Your Data, Protected by Design.

This Privacy Policy explains how Juriska Limited ("Juriska", "we", "us" or "our"), a Nigerian LegalTech company, collects, uses, discloses and protects personal data in connection with the Juriska website, applications, platform, software, tools, products and related services (collectively, the "Platform" or "Services").

We process personal data in accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 ("NDPA"), applicable regulations, directives and guidance of the Nigeria Data Protection Commission ("NDPC"), and, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and other data-protection requirements.

This Policy applies to clients, lawyers, law firms, businesses and other users of the Platform. By using Juriska, you acknowledge the practices described in this Policy.

Account and profile information: name, email address, phone number, credentials (stored securely), photograph, professional role and other details you provide when registering or updating your profile.

Professional and verification information: for lawyers and law firms, identity documents, enrolment or call-to-bar details, qualifications, firm affiliation, practice areas, years of experience and other information submitted for verification.

Engagement and transaction information: consultation requests, bookings, messages, documents you upload, payment and billing records, and records of services requested or provided.

Usage and device information: technical data such as IP address, browser type, device identifiers, pages visited, feature usage and similar analytics collected through cookies and similar technologies.

We apply data minimisation: we collect only what is reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Policy.

We use personal data to create and secure accounts, verify users and lawyers, provide and improve the Services, facilitate consultations and transactions, process payments, enable communications between users and deliver customer support.

We also use personal data to protect the security and integrity of the Platform, prevent fraud and abuse, comply with legal and regulatory obligations and, where appropriate and lawful, send service updates and marketing communications.

Legal documents and communications processed through the Platform are handled in accordance with applicable confidentiality, security and contractual obligations.

Performance of a contract: processing necessary to provide the Services you have requested or subscribed to.

Compliance with legal obligations: processing required to comply with applicable law, regulation, professional rules or regulatory requirements.

Legitimate interests: processing that supports security, fraud prevention, Platform improvement and administration, balanced against your rights and interests.

Consent: processing based on your consent, which you may withdraw at any time without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.

We share personal data with service providers who support the Platform, such as cloud infrastructure providers, payment processors, communications tools, analytics providers, identity-verification services and AI providers, under appropriate contractual and security arrangements.

Where you engage a lawyer or law firm through the Platform, relevant information is shared with that professional to the extent necessary to provide the engagement.

We may disclose personal data where required by law, regulation, court order or a competent authority, or to protect the rights, property or safety of Juriska, its users or the public.

In connection with a lawful restructuring, investment, merger, acquisition or transfer of business, personal data may be transferred subject to applicable law and this Policy.

We retain personal data only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this Policy, including to provide Services, comply with legal and regulatory obligations, resolve disputes and prevent fraud.

Information may be retained after account closure where required for law, dispute management, fraud prevention, security or legitimate record-keeping.

Retention periods take account of the nature of the data, the purposes of processing and applicable legal requirements.

Juriska applies proportionate technical and organisational measures intended to protect personal data, including access controls, encryption in transit and at rest where appropriate, and secure infrastructure and development practices.

No internet-based system can guarantee absolute security. Users are responsible for protecting their credentials and devices and should promptly report suspected unauthorised access.

Confidential client documents are handled in accordance with applicable confidentiality, security and contractual obligations.

Where personal data is transferred outside Nigeria, we apply appropriate safeguards, including standard contractual clauses or other lawful transfer mechanisms recognised under the NDPA or GDPR, as applicable.

Cross-border transfers are addressed in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements and are limited to what is reasonably necessary to provide the Services.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to access, rectify, erase or restrict the processing of your personal data, to object to processing, to data portability, and not to be subject to decisions based solely on automated processing where such decisions produce legal or similarly significant effects.

Where processing is based on consent, you may withdraw consent at any time.

To exercise these rights, contact us using the details in the Contact section. We will respond within the timeframes required by applicable law.

The Platform is intended for users with legal capacity to enter a binding agreement and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

If you believe a child has provided personal data to us, please contact us so that we can take appropriate action.

We use cookies and similar technologies strictly required for session security, authentication and Platform performance, as well as analytics technologies that help us understand usage and improve the Platform.

You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of the Platform.

Our Cookie and Analytics Policy provides further detail on the cookies we use.

Juriska may use artificial intelligence, machine learning and other automated systems to support legal research, drafting, summarisation, document analysis, information retrieval, contract review and workflow assistance.

Where automated processing is used, we apply appropriate safeguards and do not rely on automated decisions alone where they would produce legal or similarly significant effects on users, unless lawfully permitted.

Lawyers using Juriska's AI tools remain responsible for legal work delivered to their clients.

The Platform may integrate or link to third-party services, including payment processors, cloud providers, identity-verification services and other technology providers.

Those services may have separate terms and privacy practices. We encourage you to review their policies before providing personal data.

We are not responsible for the privacy practices of independent third parties beyond our reasonable control.

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in law, regulation, technology, security, our products or our operations.

Material changes will be communicated where required. The revised Policy will state its effective date.

Continued use of the Platform after a validly notified change constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.

If you have a concern about how we process personal data, please contact us first so that we can try to resolve it.

You may also lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission or another competent supervisory authority, as applicable.

Questions about this Privacy Policy or requests to exercise data-protection rights may be sent to: Juriska Limited, Nigeria.

Website: www.juriska.com.

Email: info@juriska.com.