Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how LEADUS — Sole Proprietorship / Individual Founder ("LEADUS", "we", "us") collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you use the LEADUS platform.

By using LEADUS, you acknowledge the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information we collect

Depending on how you use LEADUS, we may collect:

• Name and account information.
• Email address and other registration information.
• Login and authentication information.
• Business profile information you provide.
• Leads, notes, lists, messages, and other information you create within LEADUS.
• Information about your use of the platform, including searches, features used, and interactions.
• Device, browser, IP address, and technical information necessary to operate and secure the platform.
• Payment and subscription information where you purchase a paid LEADUS plan. Payment details may be processed directly by third-party payment providers.

2. Business information

LEADUS may display publicly available business information obtained from public sources or authorised third-party services.

This information may include:

• Business names.
• Business categories.
• Locations.
• Public websites.
• Public business contact information.
• Ratings and review counts.
• Public business profile information.

LEADUS does not claim ownership of information belonging to third parties.

3. How we use information

We may use collected information to:

• Create and manage your LEADUS account.
• Provide, maintain, and improve LEADUS.
• Help you discover and organise business leads.
• Provide search and lead-generation functionality.
• Provide customer support.
• Process subscriptions and payments.
• Detect fraud, abuse, security threats, and violations of our Terms.
• Monitor and improve platform performance.
• Communicate with you about your account, service updates, security matters, and important changes.
• Comply with applicable legal obligations.

4. How we share information

We do not sell your personal information as a business model.

We may share information with trusted service providers where necessary to operate LEADUS. These may include:

• Cloud hosting providers.
• Authentication providers.
• Payment providers.
• Email providers.
• Mapping and business-data providers.
• Communication providers.
• Analytics and security providers.

These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable agreements.

We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process, or where reasonably necessary to protect LEADUS, our users, or third parties.

5. User-generated content

Information you create or upload to LEADUS, including lead lists, notes, messages, and other content, may be processed and stored to provide the features you request.

You remain responsible for ensuring that information you upload or process through LEADUS is lawful and that you have the necessary rights or permissions to use it.

6. Data security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.

However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security.

7. Data retention

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, maintain accounts, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and protect the security of LEADUS.

When information is no longer reasonably required, we may delete or anonymise it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

8. Account deletion

You may request deletion of your LEADUS account by contacting us at:

chipraise14@gmail.com

Some information may need to be retained where required by law or reasonably necessary for legitimate business purposes such as fraud prevention, security, dispute resolution, or financial records.

9. Third-party services

LEADUS may integrate with third-party services such as mapping providers, business-data providers, payment processors, communication services, authentication services, and cloud infrastructure.

Your use of those services may be subject to their own terms and privacy policies.

LEADUS is not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services outside our control.

10. Children's privacy

LEADUS is intended for users who are at least 18 years old.

We do not knowingly provide accounts to individuals under 18. If we become aware that an individual under 18 has provided personal information, we may take reasonable steps to delete the information and terminate the associated account.

11. International data processing

Depending on the services we use, your information may be processed or stored in countries outside Nigeria.

Where required by applicable law, we will take reasonable steps to ensure appropriate safeguards are applied to such processing.

12. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.

When we make material changes, we may notify users through LEADUS or other appropriate communication channels.

13. Contact

Legal entity: LEADUS — Sole Proprietorship / Individual Founder

Business address: Tailba Road, opposite FUTMINNA GK, Niger State, Nigeria

Privacy and support contact: chipraise14@gmail.com