General terms of use

Last updated: july 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how VELINGA CAPITAL (“Velinga Capital” or “we”) collects, uses, and protects the personal data of visitors to the website velinga-capital.com.

1. Who is responsible for your data

VELINGA CAPITAL

Registered office: Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Email: contact@velinga-capital.com

2. What data we collect

We may collect the following types of personal data:

2.1 Data you give us directly

• First and last name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Job title and company
• The content of messages you send through our forms (contact, quote requests, recruitment)
• Information related to sign-ups (training sessions, events)

2.2 Data collected automatically

• IP address
• Login details
• Browsing information
• Cookies and trackers (see our Cookie Policy)
• Technical browser data

2.3 Comments

When you leave a comment on the site, we collect:

• the information you enter in the comment form;
• your IP address;
• your browser’s technical signature (“user agent”),

This helps us detect spam or fraudulent comments.

We may send an anonymised, encrypted version of your email address to the Gravatar service, to check whether you use it. Gravatar’s own privacy policy is available on their website.

2.4 Media files

If you upload images or documents to the site (for example, through a form or project area), please remove any hidden file data (EXIF data) that includes:

• GPS location;
• personal metadata.

Other visitors may be able to view and download files you upload, depending on how the site is used.

2.5 Embedded content

The site may include content from other services — for example, YouTube videos, LinkedIn posts, forms, or interactive maps. This content behaves the same way as if you visited that other website directly.

These services may collect:

• technical data;
• cookies;
• details about how you interact with the embedded content.

Velinga Capital has no control over these third-party sites.

3. Why we use your data

We use the data we collect to:

• respond to your enquiries;
• process quote requests and collaboration proposals;
• manage sign-ups for training sessions or events;
• send you information and newsletters (with your consent);
• improve the site and your experience on it;
• detect spam or fraudulent activity;
• keep our systems secure;
• meet our legal and regulatory obligations.

4. Legal basis for processing your data

In line with applicable rules, we process your data based on:

• your clear consent (forms, newsletters);
• steps needed before or during a contract with you;
• our legitimate interest (IT security, improving the site);
• our legal and regulatory obligations.

5. How long we keep your data

We keep personal data for the following periods:

• Prospect data: 3 years after our last contact with you
• Contract data: 5 years
• Cookies: up to 13 months
• Comments: kept until you or we choose to delete them
• Comment metadata: 1 year, unless the law requires a longer period
• Anonymised data: kept with no time limit

6. Who we share your data with

We may share personal data with:

• technical service providers (hosting, email, maintenance);
• partners or subcontractors working on a specific project, with your consent beforehand;
• integrated third-party services (embedded content);
• government or judicial authorities, when the law requires it.

We never sell your data to third parties.

7. Sending data outside your country

Your data may be transferred to countries outside Côte d’Ivoire or outside the African Union/European Union. When this happens, Velinga Capital puts safeguards in place that meet international standards (standard contractual clauses, GDPR-equivalent protections, data processing agreements).

8. How we protect your data

We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to keep your data confidential, accurate, and available when needed:

• server encryption and security;
• access controls;
• oversight of embedded content;
• internal data-handling procedures;
• backups and monitoring.

9. Your rights

Under applicable law, you have the right to:

• access your data;
• correct your data;
• ask us to delete your data (the “right to be forgotten”);
• object to how we use your data;
• ask us to limit how we use your data;
• receive a copy of your data in a portable format;
• withdraw your consent at any time.

To use any of these rights, contact us at: contact@velinga-capital.com

10. Changes to this policy

Velinga Capital may update this Privacy Policy at any time, to reflect changes in the law or in our practices.

11. Contact

For any question about how we protect your personal data:

contact@velinga-capital.com