YOUR INFORMATION
Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 12, 2026
AppAfrik ("we," "our," or "us") respects your privacy. This policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you use the AppAfrik platform.
1. Information we collect
Depending on how you use AppAfrik, we may collect account details such as your name, username, email address, profile information, and authentication information.
We may collect content you submit, including videos, profile images, comments, messages, livestream content, and other information you choose to share.
We may collect transaction records, virtual coin balances, virtual gift activity, creator earnings records, and payment references. Payment card details are handled by the applicable payment provider where required.
We may collect device information, app diagnostics, usage data, and technical logs to operate, secure, and improve the platform.
2. How we use information
We may use information to:
- Create and manage user accounts.
- Provide videos, livestreams, communities, and social features.
- Process virtual coin purchases and virtual gifts.
- Calculate eligible creator earnings and manage payouts.
- Provide customer support and respond to requests.
- Detect fraud, abuse, security incidents, and violations of our terms.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve AppAfrik.
- Meet legal, tax, accounting, and regulatory obligations.
3. Content and public information
Information you choose to publish publicly, such as your username, profile, videos, comments, and livestream activity, may be visible to other users and may be shared or recorded by them.
Please avoid sharing personal information in public posts or livestreams that you do not want others to see.
4. Payments and virtual coins
AppAfrik may use third-party payment providers to process purchases. Those providers may collect and process payment information under their own privacy policies and terms.
AppAfrik maintains records of purchases, virtual coin balances, virtual gifts, and eligible creator earnings for accounting, security, and customer support purposes.
5. Sharing information
We may share information with service providers that help operate AppAfrik, including hosting, authentication, database, security, analytics, and payment services.
We may also disclose information when required by law, to protect users and the platform, or in connection with a business transaction, subject to applicable legal requirements.
We do not sell personal information to advertisers.
6. Data retention
We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain security, resolve disputes, comply with legal obligations, and enforce our agreements.
7. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. However, no internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. Your choices and rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of certain personal information, or to object to or restrict certain processing.
You may contact us to submit a privacy request. We may need to verify your identity before responding.
9. Children's privacy
AppAfrik's creator monetization features are intended for eligible adults aged 18 and older. AppAfrik is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.
10. International users
AppAfrik may be accessed from different countries. Your information may be processed in countries where we or our service providers operate, subject to applicable data protection requirements.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as AppAfrik develops. We will publish the updated version on this page and revise its effective date.
12. Contact us
For privacy questions or requests, contact AppAfrik through the Contact page.