What Data We Collect
When you apply through this portal, we collect information needed to create your account, assess your eligibility, and manage your application.
- Personal details such as your name, email address, phone number, date of birth, and state information.
- Education and application details such as university, degree, grade, graduation year, and NYSC status.
- Account details such as your login email and encrypted authentication credentials.
- Uploaded documents such as your CV and NYSC certificate in PDF format.
How We Use Your Data
- To create and manage your applicant account.
- To review your eligibility and process your application for the graduate program.
- To communicate important updates about registration, assessments, interviews, or your application status.
- To maintain portal security, prevent abuse, and investigate duplicate, suspicious, or invalid submissions.
How We Handle File Uploads
Documents you upload, including your CV and NYSC certificate, are stored for recruitment and verification purposes. These files are used only by authorized personnel or service providers supporting the application process.
You should only upload documents that are relevant to your application and ensure they do not contain unnecessary personal or third-party information.
Cookies and Technical Data
We may use cookies or similar technologies to keep you signed in, protect your session, remember basic preferences, and improve portal reliability.
We may also collect limited technical information such as IP address, browser data, and activity logs for security, troubleshooting, and fraud prevention.
Data Protection
We take reasonable administrative and technical steps to protect personal information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure.
Access to application data is limited to people and systems that need it for recruitment, verification, administration, or security purposes.
Your Rights
- You may request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal information submitted through the portal.
- You may request information about how your application data is being used, subject to legal and operational limits.
- You may contact the program team to request account support, subject to identity verification and portal policies.
Retention
We keep application records for as long as reasonably necessary for recruitment, compliance, security, dispute handling, and record-keeping purposes. We may delete or anonymize data when it is no longer required.