Effective date: 14 July 2026
Akomas Books is committed to fair, lawful, transparent, and secure processing of personal data in line with applicable law, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.
1. Scope and responsibility
This policy applies when you visit books.akomas.com, contact us, request catalogue information, submit a publishing proposal, or otherwise interact with Akomas Books through this website. Akomas Books, an Akomas Group company, is responsible for personal data processed for these activities.
2. Information we collect
We may collect information you provide, including your name, email address, phone number, organization, project type, working title, target audience, project status, proposal summary, enquiry category, correspondence, and any professional background you choose to share.
Our hosting and security providers may process limited technical data such as IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, timestamps, and diagnostic logs. Please do not submit sensitive personal data, full manuscripts, payment-card details, identification documents, or confidential third-party information unless specifically requested through an approved channel.
3. Purposes and lawful bases
We use personal data to review and route proposals; respond to enquiries; manage author, rights, supplier, bookseller, institutional, and media relationships; evaluate potential publishing arrangements; operate and secure the website; keep appropriate business records; and comply with law.
Depending on the activity, our lawful basis is consent, steps taken at your request before entering a contract, performance of a contract, compliance with a legal obligation, or our legitimate interest in operating and developing our publishing business without overriding your rights.
4. Publishing proposals and creative material
Proposal information may be reviewed by authorized editorial, production, rights, commercial, or Group personnel and relevant professional advisers. We ask for summaries rather than full manuscripts at the initial stage. Creative submissions are handled under our Terms & Conditions and any later written publishing or confidentiality agreement.
5. Sharing personal data
We may share relevant information with authorized Akomas personnel and service providers supporting hosting, email, security, editorial operations, rights management, production, and professional advice. We may disclose information where required by law, to protect rights or safety, or during a genuine corporate transaction. We do not sell personal data.
6. International transfers
Some providers or publishing partners may process information outside Nigeria. When personal data is transferred internationally, we take reasonable steps to use safeguards and transfer mechanisms recognized by applicable data-protection law.
7. Retention
We retain personal data only as long as needed for the purpose collected, the resulting relationship, legal and accounting duties, rights records, dispute resolution, and legitimate business protection. Declined or inactive proposals are periodically reviewed and deleted or anonymized when no longer reasonably required.
8. Security
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal data. No email, website, or storage system is completely secure, so only provide information necessary for your enquiry.
9. Your data-protection rights
Subject to the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and other applicable law, you may have rights to information, access, correction, erasure, restriction, objection, withdrawal of consent, data portability where applicable, and human review of certain automated decisions.
You may also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission. We may request reasonable information to verify your identity before acting on a request.
10. Children
Some Akomas Books publications may be intended for children, but this corporate and submission website is directed to adults and is not designed to collect children's personal data. A parent or guardian who believes a child submitted information should contact us promptly.
11. External links and changes
External websites have their own privacy practices. We may update this policy when our services, processing, or legal obligations change. The revised version will be posted here with an updated effective date.
12. Contact
For privacy questions or to exercise a right, email [email protected] with the subject “Privacy request,” or use our contact page.