1. Introduction and Commitment:

As part of its activities, the National Entrepreneurship Support and Development Agency (NESDA), hereinafter referred to as "NESDA," collects, processes, and stores personal data. The protection of this data is an absolute obligation for all NESDA employees, in full compliance with the provisions of Law No. 18-07 of June 10, 2018, concerning the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data.

NESDA, whose registered office is located at 8, Arezki Ben Bouzid Street – El Anasser, Algiers, acts as the data processor for data collected via its website.

2. Policy approval and acceptance:

By using the website “www.nesda.dz” and the links available on it, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this policy and agree to the collection, processing, use and storage of your information in accordance with the methods described below, in compliance with the provisions of Law No. 18-07 dated 25 Ramadan 1439 corresponding to 10 June 2018 relating to the protection of natural persons in the field of processing of personal data.

3. Principles of Personal Data Protection:

NESDA is committed to respecting all fundamental principles relating to the protection of personal data in accordance with applicable legislation, in particular with regard to the following:

• The legitimacy, integrity, and transparency of the process
• Defining and limiting the purposes of treatment
• Reducing the data collected
• Data accuracy and regular updates
• Determining the data retention period
• Data integrity and confidentiality, including processing security
• Respecting the rights of the individuals concerned

4. Categories of personal data collected:

When you use NESDA services and its website, the following categories of personal data may be collected:

Identification data:

Name, Surname, Nickname, Date of Birth, National Identification Number (NIN), Bank Account Number (RIB) / Postal Current Account Number (CCP), Social Security Number.

Contact information:

Landline or mobile phone number, postal address, email address.

Data on banking operations and transactions:

The nature of the transactions, the date, details of the card payments, transfers, deductions, amount, and statement.

Technical contact information:

Your authentication IDs and data in your connected spaces, login logs, cookies and other tracking tools, website browsing data (IP address, browser type, pages visited, etc.).

5. Purposes of processing personal data:

NESDA processes personal data collected in order to fulfill its tasks and within one or more of the following purposes:

• Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations;
• Training, support, establishment and promotion of micro-enterprises;
• Account management and relationship with promoters and partners;
• Risk assessment and management ;
• Preventing, detecting, and investigating cases of non-payment and fraud;
• Acquisition ;
• Recruitment and Personnel Management ;
• Providing advice and information ;
• Information systems, people, and property security;
• Saving and archiving information ;
• Proper operation of the information system;
• Collaboration with NESDA partners ;

6. Cookies :

The website “www.nesda.dz” uses cookies and other tracking technologies to improve user experience, personalize content, and analyze website traffic.

Types of cookies used:

• Necessary cookies:These are essential for the proper functioning of the website and enable you to use its basic functions.
• Analytical cookies:These collect information about how visitors use our website.
• Functional cookies:These allow the website to remember your choices and preferences.
• Advertising cookies:Used to show you more relevant ads.

7. Rights of the persons concerned:

According to Law No. 18-07 on the Protection of Personal Data, you have the following rights with regard to your personal data:

• Right of access:To obtain confirmation of whether personal data relating to you is being processed
• Right of rectification:Request to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data
• Right of erasure:Requesting the erasure of your personal data in certain cases
• Right to restrict processing:Request to restrict the processing of your data under certain circumstances
• Right to object:To object to the processing of your data for legitimate reasons
• Right to data portability:To obtain your data in a structured and machine-readable format
• Right to withdraw consent:You can withdraw your consent at any time when the processing is based on that consent.

8. Personal data security:

NESDA takes appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security commensurate with the risks, in order to protect your personal data from destruction, loss, alteration or unauthorized disclosure.

These measures include the use of anonymization and data encryption techniques, ensuring the confidentiality and integrity of processing systems, data recovery procedures, as well as strict confidentiality clauses for employees.

9. Data retention period:

NESDA retains your personal data only for the time necessary for the purposes for which it was collected and processed, in accordance with applicable legal and regulatory obligations. The retention period is determined based on the purposes of processing, operational constraints, and legal limitation periods.