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Privacy Policy

Last updated September 2026

1. Who we are

LaunMa is a laundry management and business record-keeping application operated by LaunMa Technologies, a business registered in Nigeria with the Corporate Affairs Commission under Business Name registration number 9841361.

Our registered address is 79, Ikot Ntuen, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.

You can contact us at support@launma.com about anything in this policy, including requests to access or delete your data.

This policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, how we use it, and what rights you have. It applies to the LaunMa mobile application, the LaunMa web application, and our website.

2. Two different roles, and why it matters to you

LaunMa handles two distinct kinds of personal data, and our legal responsibility differs for each.

Your account data. When you sign up for LaunMa as a business owner, we decide what information we need and how we use it. For this data we are the data controller under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023.

Your customers’ data. When you use LaunMa to record orders, you enter information about your own customers, such as their names, phone numbers and addresses. That information belongs to you and your business. We store and process it only to provide the service to you, following your instructions. For this data you are the data controller and we are the data processor.

This means you are responsible for having a lawful basis to collect your customers’ information, for telling them how it will be used, and for responding to any requests they make about their data. We will assist you where we reasonably can.

3. Information we collect

3.1 Information you give us directly

When you create an account

  • Your full name
  • Email address
  • Phone number
  • Business name
  • Business address
  • Password, which we store only in encrypted form and never in plain text

When you subscribe

  • A record of your subscription plan, payment dates and payment status
  • The payment reference returned to us by our payment processor

We do not collect or store your card number, CVV, bank account number or banking credentials. All payments are processed by Paystack, and payment details are handled entirely by them under their own security standards. We receive only a payment reference and a success or failure result.

When you contact us

  • The content of your message and any information you choose to include

3.2 Information you enter about your customers

When you record an order, LaunMa stores whatever you choose to enter, which typically includes:

  • Customer name
  • Customer phone number
  • Customer delivery address, where you offer delivery
  • Order contents, prices and payment status
  • Order history over time

You control what goes into these fields. We do not use this information for any purpose other than providing the service to you.

3.3 Information collected automatically

  • Device type, operating system and app version
  • Approximate region, derived from your IP address
  • Server logs recording access to your account, including dates and times
  • Error information where the application fails

We collect this to keep the app working, diagnose faults, protect your account and improve the product.

We do not currently use any third party analytics, advertising or behavioural tracking tools. If that changes we will update this policy and notify you before the change takes effect.

3.4 Device permissions

LaunMa may ask for the following permissions. You can refuse or withdraw any of them in your device settings, though some features will stop working.

PermissionWhy we need it
BluetoothTo connect to your thermal receipt printer. We use it only to find and print to printers you choose to pair. We do not scan for, collect or store information about other nearby devices or their owners.
NotificationsTo alert you about orders ready for pickup, overdue orders, and subscription reminders
Storage or filesTo save receipts and exported records to your device so you can keep or share them

Sharing receipts. LaunMa lets you share a receipt or record through other apps on your device, such as WhatsApp. When you do this your device passes the file to the app you choose. We do not have access to your messages, your contacts or your conversations in those apps, and we do not receive anything back from them.

We do not collect your precise location, access your contacts, read your messages, or track you across other apps or websites.

4. How we use your information

We use the information described above to:

  • Create and maintain your account
  • Provide the LaunMa service, including recording orders, tracking payments and printing receipts
  • Process your subscription payments and send billing reminders
  • Send service messages such as password resets, security alerts and important changes to the service
  • Respond to your support requests
  • Diagnose faults, prevent abuse and improve the product
  • Meet our legal and regulatory obligations in Nigeria

We do not sell your personal information. We do notsell or share your customers’ information. We do notuse your business data or your customers’ data to advertise to you or to anyone else.

5. Legal bases for processing

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, we rely on the following legal bases:

  • Performance of a contract. Processing needed to give you the service you have signed up for.
  • Legitimate interests. Keeping the service secure, preventing fraud and abuse, and improving the product, provided this does not override your rights.
  • Legal obligation. Where Nigerian law requires us to retain or disclose information.
  • Consent. For anything outside the above, such as optional marketing messages. You can withdraw consent at any time.

