Africoders (“we”, “us”) operates africoders.com and related apps as the Career Operating System for African Builders. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. For cookie categories, see the Cookie Policy and Cookie settings.
1. Who we are
Africoders provides learning, Builder Passports, challenges, collaboration, opportunities, experts, Studio, and developer tools. Privacy questions: privacy@africoders.com.
2. Information we collect
Account and profile
Name, email, username, password (hashed), persona/onboarding answers, headline, skills, location, bio, links (e.g. GitHub), Passport projects, availability, and similar profile fields you choose to provide.
Product activity
Course progress, challenge submissions, collaboration applications, opportunity applications, messages metadata needed to deliver Inbox, expert bookings, billing events, and support tickets.
Technical and device data
IP address, browser/app version, device type, approximate region, cookies and similar identifiers, crash diagnostics (when enabled), and security logs.
Payments
We do not store full card numbers. Payment processors handle card data; we receive status, amounts, and references needed for entitlements and receipts.
3. How we use information
- Provide and secure the Career OS: accounts, Passports, learning, challenges, hiring surfaces, experts, Studio.
- Personalise home modules, Aurora coaching context, and recommendations based on persona and progress.
- Process payments, prevent fraud, and enforce Acceptable Use.
- Communicate service messages (security, billing, booking). Marketing email only where permitted and with unsubscribe.
- Improve products using aggregated analytics when you allow analytics cookies (web) or in-app privacy choices (mobile).
- Comply with law and respond to lawful requests.
4. Passport visibility and discovery
You control whether your Builder Passport is public or private. Public Passports may appear in discovery for signed-in members and, where you allow indexing, in limited public SEO contexts. Private Passports are not listed for guests. Community feeds and member chats are not a public open directory.
5. Sharing
We do not sell your personal data. We may share:
- With employers or collaborators you choose — e.g. opportunity applications, collaboration applications, expert session briefs.
- Service providers — hosting, email delivery, analytics (with consent), payment processors, error monitoring — under contracts that limit use.
- Legal and safety — when required by law or to protect users and the platform.
- Business transfers — if we reorganise or sell assets, with notice where required.
6. International processing
Infrastructure and vendors may process data in multiple countries. We use appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers where required (contractual clauses, processor agreements).
7. Retention
We keep account data while your account is active. After deletion requests we remove or anonymise personal data within a reasonable period, except records we must keep for legal, security, or financial reasons (e.g. invoices, fraud logs). Operational analytics events are pruned on a schedule; see Cookie Policy for consent retention.
8. Security
We use encryption in transit, access controls, hashed passwords, and monitoring. No system is perfect — please use a unique password and enable available account protections. Report suspected breaches to support@africoders.com.
9. Your rights and choices
- Access and update profile data in settings.
- Request a copy of your data or deletion of your account (subject to legal holds).
- Control Passport visibility and marketing preferences.
- Manage cookies via Cookie settings.
- Object to or restrict certain processing where applicable law provides that right.
Email privacy@africoders.com to exercise rights we cannot complete in-product. We may need to verify your identity.
10. Children
You must meet the minimum age in our Terms (generally 16+, or older where local law requires). Student features are designed with parental guidance in mind; parents should review the Student Hub parent guide. We do not knowingly collect data from children below the permitted age — contact us to delete if you believe we have.
11. Changes
We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected by the “Last updated” date and, when appropriate, an in-product notice. Continued use after updates constitutes acceptance where permitted by law.
12. Contact
Privacy: privacy@africoders.com. General support: support@africoders.com. Or use Contact.