Effective Date: May 29, 2025

Rimad (“we”, “us” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy of all users of our announcement-making platform in Mauritania. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, with whom we share it, and your rights under Mauritanian law.

1. Scope & Legal Framework

We collect and process personal data to operate Rimad, which enables users to post and browse announcements (for example, sale or rental of houses, land, or cars; offers of electronics; job postings). We adhere to the principles set out in Law No. 2017-020 on the protection of personal data (adopted June 22, 2017) and follow best-practice data-protection standards. The Mauritanian data-protection authority is the Autorité de Protection des Données à Caractère Personnel (APDP).

2. Data We Collect

• Registration & Profile Data: first name, last name, age, gender, phone number, email address, and profile photo (optional).
• Announcement Data: details you submit for each listing (e.g., property address, description, price).
• Payment & Billing Data: only if you choose to sponsor your announcement.
• Usage & Technical Data: IP address, device type, operating system, browser type, pages viewed, timestamps, and crash logs.

3. How We Use Your Data

• Provision of Service: to create and display your announcements and facilitate messaging between buyers/renters and sellers/landlords.
• Improvement & Personalization: to analyze trends, personalize the listings you see, and enhance our features.
• Communications: to send you service-related emails (e.g., confirmations, notifications, policy updates).
• Security & Integrity: to detect fraud, enforce our Terms of Service, and protect user data.
• Legal Compliance: to comply with legal obligations (e.g., court orders) or to protect our legal rights.

4. Legal Bases for Processing

• Contractual Necessity: processing required to perform under our Terms of Service.
• Consent: for optional features such as marketing emails or SMS (withdrawable at any time).
• Legitimate Interests: to operate, improve, and secure our platform, provided these interests do not override your rights.
• Legal Obligation: to comply with Mauritanian law or respond to lawful requests by public authorities.

5. Sharing & Disclosure

• Legal Authorities: when required by law or to protect rights, property, or user safety.
• Business Transfers: in the event of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your data may be transferred with notice.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in Section 3, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

7. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures—such as encryption in transit, access controls, and regular security audits—to safeguard your data against unauthorized access, alteration, or destruction.

8. Your Rights

Under Mauritanian law and best-practice standards, you have the right to:

1. Access your personal data.
2. Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data.
3. Erase your data (subject to legal retention requirements).
4. Restrict or Object to processing for direct marketing or legitimate-interest purposes.
5. Data Portability: receive your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
6. Withdraw Consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise these rights, please contact us (see Section 11). You may also lodge a complaint with the APDP.

9. International Transfers

Rimad stores and processes data in a cloud environment that ensures appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) are in place for any cross-border transfers.

10. Children’s Data

Rimad is not intended for anyone under 18. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If we discover that we have inadvertently done so, we will delete that data promptly.

11. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will post any revisions here and update the “Effective Date” above.

Contact Us

If you have questions, requests, or concerns about this policy or your data, please email us at contact@smce.online.

By using Rimad, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to the collection and use of your data as described herein.