6. Who we share information with

We share personal information only in the following circumstances.

Service providers who help us run LaunMa:

ProviderPurposeWhere
PaystackProcessing subscription paymentsNigeria
SupabaseHosting the application database and authenticationWest Europe (London), eu-west-2

Each is bound by contract to protect the information and use it only for the purpose we specify.

Where the law requires it. We may disclose information if compelled by a valid legal order from a Nigerian court or a competent regulatory authority, or where disclosure is necessary to protect life or prevent serious harm.

In a business transfer. If LaunMa Technologies is sold or merged, information may transfer to the new owner. We will notify you before this happens and you will be able to delete your data first.

We do not share your information with anyone else.

7. Where your data is stored

Your data is stored on infrastructure operated by Supabase, in the West Europe (London), eu-west-2 region.

Nigeria is not currently available as a hosting region, which means your information is stored outside Nigeria. Where personal data is transferred outside Nigeria, we take steps to ensure it receives a level of protection consistent with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, including using providers who apply recognised international security standards, encrypt data at rest and in transit, and are bound by contractual data protection commitments.

8. How we protect your information

  • All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted in transit using TLS
  • Data is encrypted at rest by our hosting provider
  • Passwords are stored using one-way cryptographic hashing and are never readable by us or by anyone else
  • Access to production systems is restricted and requires authentication
  • Database access rules ensure each business can only reach its own records

No system is completely secure. If a breach occurs that is likely to affect your rights, we will notify you and the Nigeria Data Protection Commission as required by law.

9. How long we keep your data

DataRetention period
Account informationFor as long as your account is active
Order and customer recordsFor as long as your account is active, so your business history stays intact
After account deletionDeleted within 30 days, except where law requires otherwise
Payment and transaction recordsRetained for 6 years to meet Nigerian tax and accounting requirements
Server and access logsUp to 90 days

If your subscription lapses, your data is retained and remains viewable so you do not lose your business history. If your account stays unpaid for 12 months we may delete it, and we will email you before we do.

10. Deleting your account and your data

You can delete your account and all associated data at any time.

Inside the app: go to Settings, then Account, then Delete account. You will be asked to confirm. Once confirmed, your account, your order records and your customer records are permanently deleted.

By request: email support@launma.comfrom the address registered to your account, with the subject line “Account deletion request”. We will verify your identity and complete the deletion within 30 days, then confirm by email.

What gets deleted: your account details, all order records, all customer records you entered, and all expense records.

What we keep, and why: payment records that Nigerian tax and accounting law requires us to retain, and anonymised aggregate statistics that cannot identify you or your business.

Before deleting, you may wish to export your records so you keep a copy of your business history.

Deletion is permanent and cannot be reversed.

11. Your rights

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 you have the right to:

  • Access the personal information we hold about you
  • Correct information that is inaccurate or incomplete
  • Delete your personal information, subject to our legal retention duties
  • Object to processing based on our legitimate interests
  • Restrict processing in certain circumstances
  • Data portability, meaning a copy of your data in a commonly usable format
  • Withdraw consent at any time where we rely on consent
  • Lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission

To exercise any of these rights, email support@launma.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Where the request concerns data about your customers rather than about you, please note that you are the controller for that information, and the request should be directed to you rather than to us. We will support you in responding.

12. Children

LaunMa is a business tool intended for use by adults aged 18 and over. It is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone under 18. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact support@launma.com and we will delete it.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes we will notify you by email and through a notice in the app at least 14 days before they take effect. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.

Continuing to use LaunMa after changes take effect means you accept the updated policy.

14. Contact us

LaunMa Technologies
79, Ikot Ntuen, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Email: support@launma.com

If you are not satisfied with our response, you may contact the Nigeria Data Protection Commission.