Privacy Policy
How The Youths Home Development Initiative collects, uses, stores, and protects personal information when you use The Youths Home website, platform, and related services.
Last updated: 15 October 2026
01Introduction
The Youths Home Development Initiative (“The Initiative,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) is an organization currently registered in Nigeria and dedicated to empowering women and young people through personal development, skills training, entrepreneurship, emotional well-being, community engagement, and related support services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, disclose, and protect personal information when you access or use The Youths Home website, mobile application, and related services (collectively, the “Platform”).
We are committed to respecting your privacy and handling personal information responsibly. Please read this policy carefully to understand our practices.
02Who This Policy Applies To
This Privacy Policy applies to individuals who visit our website, register for an account, create a profile, participate in community activities, communicate with other members, publish marketplace listings, access learning resources, or otherwise use our Platform.
The Platform is intended for individuals who are at least 18 years old. We do not knowingly permit children under 18 to create accounts.
03Personal Information We May Collect
The information we collect depends on the features you use and the information you choose to provide.
A. Account and registration information
- First and last name.
- Email address.
- Password and authentication-related information, handled through our authentication system.
- Account creation, confirmation, and security information.
We do not require usernames as the primary means of identifying members within the Platform. Members are identified through their names and email addresses where appropriate.
B. Profile information
- Profile photograph or avatar.
- Biography or personal introduction.
- Country, city, or province.
- Other information you choose to add to your profile.
Please avoid including sensitive personal information in public profile fields.
C. Community and user-generated content
- Posts, comments, reactions, likes, and shares.
- Photographs, text, and other content you upload.
- Content you choose to make available to other members.
- Information associated with your interactions and participation.
Content visibility depends on the feature, your settings, and how the Platform is configured.
D. Private messages and communications
If you use messaging or chat features, we process the messages and related information necessary to deliver, maintain, and protect those communications.
Private messages are intended for the participants in the conversation. However, authorized access may be necessary for security, technical support, legal compliance, or investigating credible reports of abuse, subject to applicable law and our actual technical capabilities.
You should not assume that messages are end-to-end encrypted unless we expressly confirm that feature.
E. Marketplace information
- Listing titles, descriptions, categories, and photographs.
- Information about products or services you offer.
- Contact or business information you choose to disclose.
- Listing status and interactions with other members.
Information displayed in a marketplace listing may be visible to other members or visitors, depending on the Platform's access settings.
F. Learning and training information
When you use learning or training features, we may process information needed to provide those services, such as course enrolments, learning activity, progress, submissions, or completion records, where those features are available.
G. Gallery and uploaded media
If you upload photographs or other media to the Gallery or related features, we may process the files and associated information necessary to store, display, and manage them. The audience able to view such material depends on the relevant feature's access controls.
Please ensure you have the necessary rights and permissions before uploading photographs or information involving other people.
H. Technical and security information
Depending on the Platform and the services enabled, we may collect limited technical information, such as device or browser details, application logs, error reports, IP address, session information, and information needed to detect unauthorized access or troubleshoot problems.
The specific technical information collected may differ between the website, web application, and native mobile applications.
04How We Use Personal Information
- Create and manage member accounts.
- Authenticate members and secure access.
- Maintain profiles and community connections.
- Enable community posts, comments, reactions, and messaging.
- Display and manage marketplace listings.
- Provide learning and training services.
- Operate the Gallery and other content features.
- Respond to questions, requests, complaints, and support enquiries.
- Prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security incidents.
- Diagnose errors, maintain the Platform, and improve reliability.
- Enforce our Terms and Conditions and community standards.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
- Protect the rights, safety, and legitimate interests of members and the Initiative.
Where required by applicable law, we will obtain consent or establish another appropriate legal basis before processing personal information.
05Public, Shared, and Private Information
- Profile information: Certain profile details may be visible to other members.
- Community content: Posts, comments, reactions, and other contributions may be visible to the audience permitted by the relevant feature.
- Marketplace listings: Listings may be visible to members or visitors, depending on access settings.
- Private messages: Intended for the participants in the conversation, subject to the limitations described in this policy.
- Account credentials: Passwords should not be visible to other members.
Information shared publicly or with other members may be copied, captured, or redistributed by recipients. We cannot guarantee that content shared with others will remain confidential.
Please consider carefully what you publish or disclose.
