Introduction
Welcome to Newsnow. Our website address is Newsnow.com.ng. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your personal information.
Comments
When you leave a comment on our site, we collect the data provided in the comments form, along with your IP address and browser user agent. This information helps us detect and prevent spam. An anonymized string created from your email address (also known as a hash) may be sent to Gravatar to check if you use the service. You can review the Gravatar privacy policy [here](https://automattic.com/privacy/). Once your comment is approved, your profile picture will be visible to the public.
Media
If you upload images to our site, please refrain from including images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS), as visitors can download and extract this information from images.
Cookies
If you comment on our site, you can choose to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience. This means you won’t have to re-enter your details for future comments, and these cookies will last for one year.
When you visit our login page, a temporary cookie will be set to check if your browser accepts cookies; this cookie contains no personal data and will be deleted when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, we will set up cookies to save your login information and display preferences. Login cookies last for two days, while display options cookies last for a year. If you choose the “Remember Me” option, your login will remain for two weeks. If you log out, the login cookies will be deleted.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved to your browser. This cookie contains no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you edited, expiring after one day.
5Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images). This embedded content behaves like you’ve visited the original site, which may collect data about you, use cookies, and track your interactions with the content.
Data Sharing
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
Data Retention
We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely to recognize and automatically approve follow-up comments. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username), and website administrators can also access this information.
Your Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided. You can also request that we delete any personal data we hold about you, except for data we must keep for administrative, legal, or security reasons.
Data Processing
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.