires that the personal data we have about you be used in a fair, transparent, and legal manner, collected only for legitimate reasons that we have made explicit to you and not for any purpose that conflicts with those reasons.
Solely applicable to the goals we have discussed with you and pertinent to them, truthful and current. Held for the duration required for the objectives we have described to you.

 

THE KIND OF INFORMATION WE HOLD ABOUT YOU

Any information that can be used to identify a specific person is referred to as personal data or personal information. It excludes information that has been so anonymised or pseudonymized that the person can no longer be identified (anonymous data).
The following types of personal information about you may be gathered, stored, and used by us:

• Any personal contact information you include in your inquiry, including your name, title, address, phone number, personal and business email addresses, and the name of your workplace or employer.
• Google Analytics’ IP address for cookies and tracking tags (see our Cookie Policy).
• Innerberg staff login credentials.
• Information that you have given to Innerberg International Consultants as a consultant or prospective consultant.

For more information please see Innerberg Staff/Prospective staff Privacy Notice. Please note Innerberg International Consultants are separate data controllers under the legislation.

 

HOW IS YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED?

Through the online form(s) on our Contact/registration page, email hyperlinks, and while answering your questions and/or offering you services, we gather personal information about you. (Including your current position with Innerberg International Consultants as a consultant or prospective consultant).

Links to external websites that are not under our control and are not protected by this privacy statement may be found on our website. If you use the links to access other websites, the owners of those websites may gather information from you, which they may use in line with their privacy policies, which may be different from ours.

 

HOW WE WILL USE INFORMATION ABOUT YOU AND THE LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING YOUR DATA:

Only where permitted by law will we use your personal information. Generally speaking, we will utilize your personal data in the following situations:

1. To fulfill obligations under a contract you have signed or to take action at your request before signing a contract.
2. In situations where we must adhere to a legal requirement.
3. When your interests and basic rights do not supersede our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and it is required for those purposes.
4. When it is required to safeguard your vital interests or the vital interests of another person.
5. In cases where you have granted permission for the processing.

How do we use cookies and tracking technologies?

To monitor website usage and save data, we employ cookies and related monitoring technologies. Beacons, tags, and scripts are examples of tracking technologies that are used to gather and monitor data as well as to enhance and evaluate services. Among the technologies we might employ are:

 

Web Beacons: Web beacons, also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs, are tiny electronic files that may be present in some parts of our emails and website. They allow Innerberg International Consultancy limited to track the number of people who have visited those pages or clicked on an email, as well as to gather other relevant website data (such as tracking the popularity of a particular section and confirming system and server integrity).

 

Browser cookies or Cookies: Users’ web browsers come with “cookies,” which, if permitted, save little bits of information on the computer when a page is viewed. Cookies and similar technologies may be used to automatically gather information from users when they visit our websites.
There are two types of cookies: “Persistent” and “Session.” When users go offline, persistent cookies stay on their PC or mobile device, whereas session cookies are immediately erased when the user exits the online browser.

Cookies help track preferences and features, allowing Innerberg International Consultancy to tailor information to each user’s preferences.

Although there are many varieties of cookies, the ones that our website employs are:

 
Functionality: Innerberg International Consultancy may employ certain cookies in order to identify visitors on our website and retain their previously chosen settings. These might include the place they are in. A combination of third-party and first-party cookies are employed.

Advertising: By using these cookies, Innerberg International Consultancy is able to gather data about users’ visits to our website, including URLs clicked, content viewed, and browser, device, and IP address information. For advertising purposes, Innerberg International Consultancy occasionally might provides a small portion of this data to outside parties. We might also provide our advertising partners with online data that is gathered via cookies.

In changing browser, users can choose whether to accept or reject cookies. Although our websites can still be viewed even if the browser’s cookie functionality is turned off, in certain situations, this may prevent some of their features from working.

 

Contact Forms

We will specify which information is necessary and which (if any) is optional on our contact forms, including Contact and Joining the Platform. Name, email, company name, and request information are the details we ask for and keep. Information that we believe is reasonably required for the investigation or that is otherwise relevant to the communication will be gathered. In line with our legitimate business interests and the objectives for which users submitted it, we will gather and keep this information.

 

SITUATIONS IN WHICH WE WILL USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

Below is a list of the circumstances under which we will process your personal data.

