Privacy Notice

Base & Hightower Limited (“Base & Hightower”, “we”, “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of individuals who visit our website, contact us or otherwise engage with the firm. This Privacy Notice explains how we collect, use, disclose and protect personal information submitted through our website.

Base & Hightower Limited is the data controller in respect of personal data collected through this website.

Information we collect

When you use our contact form or communicate with us, we may collect information including your name, organisation, role or title, email address, telephone number and the information you choose to provide about the matter you wish to discuss.

We may also receive limited technical information generated in connection with the operation and security of the website and its hosting infrastructure.

We encourage you not to submit confidential, highly sensitive or unnecessary personal information through the website contact form.

How we use your information

We process personal information principally to receive and respond to enquiries; understand the nature of a prospective engagement; communicate with you about Base & Hightower’s services; take steps requested by you in contemplation of a possible engagement; maintain appropriate business and correspondence records; protect the security and integrity of our website and communications; and comply with applicable legal or regulatory obligations.

Depending on the circumstances, our lawful basis for processing may include your consent, taking steps at your request before entering into a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or Base & Hightower’s legitimate interests where those interests do not override your rights and freedoms.

How website enquiries are handled

Information submitted through the website contact form is transmitted through our website infrastructure and email-delivery services and delivered to Base & Hightower’s designated business email environment.

We currently use service providers including Vercel for website hosting and application infrastructure, Resend for transactional transmission of website enquiries, and Zoho Mail for business email services. These providers may process limited personal information on our behalf as necessary to provide their respective services.

International processing

Some technology service providers supporting our website and communications infrastructure may process or store information outside Nigeria. Where personal data is transferred internationally, we seek to use appropriate safeguards consistent with applicable data-protection requirements.

Retention

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to an enquiry, considering a prospective engagement, maintaining appropriate business records and meeting applicable legal or regulatory requirements.

Information that is no longer required will be deleted, anonymised or otherwise securely disposed of as appropriate.

Security

Base & Hightower takes reasonable organisational and technical measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss or misuse. No internet or electronic communication system can, however, be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Your rights

Subject to applicable law, you may have rights relating to your personal data, including rights to be informed about its processing, obtain access, request correction or deletion, object to or restrict certain processing, request portability where applicable, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, and not be subject to certain solely automated decisions.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.

No adviser-client relationship

Submitting information through this website, sending an email or otherwise contacting Base & Hightower does not by itself establish an adviser-client relationship or create an obligation on Base & Hightower to accept an engagement.

Please do not send confidential information that requires the protections of a formal advisory relationship until appropriate engagement and confidentiality arrangements have been established.

Third-party websites

Our website may contain links to third-party websites. Base & Hightower is not responsible for the privacy practices or content of websites operated by third parties. We encourage users to review the applicable privacy notices before providing personal information to them.

Changes to this Privacy Notice

We may update this Privacy Notice periodically to reflect changes in our practices, technology, services or applicable legal requirements. The effective date shown above will indicate when the notice was most recently updated.

Contact and privacy enquiries

Base & Hightower Limited
GF1 Threshold Business Suites
Plot 976 Olusegun Obasanjo Way
Wuye District, Abuja, FCT

Email: consult@baseandhightower.com

Individuals also retain the right to lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission where appropriate.