Privacy Policy & Data Rights

1. The Identity of the Data Controller

For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation, the designated Data Controller responsible for your personal and commercial data on WaSellio.com is:

2. Categories of Information We Collect

We collect only the minimum necessary data required to provision storefront services, format orders, prevent cyber fraud, and maintain platform stability:

A. Information Provided Directly by Merchants

• Account Identification: Full name, business email address, WhatsApp telephone number, and secure password (encrypted via BCrypt).
• Store Profile Details: Business name, unique store handle/slug, logo, brand banner images, delivery zones, state/city location, and social media handles.
• Catalog & Product Data: Product titles, descriptions, pricing tiers, product photos, variant configurations, and inventory numbers.
• Merchant Verification Documents (Optional): CAC certificates, tax numbers, and government-issued identification submitted voluntarily by sellers seeking a verified merchant badge.

B. Information Processed for End Buyers (Storefront Shoppers)

When a customer places an order on a merchant's WaSellio catalog, WaSellio temporarily processes their customer name, delivery address, phone number, and chosen items to format the WhatsApp dispatch message and store the order record for the merchant's dashboard.

C. Technical, Device, & Telemetry Data

• Internet Protocol (IP) addresses, browser user-agent, operating system, and language settings.
• Referring URLs, page view timestamps, and interaction durations.
• Error diagnostic logs collected strictly for debugging server faults and stopping malicious attacks.

3. How We Use Your Information (Purposes & Legal Basis)

Dantops Technology Enterprise processes personal and commercial data under the following legal bases:

1. Contractual Performance: To create your account, configure your storefront, host your product photos, calculate shipping surcharges, generate digital business cards, and format order dispatch links.
2. Platform Security & Fraud Prevention: To prevent fraudulent stores, detect phishing attempts, mitigate spam bots, and enforce our anti-counterfeit policies.
3. Legal & Regulatory Compliance: To comply with mandatory statutory directives under Nigerian tax laws, corporate disclosures, and court subpoenas.
4. Legitimate Commercial Interests: To optimize server performance, monitor system latency, and enhance features based on anonymized usage metrics.

4. Strict Zero-Sale Policy on Personal Data

We do not sell, rent, lease, or monetize your personal or business data to data brokers, advertisers, or third-party telemarketers under any circumstances.

We share data only with essential, trusted technical partners strictly required to keep the service operational:

• Payment Gateways: Licensed processors (Paystack, Flutterwave, Razorpay) solely to execute authorized subscription billing and customer checkouts.
• Cloud & Infrastructure Providers: Secure enterprise hosting, SSD database storage, and email delivery servers (operating under strict confidentiality agreements).
• Law Enforcement Authorities: Solely when compelled by a valid court warrant or formal statutory request issued under Nigerian or international cybercrime laws.

5. Cookies & Browser Storage

WaSellio utilizes essential session cookies and local storage tokens to provide a seamless user experience:

• Authentication Cookies: To keep you securely logged into your merchant dashboard.
• Security Tokens (CSRF): To prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery and unauthorized form submissions.
• Shopping Cart Local Storage: To prevent shoppers from losing their selected items when browsing products on mobile networks.

You can disable non-essential cookies via your browser settings; however, disabling essential session cookies will prevent login to your store dashboard.

6. Data Security & Encryption Standards

Dantops Technology Enterprise employs enterprise-grade technical and organizational safeguards:

• End-to-End SSL/TLS Encryption: All web traffic to and from WaSellio.com is encrypted using modern 256-bit TLS encryption.
• Cryptographic Password Hashing: Passwords are never stored in plaintext and are salted and hashed using the industry-standard BCrypt algorithm.
• Hardened Access Controls: Production databases are protected by multi-tier firewalls, restricted IP whitelists, and internal access segregation.

7. Your Statutory Data Rights (NDPA & GDPR)

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act and international data protection conventions, you possess comprehensive rights over your personal data:

• Right to Access: You can request a copy of all personal data held about you by Dantops Technology Enterprise.
• Right to Rectification: You can update or correct any incomplete or inaccurate store profile and contact information at any time via your settings.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to Be Forgotten"): You have the right to request the permanent deletion of your store, account, and uploaded product images.
• Right to Data Portability: You can export your order history and product catalog data in standard formats.
• Right to Withdraw Consent: Where data processing is based on consent, you may withdraw it at any time.

To exercise any of these rights, simply email our Data Protection Officer at [email protected]. We will process your request free of charge within thirty (30) days.

8. Retention & Deletion Schedule

We retain your store records and customer interaction data for as long as your merchant account remains active. If you delete your account or remain inactive for over twelve (12) consecutive months without an active storefront, we schedule your store data for automated secure purging, except where financial transaction records must be retained to satisfy Nigerian statutory accounting regulations.

9. Contact Our Data Protection Officer

For any questions, complaints, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data processing practices, please reach out to our legal and data protection team: