Privacy Policy for Birdling Technologies Ltd.
Last Updated: August 13, 2025
1. Introduction
Welcome to The Birdling. Birdling Technologies Limited ("we," "us," "our") is committed to protecting your privacy and handling your personal data in an open and transparent manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information of visitors to our website, www.thebirdling.com (the "Site"), and clients who use our services. This policy is prepared in compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) and other applicable data protection laws.
2. Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following types of personal data:
Data You Provide to Us Directly:
Contact Information: When you fill out our "Book a Threat Briefing" form or contact us via email, we collect information such as your full name, work email address, phone number, company name, and any other information you provide in your message.
Client Data: When you become a client, we may collect additional information necessary to provide our services, such as billing details and information about your technical environment.
Data We Collect Automatically:
Usage Data: We may collect information about how you interact with our Site. This includes your IP address, browser type, operating system, referral URLs, pages viewed, and the dates and times of your visits.
Cookies and Similar Technologies: We use cookies to operate and administer our Site and to improve your experience. A cookie is a piece of information sent to your browser from a website and stored on your computer's hard drive. You can control the use of cookies at the individual browser level.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use the personal data we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide and Manage Our Services: To respond to your inquiries, schedule briefings, and deliver the Managed Defense and Security Assessment services you request.
To Communicate With You: To send you administrative information, service updates, and marketing communications that you have consented to receive.
To Improve Our Site: To analyze usage trends and to monitor and improve the performance, content, and usability of our website.
For Security and Compliance: To protect the security and integrity of our systems, to prevent fraud, and to comply with our legal obligations and regulatory requirements.
4. Legal Basis for Processing
Under the NDPR, our legal basis for processing your personal data includes:
Consent: Where you have given us explicit consent to process your data for a specific purpose (e.g., subscribing to our newsletter).
Contract: Where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you (e.g., providing our services).
Legitimate Interests: Where processing is necessary for our legitimate interests (e.g., improving our Site), provided these interests are not overridden by your fundamental rights and freedoms.
5. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal data. We may share your information only in the following limited circumstances:
Service Providers & Partners: We may share information with trusted third-party vendors and partners who provide services on our behalf, such as our technology partners (e.g., SOC platform providers) who help us deliver our Managed Defense services. These partners are contractually obligated to protect your data and use it only for the purposes for which it was disclosed.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect and defend our rights or property, or in urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of the Site or the public.
6. Data Security
We take the security of your personal data very seriously. We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free.
7. Your Data Protection Rights
Under the NDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
The right to access a copy of your personal data.
The right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data.
The right to request the deletion of your personal data.
The right to object to the processing of your personal data.
The right to withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at legal@thebirdling.com.
8. Data Retention
We will retain your personal data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, or as required to comply with our legal obligations.
9. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last revised. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Birdling Technologies Limited
Email: legal@thebirdling.com