PRIVACY POLICY
Effective Date: September 4, 2026
Welcome to TarabaNews.ng (“Taraba News”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). We are committed to protecting the privacy of our readers, visitors, contributors, and other users of our website.
This Privacy Policy explains how TarabaNews.ng collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you visit or interact with our website.
By using TarabaNews.ng, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you interact with our website, we may collect the following categories of information:
A. Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us through our website or email.
- Submit a news story, article, press release, photograph, video, or other material.
- Subscribe to newsletters or updates.
- Submit comments or participate in discussions.
- Apply to become a contributor, reporter, correspondent, or partner.
- Participate in surveys, promotions, contests, or other activities.
- Communicate with our editorial, advertising, or support team.
Such information may include your name, email address, telephone number, organization, location, and any other information you choose to provide.
B. Automatically Collected Information
When you visit TarabaNews.ng, certain information may automatically be collected, including:
- IP address.
- Browser type and version.
- Device type.
- Operating system.
- Pages visited.
- Articles viewed.
- Date and time of visits.
- Referring websites.
- Approximate location derived from technical information.
- Website interaction and usage information.
This information helps us understand how visitors use our platform and improve our services.
2. Cookies and Similar Technologies
TarabaNews.ng may use cookies and similar technologies to improve your browsing experience.
Cookies may be used to:
- Remember user preferences.
- Improve website functionality.
- Understand website traffic and usage.
- Measure the performance of our content.
- Provide relevant advertising.
- Maintain website security.
- Analyze how users interact with our website.
You may configure your browser to reject or delete cookies. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website functionality.
3. How We Use Your Information
We may use information collected through TarabaNews.ng to:
- Provide and maintain our website.
- Publish and manage news content.
- Respond to inquiries and messages.
- Process submissions from contributors and readers.
- Send newsletters, updates, or other communications where permitted.
- Improve our website, content, and user experience.
- Analyze website traffic and audience behavior.
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security threats.
- Manage advertising and promotional activities.
- Comply with applicable laws and legal obligations.
We will not use your personal information for purposes that are incompatible with the purpose for which it was collected, except where permitted or required by law.
4. News Submissions and User-Generated Content
If you voluntarily submit articles, comments, photographs, videos, documents, or other materials to TarabaNews.ng, you acknowledge that some of this information may be published publicly.
You should therefore avoid submitting personal or confidential information that you do not want to appear publicly.
Where appropriate, TarabaNews.ng may identify contributors by their name, organization, professional title, or other information supplied with the submission.
5. Comments and Public Areas
If our website provides comment sections, forums, or other public interaction features, information you post in these areas may be visible to other users and members of the public.
You should exercise caution before sharing personal information in publicly accessible areas.
TarabaNews.ng reserves the right to moderate, edit, restrict, or remove comments and other user-generated content that violates our policies or applicable laws.
6. Third-Party Services
TarabaNews.ng may use third-party services to support the operation of our website, including services for:
- Website analytics.
- Advertising.
- Email delivery.
- Social media integration.
- Website security.
- Content delivery.
- Video hosting.
- Payment processing, where applicable.
These third-party providers may process certain information in accordance with their own privacy policies.
We encourage users to review the privacy policies of third-party services they interact with through our website.
7. Advertising
TarabaNews.ng may display advertisements from third-party advertisers or advertising networks.
These services may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to measure advertising performance and, where permitted, provide advertisements based on browsing activity.
TarabaNews.ng does not necessarily control the privacy practices of third-party advertisers. Users should review the relevant third party’s privacy policy for additional information.
8. Links to Other Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, including social media platforms, government websites, news organizations, advertisers, and other online resources.
TarabaNews.ng is not responsible for the privacy practices, security, content, or policies of external websites.
We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of any third-party website you visit.
9. Data Security
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information in our possession against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, or misuse.
However, no internet transmission or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Therefore, while we strive to protect your information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
The retention period may depend on the nature of the information, the purpose for which it was collected, legal requirements, and legitimate business needs.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain personal information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing activities.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request information about how your personal information is processed.
To exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact us using the details provided below.
12. Children’s Privacy
TarabaNews.ng is a general news and information platform.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for purposes that are prohibited by applicable law.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us may contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, remove the information.
13. Data Protection and Nigerian Law
TarabaNews.ng seeks to handle personal information in accordance with applicable Nigerian data protection and privacy laws, including applicable requirements under the Nigeria Data Protection Act and regulations or guidance issued by relevant authorities.
Where applicable, we will take reasonable steps to respect users’ data protection rights.
14. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal requirements, or privacy practices.
When we make significant changes, we may update the “Effective Date” at the top of this page.
We encourage you to periodically review this page.
15. Contact Us
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:
Taraba News
Website: TarabaNews.ng
Email: info@tarabanews.ng
Phone: +2348060660861
Address: 183 Hammaruwa Way, Jalingo, Taraba State
By using TarabaNews.ng, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.