06How We Share Personal Information
We do not sell personal information for money.
We may disclose or make personal information available in the following circumstances:
A. Other members and visitors
Information you intentionally publish through profiles, posts, listings, or other sharing features may be visible to the relevant audience.
B. Service providers
We may use third-party service providers to support the Platform, including authentication, database hosting, file storage, communications, infrastructure, maintenance, and technical support.
For example, Supabase is used in the app's backend for services such as authentication, database functionality, and storage, as configured. Those providers may process information on our behalf or in accordance with their own applicable terms and policies.
C. Legal and safety requirements
We may disclose information where we reasonably believe disclosure is required or permitted by law, necessary to respond to lawful requests, or necessary to protect the safety, rights, property, or security of the Initiative, our members, or others.
D. Organizational changes
If the Initiative undergoes a lawful restructuring, partnership, merger, transfer, or other organizational change, information may be transferred where legally permitted and subject to appropriate safeguards.
E. With your direction or consent
We may share information for another purpose when you request or authorize us to do so, or when another lawful basis applies.
07Data Storage and International Processing
Our Platform uses third-party infrastructure to support its operation. Personal information may be stored or processed in Nigeria, Canada, or other countries where our service providers operate, depending on the providers and configuration in use.
The laws applicable to information processed in another country may differ from those in your country of residence.
We will take reasonable steps, consistent with applicable law and our available resources, to use appropriate safeguards for personal information handled by service providers.
The Initiative is currently registered in Nigeria and may expand its operations into Canada. We will update this policy if our legal structure or material data-processing arrangements change.
08Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures intended to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse.
These measures may include access controls, authentication, database permissions, security monitoring, and the use of established service providers.
No website, application, storage system, or method of electronic transmission is completely secure. We therefore cannot guarantee absolute security.
You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and notifying us promptly if you believe your account has been compromised.
09Data Retention and Account Deletion
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including providing services, maintaining records, resolving disputes, enforcing our agreements, and meeting legal obligations.
Retention periods may vary according to the type of information, the feature involved, and applicable legal requirements.
You may request account deletion or the deletion of personal information by contacting admin@theyouthshome.com.
We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. We will explain any material limitations or additional steps where necessary.
Some information may need to be retained where legally required or reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, or the establishment, exercise, or defence of legal claims. Where information is retained, we will handle it in accordance with applicable law.
Deleting an account may not automatically remove copies of content already shared with other members, information retained in lawful records, or backups that are subject to normal retention cycles.
10Your Privacy Rights and Choices
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Object to or request restrictions on certain processing activities.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Request information about how your personal information is handled.
- Make a complaint to the appropriate privacy or data-protection authority.
To exercise a right, contact admin@theyouthshome.com. We may request information necessary to verify your identity and understand your request.
We will respond in accordance with applicable legal requirements. Some rights may be subject to lawful exceptions or limitations.
You can also review and update certain profile information through the Platform where those features are available.
11Cookies, Analytics, and Advertising
Our website or web-based services may use cookies or similar technologies where necessary for functionality, security, preferences, or other disclosed purposes.
The technical tools used in development or preview environments may differ from those used in a production release.
As of the effective date, The Youths Home does not intend to display third-party advertising as a core Platform feature. We will review and update this policy if advertising, analytics, tracking, or other materially different technologies are introduced.
Where required, we will provide appropriate notice and obtain consent before using technologies that require it.
12Third-Party Services and External Links
The Platform may link to third-party websites, services, or resources. Those services are governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third parties that we do not control. We encourage you to review their policies before providing personal information.
13Adults-Only Platform
The Youths Home Platform is intended for people aged 18 and older. By registering, you confirm that you meet this minimum age requirement.
If we learn that an account belongs to a person under 18, we may restrict or terminate the account and take appropriate steps regarding associated personal information, subject to applicable law.
14Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal obligations, or organizational structure.
When we make material changes, we will take reasonable steps to communicate them, such as updating the policy on our website or through the Platform. Where required by law, we will obtain renewed consent.
The effective date at the top of this policy indicates when the current version takes effect.
15Contact Us
- The Youths Home Development Initiative
- Email: admin@theyouthshome.com
- Website: https://theyouthshome.com
Please include sufficient information for us to understand and respond to your request, but do not send your password or other unnecessary sensitive information by email.
Questions about this document? Email admin@theyouthshome.com.