• Fulfillment of an agreement with you
  We process your personal information because it is required to fulfill a contract you are a party to or to fulfill actions you requested before signing a contract with us. We use your personal information for the following purposes in this regard:
• To get in touch with you regarding your projects or consulting opportunities.
• To make sure we fulfill all legal requirements pertaining to the services we offer you during the term of your consulting contract, including for feedback purposes.
• To carry out and administer the obligations specified in the contract and any associated terms and conditions.
• For further administrative reasons, such as informing you of modifications to our policies.

 

(ii)          Legitimate Interests

Because it is required for our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of a third party, we process your personal data. One of our “legitimate interests” is to manage the Innerberg sustainably and professionally while adhering to all applicable laws and regulations. In this regard, we utilize your personal information to:

• Answer your question.
• Deliver the information and services you have requested.
• Evaluate a certain consulting project’s suitability.
• Why to make our site more user-friendly and efficient, and to make sure that the content is displayed as efficiently as possible for you and your computer or mobile device. See our Cookie Policy for more information
• To send you pertinent news and information via email, mail, or SMS about our products, services, and resources (unless obtaining your express consent is necessary).
• For Google Analytics to analyse our site’s users and how they interact with it. See our Cookie Policy for more information
• To grant you access to restricted site content if you are an Innerberg employee.
• Giving you details about who we are and what it’s like to work with us (when you specifically request this, usually prior to doing consulting work with us).
• To implement Innerberg policies, codes of conduct, and regulations.
• For research, statistical analysis, benchmarking, management planning, and forecasting.
• To guarantee that the data stored about you is correct and current.

 (iii) Legal Obligations

In order to comply with its legal requirements, Innerberg will also process your personal data. For instance: • For the aim of financial control;

• To help with investigations (including criminal investigations) conducted by the police and other appropriate authorities; and
• To prevent and detect crime.

There may be multiple grounds that support our use of your personal information, and some of the aforementioned processing grounds will overlap.

 

CHANGE OF PURPOSE

Unless we reasonably believe that we need to use it for another purpose that is compatible with the original purpose, we will only use your personal information for the purposes for which we collected it. We will let you know if we must use your personal information for an unconnected purpose and provide the legal justification for doing so.

Please be aware that, in accordance with the aforementioned guidelines, we may process your personal information without your knowledge or consent if required or allowed by law.

 

Job Adverts

Upon submitting your application, you will be taken to the potential employer’s website or email. When you respond to a job posting made possible by Innerberg.com. Your name, email address, phone number, LinkedIn profile, and resume are gathered and saved.

DATA SHARING

We might have to give your information to outside parties and other organizations connected to this company.

We demand that third parties protect the confidentiality of your information and handle it legally. Your personal information might be sent outside of Africa, specifically outside of Nigeria.
You can anticipate a comparable level of protection for your personal data if we do.

 

Why might you share my personal information with third parties?

With your approval, when mandated by law, when managing our relationship with you requires it, or when we have another justifiable reason to do so, we may disclose your personal information to third parties.

 

Which third-party service providers process my personal information?

“Third parties” refers to other organizations that are part of the Innerberg firm, such as our website provider, our mother umbrella, HOOAIJ, and outside vendors who process data on behalf of Innerberg International Consultants. For instance, if there is a good reason for them to do so, we will give your information to

• our employees, clients, agents, or contractors; our IT and website providers; and others.
  Additionally, if necessary,
• we may disclose your information to a court, government agency, law enforcement agency, or other authority;
• our internal and external auditors;
• professional advisers; or other authorities.

 

How secure is my information with third-party service providers and other entities in our group?

In accordance with our policies, all “Third parties” must implement the necessary security measures to safeguard your personal data. We forbid our outside service providers from using your personal information for their own objectives. We only give them permission to process your personal information for the reasons listed and in compliance with our directives.

 

What about other third parties?

Links to external websites that are not run by us may be found on our website. Users will be redirected to the website of the third party if they click on a link from that third party. Users are strongly encouraged to read the Privacy Policy of each website they visit. The content, privacy policies, and practices of any third-party websites or services are outside Innerberg International Consultancy’s control and responsibility. In order to comply with the law or to share your personal information with other third parties, such as a regulator, we might do so.

SOCIAL MEDIA/PLATFORM DATA RIGHTS

We might interact with you on a number of social media sites (such as Facebook, LinkedIn, X, previously Twitter, Instagram), and you might be able to leave comments about us or submit or upload relevant images and other content. Any comments, images, or other content you share on our social media pages or provide us via social media may be posted on the Site, other websites, and social media pages.

