1. Who we are
The Edge (“The Edge,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is an Islamic e-learning and teacher-sourcing platform connecting families and learners across Nigeria with profiled home tutors and Asaatiz. For the purposes of the NDPA, The Edge is the data controller responsible for the personal data described in this policy.
Our registered office is at Duplex 3, No. 9 Tobun Street, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria. You can reach us on +234 803 370 1705 or by email at emadrasa01@gmail.com. Questions about data protection can be directed to our Data Protection Officer at emadrasa01@gmail.com.
2. Information we collect
We collect only what we need to match learners with the right teachers, run lessons, take payment, and keep everyone safe.
From parents, guardians and adult learners
- Name, email address, phone number, and account login details.
- Home area or address, which we use to match you with teachers near you.
- Payment details, handled securely by our payment processor — we do not store full card numbers ourselves.
About students (including children)
- The student’s name, age or learning level, and the subjects they are studying.
- Lesson records, assessments, and progress notes kept in the student’s profile.
From teachers and Asaatiz
- Name, contact details, location, photograph, and a profile of qualifications and experience.
- Identity and background-verification documents used to vet and confirm who you are.
- Bank or payout details, used only to pay you.
Automatically, when you use the platform
- Basic device and usage information (such as pages viewed and approximate location), and cookie data — see section 10.
3. Why we use it & our lawful basis
Under the NDPA we must have a lawful basis for every use of your data. Ours are:
- To perform our contract with you — creating accounts, matching learners with teachers, running bookings, processing payments, and keeping lesson and assessment records.
- Your consent — for optional things such as marketing updates, and for processing a child’s data (see section 4). You may withdraw consent at any time.
- Our legitimate interests — vetting teachers, keeping the platform safe and secure, preventing fraud, and improving our service, where this does not override your rights.
- Legal obligations — where the law requires us to keep or disclose certain records.
Where any matching or ranking is done automatically, you have the right to ask for human review — see section 9.
4. Children’s data
Protecting children is central to what The Edge does, and the NDPA sets a high standard here. Under the Act, a child is anyone under 18 years of age, and a child’s personal data is treated with the same level of care as sensitive data.
- We collect and process a child’s data only with the verified consent of a parent or legal guardian, who sets up and controls the student’s profile.
- We take reasonable steps to verify age and consent, which may include confirming the identity of the consenting parent or guardian.
- A parent or guardian can view, correct, or request deletion of their child’s data at any time, and can withdraw consent.
- We do not use children’s data for marketing, and we share it only with the assigned teacher and only to the extent needed to teach and assess the child.
6. Storage & cross-border transfers
Some of the service providers we rely on store data on servers outside Nigeria. Where personal data leaves Nigeria, we only transfer it in line with Part VIII of the NDPA — that is, to countries or providers that offer an adequate level of protection, or under appropriate safeguards and contractual protections.
7. How we protect your data
We apply appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your data secure, including encryption in transit, restricted access on a need-to-know basis, and regular review of our systems. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and to respond quickly if something goes wrong.
8. How long we keep it
We keep personal data only for as long as needed for the purposes described here — for example, while you hold an account and for a reasonable period afterwards to meet legal, tax, and record-keeping obligations. When data is no longer needed, we securely delete or anonymise it.
9. Your rights
Under the NDPA you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you;
- Correct data that is inaccurate or incomplete;
- Delete your data where there is no lawful reason to keep it;
- Restrict or object to certain processing;
- Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing already carried out;
- Receive your data in a portable format (data portability); and
- Ask for human review of any decision made solely by automated means.
To exercise any of these, contact us using the details in section 14. We will respond without undue delay and at no cost in ordinary cases.
11. Data breaches
If a personal-data breach occurs that is likely to put your rights at risk, we will report it to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission within 72 hours of becoming aware of it, and we will tell affected individuals promptly where there is a high risk to them.
12. Complaints
If you are concerned about how we handle your data, please contact us first so we can put it right. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the regulator, the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC), at ndpc.gov.ng.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will update the date at the top and, where appropriate, let you know directly.
14. Contact us
The Edge
Duplex 3, No. 9 Tobun Street, Yaba, Lagos, Nigeria
Phone: +234 803 370 1705
Email: emadrasa01@gmail.com
Data Protection Officer: emadrasa01@gmail.com