Effective Date: 01 February 2025
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They help websites work more efficiently, remember your preferences, and provide a better user experience. Similar technologies, such as web beacons, pixels, and local storage, may also be used, and this Cookie Policy applies to them as well.
2. Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on Naija Students Connect:
A. Essential Cookies
- Purpose: These cookies are strictly necessary for the Platform to function properly. They enable core functionalities like user authentication, account management, security, and access to secure areas.
- Examples: Session cookies for login, cookies to remember your consent preferences.
- Legal Basis (if required): Legitimate interest (for essential functionality).
B. Functional Cookies
- Purpose: These cookies allow the Platform to remember your choices and preferences (such as language, region, and font size) to provide a more personalized experience.
- Examples: Cookies to remember your language preference, cookies to store your display settings.
- Legal Basis (if required): Consent.
C. Analytical/Performance Cookies
- Purpose: These cookies collect information about how you use the Platform, such as which pages you visit most often and if you receive any error messages. This information helps us understand how users interact with the Platform and improve its performance and design.
- Examples: Google Analytics cookies, cookies to track page views and user behavior.
- Legal Basis (if required): Consent.
D. Advertising Cookies
- Purpose: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertisements relevant to your interests. They may also be used to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
- Examples: Cookies from advertising networks, retargeting cookies.
- Legal Basis (if required): Consent.
3. Managing Cookies and Consent
You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. You can also delete cookies that have already been set on your device.
Browser Settings: You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers can usually be found through the browser's help menu or online. However, please note that if you disable or delete certain cookies, some parts of the Platform may not function correctly.
Our Consent Management Tool (if applicable): [If you have a cookie consent banner or tool, describe it here and how users can use it to manage their preferences.]
Third-Party Opt-Outs: For advertising cookies, you can often opt-out directly through the advertising network or by using tools like the Digital Advertising Alliance opt-out page or Your Online Choices.
4. Third-Party Cookies
We may allow third-party service providers, such as analytics providers and advertising networks, to place cookies on your device through the Platform. These third parties may collect information about your online activities over time and across different websites. We do not control these third-party cookies, and you should consult the respective privacy policies of these third parties for more information.
5. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact us through our Contact Form.
Last Updated: 01 February 2025