Effective Date: 9th September 2025
At news.jiamedia.com, your privacy is important to us. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit or interact with our website and services. By using our website, you agree to the terms of this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect the following types of information:
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Personal Information: When you sign up for newsletters, create an account, or contact us (e.g., name, email address, phone number).
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Non-Personal Information: Such as browser type, device information, IP address, and usage data to help us improve our services.
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Cookies and Tracking Technologies: To personalize your experience and analyze website traffic.
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
2. How We Use Your Information
Your information may be used for the following purposes:
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To provide and improve our content and services.
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To personalize your experience on news.jiamedia.com.
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To send newsletters, updates, or promotional materials (only if you have opted in).
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To analyze website traffic, user behavior, and trends.
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To comply with legal obligations or protect our rights.
3. Sharing of Information
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. However, we may share information in the following cases:
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With trusted service providers who assist us in operating the website.
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If required by law or government authorities.
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In connection with a business transfer, such as a merger or acquisition.
- If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
4. Cookies & Tracking
news.jiamedia.com uses cookies and similar technologies to:
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Enhance website performance.
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Remember your preferences.
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Provide relevant advertising.
You can disable cookies in your browser settings, but some features of the website may not function properly.
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party tools (e.g., Google Analytics, social media plugins, ad networks) that collect information to provide analytics or targeted ads. These third parties have their own privacy policies, and we encourage you to review them.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute protection.
7. Your Rights
You have the right to:
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Access, update, or delete your personal information.
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Opt out of receiving promotional emails.
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Disable cookies in your browser settings.
To exercise your rights, please contact us at info@news.jiamedia.com
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8. Children’s Privacy
news.jiamedia.com does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. If you believe we may have collected such information, please contact us immediately.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised Effective Date.
10. Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:
news.jiamedia.com
📍 25 Miss Elems Street, Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria
📧 info@news.jiamedia.com
📞 +234 806 415 3866 | +234 904 345 5837
