Last updated: 10 August 2026
Your privacy matters.
This Privacy Policy explains how personal information is collected, used and protected when you visit cynthiaakiotu.com, contact Cynthia Akiotu, subscribe to communications where available, or otherwise interact with this website.
cynthiaakiotu.com is a professional website focused on cybersecurity, identity, data security, AI security, AI governance, agentic systems, speaking and related professional content.
This Privacy Policy should be read alongside the website's Cookie Policy and Terms of Use.
For the purposes of applicable UK data protection law, Cynthia Akiotu is responsible for the personal information processed through cynthiaakiotu.com unless otherwise stated.
If you have a question about your personal information, wish to exercise a data protection right or want to make a privacy complaint, you can contact Cynthia through the Contact page on cynthiaakiotu.com.
UK privacy rules require organisations to provide individuals with information about how their personal information is collected and used, including the purposes of processing, retention and who information may be shared with.
The personal information collected depends on how you interact with the website.
If you contact Cynthia through the website, you may provide information such as:
If a newsletter, mailing list or similar subscription feature is made available, your name, email address and communication preferences may also be collected.
Please avoid submitting passwords, authentication credentials, security keys, confidential client information, vulnerability details or other highly sensitive information through the website's general contact forms.
Certain technical information may be collected automatically when you visit cynthiaakiotu.com, depending on the technologies enabled on the website.
This may include:
Some of this information may be collected through cookies or similar technologies.
Please see the Cookie Policy for further information.
Personal information may be used for the following purposes.
To respond when you contact Cynthia regarding speaking opportunities, events, professional collaboration, media requests or other enquiries.
To discuss, arrange and administer speaking engagements, collaborations or other professional opportunities.
To maintain the reliability, security and performance of cynthiaakiotu.com and to help detect misuse, malicious activity or technical problems.
Where applicable, information may be used to understand how visitors interact with articles and other website content so that the website, its performance and its content can be improved.
If you choose to subscribe to a newsletter, updates or similar communications, your information may be used to provide those communications.
Information may be processed where necessary to comply with applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Information may also be used where reasonably necessary to protect the website, prevent misuse, maintain appropriate professional records, or establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
UK data protection law requires a lawful basis for processing personal information. The appropriate lawful basis depends on the purpose and circumstances of the processing. Legitimate interests is one of the lawful bases available under the UK GDPR, but its use requires consideration of necessity and the impact on individuals.
Depending on the circumstances, cynthiaakiotu.com may rely on the following:
| Purpose | Lawful basis |
|---|---|
| Responding to general enquiries | Legitimate interests |
| Discussing a professional engagement you have requested | Steps taken at your request before entering into a contract and/or legitimate interests |
| Administering an agreed professional engagement | Performance of a contract |
| Website security and prevention of misuse | Legitimate interests |
| Optional analytics where consent is required | Consent |
| Newsletter or email subscriptions where consent is used | Consent |
| Compliance with applicable legal requirements | Legal obligation |
| Establishing, exercising or defending legal rights | Legitimate interests and other applicable legal bases |
Where processing relies on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
cynthiaakiotu.com may use cookies and similar technologies to operate the website, remember preferences, understand website usage and improve its performance.
Where optional cookies or similar technologies require consent, they should only be activated after you have made the relevant choice through the website's cookie controls. Current ICO guidance distinguishes necessary cookies from optional technologies and requires valid consent where the applicable rules require it.
You can manage applicable preferences using the Cookie Settings controls available on the website.
For further details, please read the Cookie Policy.
You will not be added to a marketing mailing list simply because you contact Cynthia through the website.
If cynthiaakiotu.com offers a newsletter, mailing list or similar service, communications will be sent in accordance with the preferences you provide and applicable privacy and electronic communications requirements.
You may unsubscribe from marketing communications at any time using the unsubscribe option provided in the communication or by contacting Cynthia.
Limited information may be retained where necessary to record an unsubscribe request and ensure that your preference continues to be respected.
Personal information will not be shared unnecessarily.
Where required to operate the website or provide requested services, information may be processed by trusted providers that assist with areas such as:
Personal information may also be disclosed where reasonably necessary:
Privacy information should tell individuals who their information may be shared with, either by identifying recipients or relevant categories of recipients.
Personal information is not sold to third parties.
cynthiaakiotu.com may link to or incorporate content from third-party services, including professional networks, video platforms, technology providers, documentation platforms, event websites and other external resources.
Examples may include services such as:
When you follow a link to an external website, that provider will be responsible for its own privacy practices.
Some embedded third-party content may also process information or use cookies when it is loaded. Where consent is required before an optional third-party technology is activated, the website's cookie controls should be configured accordingly.
cynthiaakiotu.com does not control the privacy practices of independent third-party websites.
Some technology, website, email, analytics or cloud service providers used by cynthiaakiotu.com may process information outside the United Kingdom.
Where personal information is transferred internationally and UK data protection law requires additional protection, appropriate safeguards will be used.
Depending on the circumstances, these may include:
Privacy information should explain relevant international transfers and the safeguards relied upon where applicable.
Personal information will not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
Retention will depend on the type of information, the reason it was collected and any applicable legal, contractual or regulatory requirements.
For example:
Information may be retained for longer where necessary to comply with a legal obligation, resolve a dispute, investigate an issue or establish, exercise or defend legal rights.
UK privacy transparency requirements require organisations to provide either their retention periods or information enabling individuals to understand how those periods are determined.
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect personal information against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration or disclosure.
However, no website, electronic transmission or online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
You should therefore avoid sending highly sensitive, confidential or security-critical information through a general website contact form unless an appropriate secure method has been provided.
Depending on the circumstances and the lawful basis for processing, UK data protection law may give you rights relating to your personal information.
These may include the right to:
The precise rights available can depend on the circumstances and the lawful basis used for processing.
Where personal information is processed on the basis of legitimate interests, you may have the right to object to that processing.
UK GDPR also provides a right to object to the processing of personal information for direct-marketing purposes.
To exercise a data protection right, please contact Cynthia through the Contact page on cynthiaakiotu.com.
If you have concerns about how your personal information has been handled, please contact Cynthia through the website so that the issue can be investigated.
Under current UK requirements, organisations must provide individuals with a way to raise data protection complaints, acknowledge those complaints within 30 days, take appropriate steps to investigate them without undue delay, keep complainants informed and communicate the outcome.
You also have the right to raise a concern with the UK's independent data protection regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO).
You do not have to contact cynthiaakiotu.com before exercising any right you have to contact the ICO.
cynthiaakiotu.com does not currently use personal information collected through the website to make decisions about individuals based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects.
If this changes, this Privacy Policy will be updated to explain the relevant processing and any applicable rights.
cynthiaakiotu.com is a professional website intended primarily for people interested in cybersecurity, technology, identity, data security, artificial intelligence and related professional topics.
The website is not specifically directed at children and does not intentionally seek to collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the website inappropriately, please get in touch through the Contact page.
This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect:
The Last updated date at the top of this page will show when the policy was most recently revised.
Where a change materially affects how personal information is used, appropriate steps will be taken to communicate the change where required.
For questions about this Privacy Policy, requests concerning your personal information or data protection complaints, please contact:
Cynthia Akiotu
Website: cynthiaakiotu.com
Contact: Please use the Contact page on the website.