This Privacy Policy explains how PayGuard Talent (“we”, “us”, “our”) collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you visit https://travels.payguard.org.ng or https://travels.payguard.ng, submit forms, or otherwise communicate with us.

This document is intended to reflect the standards expected of a serious international organisation. It does not constitute legal advice. For jurisdiction-specific counsel, please consult a qualified professional.

Identity and contact data: name, email address, phone number, and similar details you provide.

Enquiry data: messages, preferred destinations or sectors, audience type (employer, candidate, student, parent, partner), and career or partnership interest information.

Technical data: IP address, browser type, device information, referring URLs, and approximate location derived from IP—collected automatically for security and performance.

Communication preferences: newsletter opt-ins or marketing choices where offered.

To respond to consultations, employer and institutional partnership enquiries, career expressions of interest, and support requests.

To provide counselling, preparation, and programme information relevant to your stated goals.

To improve website performance, accessibility, and content quality.

To protect against spam, abuse, fraud, and security threats (including rate limiting and bot challenges).

To comply with applicable legal obligations.

Depending on applicable law, we may process data based on consent, contractual necessity (or steps prior to a contract), legitimate interests (such as securing our services and responding to enquiries), and legal obligation.

We may use essential cookies required for security and site operation. Analytics or marketing cookies, if introduced, will be described in our Cookie Policy and controlled through appropriate consent mechanisms where required.

We do not sell personal information.

We may share data with service providers who process information on our behalf (for example email delivery, hosting, or security services), under appropriate contractual safeguards.

We may disclose information when required by law, regulation, or valid legal process, or to protect rights, safety, and security.

If you later submit identity documents, academic records, or financial evidence through approved channels, those materials will be handled with heightened care and accessed only by authorised personnel for legitimate service purposes. Do not email highly sensitive documents unless we specifically request a secure channel.

We retain personal information only as long as needed for the purposes described, including dispute resolution, security logging, and legal compliance. Retention periods vary by record type.

We implement administrative, technical, and organisational measures designed to protect personal information, including transport encryption in production, access controls, security headers, input validation, and abuse prevention on forms. No method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure.

Because we work with international pathways, information may be processed in Nigeria and other countries where our providers or partners operate. We take steps appropriate to the context to protect information during such transfers.

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is consent-based. Contact us using the details below to exercise rights.

Our services are directed to adults and mature students making education or career decisions, often with parental involvement. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in a manner incompatible with applicable law.

Privacy enquiries: travels@payguard.org.ng. Postal/office reference: Agwa, Kaduna, Nigeria.

We will update this policy as our services evolve. Material changes will be reflected by revising the effective date on this page.