Last Updated: August 20, 2026
Welcome to NewsMan.com.ng (“NewsMan,” “we,” “us,” or “our”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting the information you may provide when you visit and use our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected through NewsMan.com.ng, how that information may be used, and the choices available to you.
By accessing or using NewsMan.com.ng, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
NewsMan may collect information in several ways.
Information You Provide
You may voluntarily provide information when you:
- Contact us through our website.
- Send us an email.
- Submit a news tip or story.
- Subscribe to a newsletter or mailing list, where available.
- Participate in surveys, comments, or other interactive features, where available.
This information may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to provide.
Please do not submit passwords, financial information, government identification numbers, or other sensitive personal information through ordinary contact forms.
Information Collected Automatically
When you visit NewsMan, certain technical information may be collected automatically by our website, hosting provider, analytics services, advertising partners, or other third-party technologies.
This may include:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographic location
- Referring website
- Pages visited
- Date and time of visits
- Time spent on pages
- Other technical and usage information
This information is generally used to understand how visitors use our website, maintain website security, improve performance, and improve our content and services.
2. Cookies and Similar Technologies
NewsMan may use cookies and similar technologies to improve website functionality, understand visitor behavior, remember preferences, measure website traffic, and support advertising.
Cookies are small files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.
You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect some website features.
3. Google AdSense and Advertising
NewsMan may use Google AdSense and other advertising services to display advertisements on the website.
Third-party advertising providers may use cookies or similar technologies to serve advertisements based on a user's previous visits to this or other websites.
Google and its advertising partners may collect or use information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable laws.
For more information about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services, visitors can review Google's privacy information and advertising policies.
You may also be able to manage or personalize advertising preferences through Google's available advertising settings.
NewsMan does not control the information practices of third-party advertising providers and encourages users to review the privacy policies of those providers.
4. Google Analytics and Similar Services
NewsMan may use analytics services, such as Google Analytics, to understand how visitors interact with our website.
These services may collect information such as pages visited, approximate location, device information, traffic sources, and interactions with the website.
The information helps us understand our audience, identify technical problems, improve website performance, and develop more useful content.
5. How We Use Information
Information collected through NewsMan may be used to:
- Operate and maintain the website.
- Respond to enquiries and messages.
- Respond to news tips and submissions.
- Improve our content and services.
- Understand website traffic and visitor behavior.
- Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, spam, and security threats.
- Maintain website security.
- Improve the user experience.
- Comply with applicable legal obligations.
- Display and measure advertising, where applicable.
We do not sell your personal information simply because you visit NewsMan.com.ng.
6. Third-Party Websites and Services
NewsMan may contain links to third-party websites, social media platforms, advertisements, or other external services.
Once you leave NewsMan, your activities are governed by the privacy policy and terms of the third-party website or service you visit.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, security, or policies of third-party websites.
We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of any external websites before providing personal information.
7. Comments and User Submissions
Where NewsMan provides comments, contact forms, news-tip forms, or other submission features, information submitted by users may be received and processed by our editorial or administrative team.
Users should avoid submitting confidential or sensitive information through publicly accessible areas of the website.
NewsMan reserves the right to moderate, remove, or decline to publish submissions that violate our policies or applicable laws.
8. Children's Privacy
NewsMan is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly request or intentionally collect personal information from children through the website.
If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal information to us, they may contact us so that we can review and, where appropriate, delete the information.
9. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information submitted to or collected through NewsMan.
However, no website, internet transmission, or electronic storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Accordingly, we cannot guarantee absolute security of information transmitted to us.
10. Data Retention
We retain information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including responding to enquiries, maintaining business and editorial records, protecting the website, complying with legal obligations, and resolving disputes.
The length of time information is retained may vary depending on its nature and purpose.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, which may include the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion of certain information.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
To exercise an applicable privacy right, please contact us using the contact details provided below.
We may need to verify your identity before processing certain requests.
12. Nigerian Privacy Law
NewsMan aims to handle personal information responsibly and in accordance with applicable privacy and data-protection laws.
Where applicable, our privacy practices take into consideration Nigeria's data-protection framework, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 and relevant regulations, guidance, and requirements issued by the appropriate authorities.
Where users are located in other jurisdictions, additional privacy rights or requirements may apply depending on the circumstances.
13. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, services, technology, advertising arrangements, or applicable legal requirements.
When changes are made, the updated version will be posted on this page and the “Last Updated” date will be revised.
We encourage visitors to review this page periodically.
14. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, would like to make a privacy-related request, or have concerns about how your information is handled, please contact NewsMan through our Contact Us page.
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