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Privacy Policy
This policy explains how Media Icons Limited (trading as Media Icons Africa), of Lagos, Nigeria ("we", "us"), collects and uses personal data when you watch Asiko TV, visit our websites, or contact us. It covers asiko.africa, asiko.live, mediaiconsafrica.com, fastonafrica.com, the Asiko TV apps, and our other channels and services that link to it (together, the "Services").
We are the data controller. We follow the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA) and, where they apply to you, the UK GDPR and EU GDPR.
1. What we collect
When you watch. You do not need an account to watch Asiko TV. To deliver the stream, our streaming and delivery providers receive your IP address, device and browser type, and the requests your player makes. We do not use this to identify you.
When you contact us or sign up. If you enquire about advertising, list a channel, apply as a creator, request a test run, or send us a message, we collect what you give us: your name, email, phone number, company or channel name, country, links to your content, files you upload (such as logos or reels), and your message.
When you message us on WhatsApp or by email. We receive your number or address and what you send. WhatsApp and email providers process these messages under their own terms.
When we do business together. For partners, advertisers and suppliers we keep contact details, contracts, invoices and payment records.
We do not ask for sensitive data (such as health, religion or political views), and we ask you not to send it.
2. How we use it, and our legal basis
| Purpose | Legal basis |
|---|---|
| Delivering the stream, keeping it secure, and preventing abuse or unauthorised copying | Legitimate interests |
| Replying to your enquiry, assessing a channel or creator, and preparing a proposal | Steps you ask for before a contract; legitimate interests |
| Running agreements with partners, advertisers and suppliers, including billing | Contract |
| Accounting, tax and responding to lawful requests | Legal obligation |
| Sending news about Asiko TV and our services | Your consent, which you can withdraw at any time |
| Counting viewers and minutes watched (see section 3), and improving the Services using totals that do not identify anyone | Legitimate interests |
We do not sell personal data. We do not make decisions about you by automated means alone that have legal or similarly significant effects.
3. Cookies and storage on your device
asiko.africa saves a few small settings in your browser, such as the last channel and category you chose. These stay on your device.
Counting viewers. To count how many people watch and for how long, the player also creates a random ID in your browser. While a channel is playing on your screen, once a minute it sends us that ID and the channel you are watching. When you open the site it also sends, once, the ID with a few general details: the website or link that brought you, your device's time zone (which tells us roughly which country you are in), your language setting, and the type of device, operating system and browser. The ID does not contain your name, and we do not link it to your IP address or to anything else that identifies you. We use it only to count visitors, viewers and minutes watched, per channel, per country and per day, and we share only totals with advertisers and partners. Clearing your browser data deletes the ID; the player will then make a new one.
We do not currently use advertising cookies or third-party tracking on our websites. If we add analytics or advertising that needs your consent, we will ask first and update this policy.
When advertising starts on Asiko TV, ads will be inserted into the stream on our servers. Choosing and counting ads may use your IP address and device type, which we will use only in aggregated or non-identifying form. Where the law requires consent for this, we will ask for it.
4. Who we share it with
We share personal data only with:
- Service providers who work for us, under contract and confidentiality. These include our streaming and scheduling platform (Eyevinn Open Source Cloud, Sweden), video storage and delivery network (bunny.net, Slovenia, with servers worldwide), web hosting, and email, messaging and customer-relationship tools.
- A channel partner or advertiser, when you ask us to introduce you.
- Professional advisers (lawyers, accountants and auditors), under confidentiality.
- Authorities, when the law requires it.
- A buyer or investor, if all or part of our business is sold, reorganised or financed, under confidentiality and only as needed.
5. International transfers
Some of our providers process data outside Nigeria, mainly in the European Union, and their delivery networks operate worldwide. When data leaves Nigeria, the UK or the EU, we rely on a lawful basis for the transfer under the NDPA and GDPR. Examples include an adequacy decision, standard contractual clauses, or your request (such as contacting us across borders).
6. How long we keep it
- Enquiries that do not lead to an agreement: up to 24 months after our last contact.
- Contracts, invoices and business records: 6 years after the relationship ends, for tax and legal claims.
- Marketing contacts: until you unsubscribe or withdraw consent.
- Viewer counts: records by browser ID for up to 13 months; after that we keep only totals.
- Streaming and delivery logs held by our providers: for their short operational periods, typically days to a few months.
After that we delete the data or make it anonymous.
7. Security
We use access controls, encrypted connections (HTTPS), protected video delivery, secret keys kept out of our code, and limited staff access. If a personal-data breach is likely to put you at risk, we will notify the Nigeria Data Protection Commission within 72 hours as the NDPA requires, and tell you without undue delay.
8. Your rights
You can ask us to:
- give you a copy of your personal data;
- correct it;
- delete it;
- restrict how we use it;
- send it to you or another organisation in a portable format;
- stop using it for direct marketing, or based on our legitimate interests;
- withdraw a consent you gave.
Email us at the address below. We will reply within 30 days, and may need to confirm your identity first. Exercising your rights is free.
9. Children
Asiko TV carries family and children's programming, which we encourage children to watch with a parent or guardian. Watching needs no account. Our forms and sign-ups are for adults (18 and over) acting for themselves or a business.
We do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has sent us data, tell us and we will delete it. Any future feature open to under-18s will ask for a parent or guardian's consent first.
10. New features
Before we launch a feature that collects more personal data, we will publish a short notice explaining it and update this policy. Examples include viewer accounts, voting, competitions, or the Asiko Reconnect family-reconnection noticeboard. Where needed, we will also ask for your consent.
11. Changes
We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. We will tell partners and contacts about significant changes.
12. Contact and complaints
Data protection contact: john.upah@mediaiconsltd.com (subject "Privacy request"). Post: Media Icons Limited, Lagos, Nigeria.
If you are unhappy with how we handled your data, please contact us first. You may also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission, the UK Information Commissioner's Office, or the data protection authority where you live in the EU.
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