Privacy Policy

At Ijewere & Co., we are committed to protecting your privacy and maintaining the confidentiality and security of your personal information. As a foremost indigenous accounting firm in Nigeria, we understand the sensitivity of the data you entrust to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you interact with us, including through our website www.ijewere.net, and when we provide our professional services to you.

By engaging our services or using our website, you consent to the data practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of personal and non-personal information:

• Personal Identifiers: Name, title, contact details (email, phone, address), tax identification number (TIN), and other government-issued identification details.
• Financial Information: Bank account details, income, financial statements, investment information, payroll data, and other data necessary for audit, tax, and advisory services.
• Technical Data: When you visit our website, we may automatically collect your IP address, browser type, operating system, access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the site.
• Professional Information: Your employment history, professional qualifications, and other relevant background information as required for our engagement.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To perform our contractual obligations and provide you with our services, including audit, taxation, advisory, and training.
• To comply with our legal and regulatory obligations (e.g., anti-money laundering laws, tax laws, and audit standards).
• To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and sending you important updates regarding our services.
• To improve our website, services, and client experience.
• For internal administrative purposes, such as billing and client management.
• With your explicit consent, to send you marketing communications about our services, publications, and events that may be of interest to you.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• The processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party.
• The processing is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which we are subject.
• The processing is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by us, such as improving our services and website.
• Where required by law, we will obtain your consent before processing your data for specific purposes, such as direct marketing.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share your information with third parties only in the following circumstances:

• Regulatory Authorities: Where we are legally required to do so, such as with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), or other regulatory bodies.
• Service Providers: We may engage trusted third parties to perform functions and provide services to us, such as cloud storage providers and IT support. These parties are contractually bound to protect your data and use it only for the purposes we specify.
• Professional Advisers: We may share information with lawyers, bankers, and other professional advisers where necessary for the provision of our services.
• Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets, your information may be transferred.

We will not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to unaffiliated third parties for their marketing purposes.

5. Data Security

We implement a variety of technical and organizational security measures designed to maintain the safety and confidentiality of your personal data. These measures include encryption, access controls, secure file transfer protocols, and staff training on data protection. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy, or as required to comply with our legal obligations (e.g., for tax and audit record-keeping purposes), which may be up to 6 years or more to resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

7. Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you have certain rights regarding your personal data. These may include:

• The right to access and receive a copy of your personal data.
• The right to rectify (correct) inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
• The right to erasure of your personal data ("the right to be forgotten").
• The right to restrict or object to our processing of your personal data.
• The right to data portability.
• The right to withdraw consent at any time, where we rely on consent as our legal basis.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details provided in Section 9.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, or if you wish to exercise your data protection rights, please contact us at:

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority in Nigeria.