Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 1, 2026 · Last Updated: September 4, 2026

NigeriaNewsFeed ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website nigerianewsfeed.com. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our platform. Please read this policy carefully. By using NigeriaNewsFeed, you consent to the practices described in this policy.

1. Information We Collect

Personal Information You Provide: When you register an account, we collect your username, email address, and password (stored in encrypted/hashed form). When you use the contact form, we collect your name, email, and message content. When you edit your profile, we may collect your location, website URL, bio, and avatar image.

Information Collected Automatically: When you visit our platform, we automatically collect your IP address, browser type and version, device type, operating system, pages visited and time spent, referring website URL, and general geographic location (country/region level).

Cookies & Tracking Technologies: We use essential cookies for session management (keeping you logged in), preference cookies (theme selection, dark mode), and remember-me cookies (optional persistent login). In addition, trusted third-party partners and advertising vendors (such as Google AdSense) may set cookies and web beacons to serve advertisements and measure traffic. For detailed information on our cookie usage and controls, please review our Cookie Policy.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to operate and maintain the platform, provide and improve our services, process your account registration and manage your profile, send you important notifications about your account, respond to your inquiries and contact form submissions, monitor and analyze usage patterns to improve user experience, enforce our Terms of Service and prevent abuse, protect the security and integrity of our platform, and comply with legal obligations.

3. Third-Party Advertising and Google AdSense

We partner with third-party advertising companies, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements when you visit our platform. These companies may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect non-personal information (not including your name, address, email address, or telephone number) about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide targeted advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.

• Google & Third-Party Cookies: Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's prior visits to NigeriaNewsFeed or other websites.
• Personalized Advertising: Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to users based on their visits to our site and/or other sites across the Internet.
• Opting Out: Users may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies for personalized advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info or the Network Advertising Initiative.

4. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your personal information, including password hashing using bcrypt encryption, CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection on all forms, HTTPS encryption for data in transit, two-factor authentication (2FA) for administrator accounts, input sanitization to prevent XSS and SQL injection attacks, and regular security audits of our codebase.

While we strive to protect your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Your Rights and Choices

Account Information: You can update your profile information at any time through your account settings. You can change your password, email, and other profile details.

Account Deletion: You may request deletion of your account by contacting us at contact@nigerianewsfeed.com. Upon deletion, your personal data will be removed, though some content you posted may remain in anonymized form.

Cookies: You can control cookies through your browser settings. Disabling essential cookies may affect platform functionality.

Notifications: You can manage your notification preferences through your account settings.

6. Data Retention

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide our services. If you request account deletion, we will delete your personal data within 30 days, except where we are required to retain it for legal or legitimate business purposes. Server logs containing IP addresses are retained for up to 90 days for security purposes.

7. Children's Privacy

NigeriaNewsFeed is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we discover that we have collected information from a child under 13, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us immediately.

8. Third-Party Links

Our platform contains links to external news sources and websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any external website you visit through links on our platform.

9. International Users

NigeriaNewsFeed is operated from Nigeria. If you access our platform from outside Nigeria, please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed in Nigeria. By using our platform, you consent to this transfer.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify registered users of significant changes via email or through a notice on our platform. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page indicates when the policy was last revised. Continued use of the platform after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR)

In compliance with the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) 2019 and the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) 2023, we ensure that personal data is collected and processed lawfully and fairly, data is collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes, data processing is adequate, relevant, and limited to what is necessary, personal data is accurate and kept up to date, data is stored only for as long as necessary, and appropriate security measures are in place to protect personal data.

You have the right to request access to your personal data, request correction of inaccurate data, request deletion of your data, object to processing of your data, and lodge a complaint with the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC).

12. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or wish to exercise your data rights, please contact us:

Email: contact@nigerianewsfeed.com
Website: https://nigerianewsfeed.com/contact