Last Updated: 07/24/2025
Société Immobilière du Cameroun (SIC) (hereinafter “we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality of your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and disclose your information when you use our website www.sic.cm (hereinafter the “Site”) to schedule apartment viewings or to learn about our marketing offers in Cameroon.
By using our Site, you consent to the practices described in this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of personal information:
- Identification Information: Your first name, last name, email address, phone number.
- Appointment Request Information: Your preferred dates and times for viewings, and the apartments you are interested in.
- Communication Information: Any correspondence you exchange with us via email or through the Site’s contact forms.
- Technical Data (automatically collected): Your IP address, browser type, operating system, pages you view on our Site, dates and times of your visits, and information about your browsing. This information is collected using cookies and other similar tracking technologies.
2. How We Use your Information
We use your personal information for the following purposes:
- Manage your appointment requests: Schedule, confirm, and remind you of your apartment viewings.
- Provide you with information: Send you details about apartments you are interested in, brochures, floor plans, special offers, and other information related to the marketing of our properties.
- Improve our Site and services: Analyze Site usage to optimize its operation, personalize your experience, and better understand your needs.
- Communicate with you: Respond to your questions, process your requests, and inform you of important updates regarding our services.
- Ensure Site security: Detect and prevent fraudulent or abusive activities.
- Comply with legal and regulatory obligations.
3. Sharing your Information
We do not sell or rent your personal information to third parties. We may share your information with the following categories of recipients:
- Our staff and sales teams: To process your appointment requests and provide you with necessary information.
- Our third-party service providers: Who help us operate our Site (e.g., web hosting, data analysis, email sending). These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and use it only in accordance with our instructions.
- Legal authorities: If we are required to do so by law or as part of a legal proceeding.
4. Security of your Information
We implement appropriate technical and organizational security measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, destruction, alteration, or disclosure. These measures include, but are not limited to, encryption of sensitive data, securing our servers, and strict access controls.
However, please note that no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Retention of your Information
We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, including to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
6. Your Rights
In accordance with applicable data protection laws in Cameroon, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of access: Request to view the personal information we hold about you.
- Right to rectification: Request the correction of any inaccurate or incomplete information.
- Right to erasure (in certain circumstances): Request the deletion of your personal information when its retention is no longer necessary.
- Right to object to processing (for legitimate reasons): Object to the processing of your personal information.
- Right to restriction of processing (in certain circumstances): Request the temporary suspension of the processing of your personal information.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at the details provided below. We may ask you to verify your identity before responding to your request.
7. Cookies and Similar Technologies
Our Site uses cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and collect information about how you use our Site. You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
8. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the date of the last update. We encourage you to review this page regularly to stay informed about our privacy practices.
9. Contact
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at the following address:
Société Immobilière du Cameroun (SIC)
Address: 510, Avenue de l’Indépendance, Yaoundé-Cameroun (Opposite T Bella Building)
Email: info@sic.cm
Phone: (+237)695-899-826