We might use the direct message features on social media to get in touch with you if you reach out to us there for customer service or for other purposes. This Privacy Policy governs any communications to and from us. However, the rules and conditions of the specific social media platform also apply to your usage of that platform. According to the agreements that regulate your use of the social media platform or platforms and any privacy settings you may have established, some social media networks may also automatically give us your personal information. Our website has interactive mini-programs that run on the site or social media features and widgets (such as the “Facebook Like” buttons).

In order for these services to work correctly, they may set a cookie and gather information about your IP address and the page of the website you are currently on. Widgets and social media elements are either hosted on the site itself or by a third party. The privacy statement of the specific social media platform that offers these tools governs how you use them.

You have the right to ask for the deletion or modification of any of your information, data, or other content we get from or through a social media platform (“Platform Data”), in accordance with the terms and conditions that apply to those platforms. Please contact us using the information in the “Contact Us” section below if you would like Platform Data pertaining to you to be deleted or modified. In doing so, please

(i) specify which social media platform is in question,

(ii) specify which Platform Data you would like deleted or modified such data, and if so, what changes should be made to said Platform Data. If the social media platform requests it, we might also remove Platform Data.

 

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Everybody should have access to information about our services, including this Privacy Policy, according to the Firm’s efforts. If you would prefer this Privacy Policy in a different format, please get in touch with us, and we will try to accommodate your request.

EMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS AND TALENT MANAGEMENT

We gather personal data about people who are interested in working for us as part of our hiring and talent management procedures. In this regard, we gather application and employment data, including the following: contact details (e.g., name, title, residential or postal address, phone number, and personal email address); details in a curriculum vitae, resume, cover letter, or similar documentation; information about the kind of work you are looking for, your willingness to relocate, your pay and benefit preferences, and your health; information about your background, education, criminal record, credit history, and other similar details; information about your employment history, skills, qualifications, or education that you or your references have provided; Any details about prior job experience with us or applications submitted to us. We may gather information on your race and ethnicity to support our diversity and inclusion initiatives, where allowed by law. In order to comply with our legal, judicial, regulatory, administrative, or other corporate requirements, to identify and assess job applicants, to verify your information, to perform employment, education, background, and reference checks, to communicate with you regarding the recruitment process and your application, to analyse and improve our application and recruitment process, to accommodate individuals who may have special needs during the employment process, and to protect the rights, interests, and property of our business, other job applicants, employees, or the public, as required or permitted by law, we use this information.

In addition to using this job and application data for any other reason specified in this Privacy Policy, we also share this personal information with third parties (see “Data Sharing“).
If you have any privacy rights about this personal information, please refer to the foregoing.

 

DATA SECURITY

We have implemented safeguards to ensure the safety of your data.
Your personal information will only be processed by third parties in accordance with our instructions and in cases where they have committed to maintaining its security and confidentiality. We have implemented the necessary security measures to guard against the unintentional loss, unauthorized use, alteration, and disclosure of your personal information. Additionally, we only allow employees, agents, contractors, and other third parties with a legitimate business need to know your personal information. They are bound by a duty of confidentiality and will only process your personal information as directed by us.

We have protocols in place to handle any suspected data security breach, and where required by law, we will report a suspected breach to you and any relevant authority.

 

INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS OF DATA

Under some conditions, Innerberg International Consultants will either release personal information to third parties or permit personal information to be handled or stored in non-African nations, including those classified as third countries.

• For instance, we will send information to foreign-based IT or other service providers, as well as partner institutions or organizations.
• Only one of the following bases will be used to transfer your personal data in these situations: • one or more of the “appropriate safeguards” for international transfers that are mandated by the relevant legislation apply to the transfer (for example, data transfer assessments and standard data protection contract terms adopted by the Nigerian government and the Africa Union, respectively);
• a Nigeria Adequacy ruling, which stipulates that the recipient nation or area provide a sufficient degree of protection; or
• The AFRICA International Data Transfer Agreement’s implementation.
• There are further circumstances in which the transfer is allowed by the relevant legislation (for instance, where we have your express approval or it is required by a contract).

 

DATA RETENTION AND LOCALIZATION

How long will you use my information for?

