Privacy Policy for Nobles’ Academy

Effective Date: July 1, 2025

Nobles’ Academy (referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”), owned and operated by Thy Nobles, runs the online learning platform Nobles’ Academy. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, process, and disclose your information when you access or use our services. We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data with transparency and care.

By accessing or using Nobles’ Academy, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

1. Information We Collect

We collect various types of information to provide and improve our services to you.

  • A. Information You Provide to Us:

    • Account Information: When you register for an account, we collect personal details such as your name, email address, phone number, and password.

    • Profile Information: You may choose to provide additional information for your profile, such as your academic background, professional experience, interests, and a profile picture.

    • Payment Information: When you purchase a course, we collect payment details. While we do not directly store your full credit card details, payment processing is handled by secure third-party payment gateways Paystack, in Naira. We receive transaction details from these processors.

    • Communications: When you communicate with us e.g., customer support inquiries, feedback, survey responses, we collect the content of those communications.

    • Course Content: If you are an instructor or tutor, we collect the course materials, videos, and other content you upload to the platform.

    • Community Interactions: Information you post in forums, discussion groups, live chats, or any other public or private communication features on our platform.

  • B. Information Collected Automatically:

    • Usage Data: We collect information about your interactions with our platform, such as courses viewed, lessons completed, search queries, pages visited, and the dates and times of your access.

    • Device Information: We may collect information about the device you use to access our services, including IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.

    • Location Data: We may collect general location information to optimize your experience, such as showing relevant content or local pricing.

    • Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are sent to your browser from a website and stored on your device. These are used for authentication, remembering your preferences, analyzing site traffic, and advertising. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for various purposes, including:

  • To Provide and Maintain Our Service: Including creating and managing your account, processing your transactions, providing access to courses (both ours and our partners’), and delivering technical support.

  • To Personalize Your Experience: To tailor content, recommend relevant courses, and display personalized advertising based on your interests and usage.

  • To Communicate With You: To send you updates, notifications about course progress, service announcements, promotional offers, and respond to your inquiries.

  • To Improve Our Service: To understand how our platform is used, analyze trends, develop new features, and enhance the overall user experience.

  • For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect Nobles’ Academy, our users, and partners from fraudulent activities, unauthorized access, and other security threats.

  • For Legal Compliance: To comply with legal obligations, enforce our Terms and Conditions, and resolve disputes.

  • For Marketing and Advertising: To show you relevant ads on our platform and third-party websites based on your activity, and to measure the effectiveness of our campaigns.

3. Sharing and Disclosure of Your Information

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

  • With Instructors and Course Providers: If you enroll in a course, relevant information (e.g., your name, progress, performance) may be shared with the instructors and/or the partner institution providing that course to facilitate learning and support.

  • With Service Providers: We engage third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service, provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services, or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used. These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

  • For Business Transfers: If Nobles’ Academy is involved in a merger, acquisition, asset sale, or bankruptcy, your Personal Data may be transferred as a business asset.

  • For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities or to protect the rights, property, or safety of Nobles’ Academy, our users, or the public.

  • With Your Consent: We may share your information with other third parties when we have your explicit consent to do so.

  • Aggregated or Anonymized Data: We may share aggregated or de-identified information that cannot reasonably be used to identify you.

4. Data Security

The security of your data is paramount to us. We implement reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use, alteration, and disclosure. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Data Retention

We will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes.

6. Your Data Protection Rights

In accordance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) and other applicable laws, you have certain rights regarding your personal data:

  • The Right to Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.

  • The Right to Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or complete information you believe is incomplete.

  • The Right to Erasure (Right to be Forgotten): You have the right to request that we erase your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The Right to Restrict Processing: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.

  • The Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

  • The Right to Withdraw Consent: Where we rely on your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@thynobles.com.ng or 08165164092. We will respond to your request within a reasonable timeframe.

7. Third-Party Websites and Services

Our Service may contain links to third-party websites or services that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

8. Children’s Privacy

Nobles’ Academy is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 18 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the “Effective Date” at the top. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: