Privacy Policy

Effective 29 August 2026 · Version 2026-08-v1

1. Who is responsible for your information?

RYLA Next is owned and operated by Iretura Limited. Iretura Limited is responsible for personal information processed through RYLA Next, subject to applicable Nigerian data-protection law.

2. Information we may collect

Depending on your relationship with RYLA Next, information may include:

• name and contact details;
• date of birth or age information;
• school, organisation or professional information;
• location information supplied by you;
• skills, interests and career goals;
• mentorship needs and activities;
• profile photographs and biographies;
• social or professional profile links;
• leadership and programme participation;
• applications for opportunities;
• project, learning and impact records;
• emergency contact information;
• guardian information where required;
• consent and policy-acceptance records; and
• reasonable technical and security information relating to platform use.

3. Why we use information

Personal information may be used to:

• create and administer accounts;
• provide platform functions;
• coordinate mentorship;
• support mentor matching;
• administer learning and leadership activities;
• manage elections and community projects;
• identify or facilitate appropriate opportunities;
• communicate with users;
• protect users and platform security;
• support safeguarding and welfare;
• recognise achievements;
• improve RYLA Next; and
• meet applicable legal obligations.

4. Young participants

RYLA Next recognises that children and young people require additional privacy and safeguarding protection.

Where a participant is below the age at which they can independently provide the required consent, RYLA Next may require verifiable consent or authorisation from a parent or lawful guardian.

Information concerning young participants should be limited to what is reasonably necessary for participation, development, safeguarding and programme administration.

Iretura Limited does not sell children's personal information.

5. Mentors

Mentors should receive only information reasonably necessary for legitimate mentorship activities.

Access to a Nexter's information does not authorise a mentor to publish, sell, commercially exploit or use that information for unrelated purposes.

6. Partners and opportunity providers

RYLA Next does not intend to provide unrestricted access to its membership database to partners.

Where a Nexter chooses to pursue an external opportunity, relevant information may be provided to the relevant organisation where authorised, requested by the Nexter or otherwise permitted by applicable law.

7. Photographs, video and testimonials

RYLA Next activities may be photographed or recorded for legitimate documentation purposes.

Where identifiable photographs, videos, audio, testimonials or personal stories are intended for publicity or promotional use, separate consent may be requested where appropriate.

Where the participant is a minor, appropriate parent or guardian permission may also be required.

8. Welfare and emergency information

Emergency-contact and welfare information is treated as restricted information and should only be accessible to authorised persons where reasonably necessary for participant welfare, safeguarding or administration.

9. Security

Iretura Limited will use reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, loss or destruction.

Users are also responsible for protecting their passwords and access credentials.

10. Retention

Information will be retained for only as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including legitimate programme, safeguarding, administrative, security and legal requirements.

11. Your choices and rights

Subject to applicable law, users may request access to or correction of personal information and may have rights concerning deletion, restriction, objection, portability or withdrawal of certain consent.

Withdrawal of optional consent will not ordinarily affect processing that occurred lawfully before withdrawal.

12. Policy changes

This Privacy Policy may be updated. Where a material change affects the basis on which personal information is processed, users may be asked to review or accept the updated policy.