Your personal information will only be kept by us for as long as is required to achieve the goals for which it was gathered, including meeting any reporting, accounting, or regulatory obligations. Our Retention Policy, which is accessible on this website, contains information about retention periods. The amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the possible risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the reasons we process your personal data and whether we can accomplish those purposes in another way, and the relevant legal requirements are all taken into account when determining the proper retention period for personal data.

In certain situations, we might anonymise your personal data so that it can no longer be linked to you. In these situations, we might use the data for website analytics without giving you any more notice.

Retention Policy

 

• Financial records, personnel information, and customer data are some of the types of data that Innerberg International Consultancy may need to keep on file for a given amount of time while taking legal and regulatory obligations into account.
• Security and Storage: Information shall be kept safe using all available methods, including digital ones, while taking precautions against breaches or unwanted access.
• Access and Disclosure: Data access is limited to managerial purposes while taking legal and regulatory considerations into account.
• Data deletion: Only when permitted by management and/or user instructions in accordance with legal and regulatory standards will this be done.

 

 

Regulatory Consideration

 

• To conform to specified retention timeframes and recommendations for industries such as finance, healthcare, or telecommunications;
• to comply with data retention laws and regulations in each nation of operation.
• To adhere to information security, management, and retention requirements such as ISO/IEC 27001.

 

 

INFORM US OF CHANGES

It’s critical that the personal data we have on file about you is up to date and accurate. If your personal information changes while you are doing business with us, kindly let us know.

 

Your Responsibilities and Representations

Users hereby represent and warrant to Innerberg International Consultancy that (i) any personal information they provide to us is accurate and complete, (ii) they have the legal basis to do so, and (iii) they have given this privacy notice to and obtained consent from any third party whose personal information they have provided to us. This applies to any personal information that users provide to Innerberg International Consultancy, whether it’s about them directly or a third party.

Respondents (or their agents or representatives) agree that Innerberg International Consultancy will not be held responsible for any harm, loss, or damages resulting from the survey. They also acknowledge that any and all survey results may be shared with their employer, included in public research, and discussed in private or public forums, to the extent specified in this Privacy Policy.

 

YOUR RIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION

Under certain circumstances, by law you have the right to:

• Submit a request for access to your personal data, also referred to as a “data subject access request.” This allows you to verify that we are processing your personal information legally and to obtain a copy of the information we have on file about you.
• Request that the personal data we have on file about you be corrected. This gives you the opportunity to have any wrong or missing information we may have about you updated.
• Ask for your personal data to be deleted. This gives you the ability to request that personal data be deleted or removed when there is no valid reason for us to keep processing it. If you have used your right to object to processing, you can also request that we erase or remove your personal information (see below).
• When we are relying on a legitimate interest (or a third party’s), you may object to the processing of your personal information. Additionally, you have the right to protest when we use your personal data for direct marketing.
• Ask that the processing of your personal data be restricted. This allows you to request that we stop processing your personal data, for instance, if you want us to verify the accuracy of the data or the purpose for which it is being processed.
• Ask for your personal data to be transferred to a different party.

The Innerberg Data Protection Officer, who handles requests on behalf of Innerberg International consultants, can be reached in writing at: As stated in the website contact form, if you would like to review, verify, correct, or request erasure of your personal information, object to the processing of your personal data, or request that we transfer a copy of your personal information to another party.

Please be aware that the aforementioned rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, petitions may be denied.

 

DATA PROTECTION OFFICER

To ensure adherence to this privacy notice, the company that handles our data protection enquiries has designated a Data Protection Officer. Please contact the Data Protection Officer at the number listed on the website if you have any issues concerning this privacy notice or how we manage your personal information.

 

CONTACT AND COMPLAINTS

It is advised by the Innerberg International Consultancy firm that you attempt to address any concerns with the data controller before referring them to another party. You can get in touch with a line manager or the Data Protection Officer, whose information is listed in the section titled “Data controller and Data Protection Officer details” in the paragraph above, if you have any questions concerning this privacy notice, how we handle your personal data, or if you would like to exercise any of your legal rights.

NO DATA COLLECTION FROM CHILDREN

Children are neither the target audience nor the intended users of this website. Therefore, you are not permitted to use the Services (including the Site) or to give us your personal information if you are younger than eighteen (18).

 

CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY NOTICE

This privacy notice may be updated at any moment by us, and we will send you a new one if there are any significant changes. We may occasionally also use other methods to alert you about how your personal information is being processed.