Legal
Privacy Policy
Last updated: January 2026
Quick Summary
- We collect account, profile, communication, payment, and usage data required to operate legal-service workflows.
- We share limited data with selected lawyers, organisations, and service providers only where needed for platform delivery.
- You control your data: request access, correction, export or deletion via our privacy contact.
1. Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Advoca collects, uses, discloses, stores, and protects personal data across our web and mobile products. It applies to clients, lawyers, organisations, and employer-recruitment users where relevant features are enabled.
2. Data Controller & Contact
Advoca determines why and how personal data is processed for platform operations and compliance purposes. For privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact: support@advoca.pro
3. Personal Data We Collect
Personal Identifiers
Full name, email, phone, profile photos, location details — to deliver services and communicate with you.
Account Information
Credentials (hashed), profile details, consent flags — to authenticate users and maintain accounts.
Professional Information
Bar identifiers, practice areas, years of experience, verification fields — to verify lawyer credentials and match clients appropriately.
Case, Messaging & Document Data
Brief details, support tickets, in-app messages, uploaded documents — to facilitate legal engagements, support, disputes, and operational auditing.
Payments & Transactions
Wallet transactions, payment references, payout records, receipts — to process, reconcile, and secure financial activity.
4. How We Use Your Data
- To provide and maintain our services
- To verify identity and credentials
- To process payments and transactions
- To communicate with you about your account
- To improve our platform and user experience
- To comply with legal obligations
- To monitor fraud risk, platform abuse, and security events
5. Legal Bases & Regulatory Position
Where required by law, our processing legal bases include contract performance, legitimate interests, legal compliance, and consent. We operate with reference to applicable Nigerian data protection obligations (including NDPR/Nigeria Data Protection Act frameworks) and any mandatory law applicable to specific users or regions.
6. Data Sharing & Disclosure
- With selected lawyers or clients when required to run a brief engagement.
- With processors and infrastructure providers (hosting, notifications, payments, analytics, support tooling) under appropriate safeguards.
- With regulators, courts, law-enforcement, or legal representatives where required by law.
- With successor entities in merger, acquisition, or restructuring scenarios, subject to legal controls.
7. Retention & Security
We retain data only as long as needed for service delivery, legal obligations, accounting, fraud prevention, and dispute handling. Security controls include encryption in transit, authenticated access, role-based controls, storage policies, and ongoing monitoring.
8. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate information
- Request deletion of your data
- Export your data in a portable format
- Object to certain processing activities
- Withdraw consent at any time
9. Cross-Platform Availability Notice
Some account flows differ by platform. For example, organisation onboarding is currently completed on web. We process your data consistently for account continuity when moving between web and mobile.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.
11. Contact Us
If you have privacy questions, requests, or complaints, contact: support@advoca.pro
Questions about your data?
support@advoca.pro