We may collect the following categories of information:

• Information you give us directly: such as your name, company name, job title, email address, phone number, and any details you include when you book a consultation, register for training, submit a contact form, or subscribe to our newsletter.
• Engagement information: financial, corporate and other business information you or your organisation share with us in the course of an accounting, advisory, tax, audit or training engagement.
• Technical information: such as your IP address, browser type, device information, and pages visited, collected automatically when you use this website.
• Communications: records of correspondence when you contact us by phone, email or WhatsApp.

We do not knowingly collect information from children, and this website is not directed at children.

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to consultation requests and enquiries;
• Process training registrations and administer course delivery;
• Deliver the accounting, advisory, tax, audit, procurement, risk, BI and other services you engage us for;
• Send newsletters or updates you have opted in to receive;
• Maintain, secure and improve this website;
• Meet our legal, regulatory and professional obligations, including client due diligence and record-keeping requirements; and
• Protect against fraud, misuse and security incidents.

We process personal information on the basis of your consent, the performance of a contract or engagement with you, our legitimate business interests, or compliance with a legal obligation, as applicable.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share it with:

• Staff and contractors of APL who need it to deliver a requested service;
• Professional advisors, regulators or correspondent firms where necessary to complete an engagement or comply with professional standards;
• Our email delivery provider, which we use solely to transmit consultation and training form submissions to our team by email;
• Google, via Google Analytics, which we use to understand website traffic and usage patterns;
• Other service providers who support our operations, such as website hosting, under confidentiality obligations;
• Government bodies, regulators or law enforcement where required by law; and
• A successor entity in the event of a merger, acquisition or restructuring of APL.

This website uses cookies and similar technologies for two purposes:

• Preference cookies — used to remember your choice of light or dark mode. These do not identify you and are not shared with any third party.
• Analytics cookies — we use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use this website, such as which pages are viewed and how long visitors stay. Google Analytics sets cookies (such as _ga) that collect information including your approximate location, device and browser type, and browsing behaviour on this site. This information is processed by Google in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy.

You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings, or opt out of Google Analytics specifically using the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. Disabling cookies may affect some website functionality.

We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide our services, satisfy the purposes described in this Policy, and meet legal, regulatory, accounting or reporting requirements: after which it is securely deleted or anonymised.

We apply reasonable administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect personal information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Subject to applicable law, you may have the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you;
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information;
• Request deletion of your personal information, subject to our legal and professional retention obligations;
• Object to or restrict certain processing of your information; and
• Withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us using the details in the “Contact us” section below.

This website may link to third-party websites, including WhatsApp and social media platforms. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of those third parties, and we encourage you to review their privacy policies separately.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our practices or for legal or operational reasons. The “Last updated” date at the top of this page indicates when this Policy was last revised. We encourage you to review it periodically.

Questions about this Privacy Policy can be directed to our mail: support@akkountancypro.com, or you can reach us at +234 701 506 0782 or +234 815 051 0000. Alternatively, visit our Contact page.