SECURITY AND DATA HANDLING
Security belongs in the engagement design.
The controls required for a public enquiry are different from those required for institutional portfolio and field records.
Initial enquiries
Please use the contact form for a concise business question. Do not include confidential portfolio records, farmer personal data, credentials or document uploads.
Deployment disclosures
Before institutional data is transferred, request the specific hosting location, service providers, access arrangements, encryption, retention, backup, incident and continuity provisions for the proposed deployment. The deployment schedule records the arrangements agreed for the proposed scope.
Governance principles
- Define the purpose and collect only relevant information.
- Agree permitted uses and access responsibilities.
- Document retention and deletion requirements.
- Disclose analytical methods, uncertainty and coverage.
- Keep institutional decisions accountable to people.
Raise a security or data-handling question
partnerships@meridianafrica.io
Do not send passwords, sensitive records or exploit details through the public enquiry form. Ask for an appropriate reporting channel first.
Retention
Initial enquiry records are retained for 90 days. Records needed for an agreed engagement, a legal obligation or an ongoing dispute follow a separate retention schedule communicated for that purpose.
BEGIN WITH A QUESTION
Request the disclosures for your proposed scope.
We will identify the requirements that need to be documented before work begins.