Privacy Policy

About newsconnectonline.com

newsconnectonline.com is a grassroots advocacy news platform established to promote development and peace through efficient and effective reportage across all beats.

Beat: Education, Entertainment, Environment, Energy, Business, Health, Sport, Foreign News, Advocacy, Tourism and Transportation.

newsconnectonline.com cares deeply about online privacy. If you have any questions concerning this privacy policy, please email us at info@newsconnectonline.com

Information Collection and Use

newsconnectonline.com collects user submitted information such as name, email address and IP address to authenticate users and to send notifications to those users relating to the newsconnectonline.com service.

newsconnectonline.com also logs non-personally-identifiable information including IP address, profile information, aggregate user data, and browser type, from users and visitors to the site This data is used to manage the website, track usage and improve the website services. This non-personally-identifiable information may be shared with third-parties to provide more relevant services and advertisements to members. User IP addresses are recorded for security and monitoring purposes.

We may also use a user’s email address to send updates, newsletter or important news or news regarding our service. It is important to note that the updates, newsletters or news will be that containing information about the individuals interest only or improvement of any of our services (which the user has already subscribed to).

From time to time, newsconnectonline.com or a partner, may sponsor a promotion on newsconnectonline.com. Users may be asked to provide personal information including name, email address and mobile number. We may transfer personal information to certain ad partners that you have explicitly requested to receive information from. It will be clear at the point of collection who is collecting the personal information and whose privacy statement will apply.

Links

newsconnectonline.com contains links to sites. newsconnectonline.com is not responsible for the privacy policies and/or practices on other sites. When linking to another site a user should read the privacy policy stated on that site. Our privacy policy only governs information collected on newsconnectonline.com.

Journals, Message Boards, Polls, Classifieds and Public Forums

Please be aware that whenever you voluntarily post public information to Posts, Message Boards, Classifieds or any other Public Forums that information can be accessed by the public and can in turn be used by those people to send you unsolicited communications.

Correcting/Updating or Removing Information

newsconnectonline.com users may modify or remove any of their personal information at any time by logging into their account and accessing features such as my controls.



Third Party Advertising

Ads appearing on this Web site may be delivered to users by newsconnectonline.com or one of our Web advertising partners. Our Web advertising partners may set cookies. These cookies allow the ad server to recognize your computer each time they send you an online advertisement. In this way, ad servers may compile information about where you, or others who are using your computer, saw their advertisements and determine which ads are clicked on. This information allows an ad network to deliver targeted advertisements that they believe will be of most interest to you. This privacy statement covers the use of cookies by newsconnectonline.com and does not cover the use of cookies by any advertisers.

Special Note About Google Advertising
Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this site and other sites that use Google advertising services. Learn how to opt out of Google’s cookie usage. As mentioned above, any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google’s own privacy policies. About Google advertising: What is the DoubleClick DART cookie? The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy.

Security

newsconnectonline.com member accounts are secured by member-created passwords. newsconnectonline.com takes precautions to insure that member account information is kept private by making the passwords encrypted so nobody can view them (not even the administrator). We use reasonable measures to protect other member information that is stored within our database, and we restrict access to member information to those employees who need access to perform their job functions, such as our customer service personnel and technical staff. Please note that we cannot guarantee the security of member account information. Unauthorized entry or use, hardware or software failure, and other factors may compromise the security of member information at any time. For any additional information about the security measures we use on newsconnectonline.com, please contact us a info@newsconnectonline.com

Sharing and Disclosure of Information newsconnectonline.com Collects

Except as otherwise described in this privacy statement, newsconnectonline.com will not disclose personal information to any third party unless we believe that disclosure is necessary: (1) to conform to legal requirements or to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other legal process received by newsconnectonline.com, whether or not a response is required by applicable law; (2) to enforce the newsconnectonline.com Terms of Use Agreement or to protect our rights; or (3) to protect the safety of members of the public and users of the service. newsconnectonline.com reserves the right to transfer personal information to a successor in interest that acquires rights to that information as a result of the sale of newsconnectonline.com or substantially all of its assets to that successor in interest For more information see the “Changes in Our Privacy Policy” section below.

Changes in Our Privacy Policy

From time to time we may make changes to our privacy policy. If we make changes, we will post them on our site to make users aware of what the changes are so users will always be aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and when we may disclose it. A User is bound by any minor changes to the policy when she or he uses the site after those changes have been posted. If, however, we are going to use users’ personally identifiable information in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection we will notify by posting a notice on our Website for 30 days.

Contacting the Website

If you have any questions about this privacy statement, the practices of this site, or your dealings with this Website, please contact us at: info@newsconnectonline.com or call: +234 705 738 3810