Privacy Policy

MODEL X AFRICA is a Pan-African modelling and talent agency with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Bayelsa, Nigeria. Our registration with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is in progress. This page explains what we collect and why. We handle personal data in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

What we collect

• Registration: your name, email, phone number, school, department, tank-top size, Instagram (and optional TikTok or other) handle, three polaroid photos and a photo of your student ID. We collect only what is needed to confirm you are an eligible student and run the competition.
• Voting: the email you enter and which contestant and how many votes you bought.
• Payments: handled by our payment provider. We never see or store your card or bank details. We keep the payment reference and amount.
• Visit counting: only if you accept analytics, we count page visits with a random ID stored in your browser. It does not use cookies and does not record your IP address. Nothing is counted if you decline or your browser sends Do Not Track. See the Cookie policy.

How we use it

• To register you, confirm payment, run screening and contact you about FOC.
• To show selected contestants (photo, name, school) on the public voting pages and in promotion, as agreed at registration.
• To send payment receipts and confirmations, and to prevent fraud.

Who sees it

Only authorised MODEL X AFRICA team members, with access limited to what their role needs. Your phone number and email are not shown publicly. Our service providers (hosting, database, email and payments) process data for us under their own security terms. We do not sell your data.

Your photo

Your registration photo is stored privately. A copy is made public only if you are entered into a voting round.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep registration data for the duration of the competition and a reasonable period after for records and disputes. You can ask us to correct or delete your data, or to stop showing your photo publicly, by emailing modelxafrica@gmail.com. We will act on requests unless the law or an open payment dispute requires us to keep something.

Children and age

This competition is for adults. If you are under 18 you may take part only with the agreement of a parent or guardian, which you confirm when you register. Voting is also for people aged 18 or over, or with a parent or guardian's permission. If you think we hold a child's data without that permission, tell us and we will remove it.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your data, or withdraw consent, at any time. Use the data request form or email us. We reply within 30 days. You may also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.

Emails

We only email you about your own registration or votes. Every email tells you how to stop receiving them.

Contact

Email modelxafrica@gmail.com.