Privacy Policy

Cookies

AreaKoko uses cookies to keep you signed in and understand how readers use the site. You can control or disable cookies through your browser settings — see our Cookie Policy for details on the types of cookies we use and how to manage them.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics to understand aggregate readership patterns — which articles are read, how visitors navigate the site, and general traffic trends. This data is used to improve the site and is not used to identify individual readers personally.

Advertising

AreaKoko displays advertising to support free access to our journalism. Advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve relevant ads. As we onboard ad-technology partners (including Google AdSense), this policy will be updated to name each partner and the data they process.

User data

When you create an account, we collect your email address and any profile information you provide. When you contact us, we store the details you submit (name, email, and message) so we can respond. We do not sell your personal data.

Data retention

We keep account and contact data for as long as your account is active or as needed to respond to your enquiry, and for a reasonable period afterward for record-keeping and legal-compliance purposes. You can ask us to delete your data at any time — see "Your rights" below.

Your rights

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (and comparable data-protection laws), you have the right to access the personal data we hold about you, ask us to correct it, ask us to delete it, and object to certain uses of it. To exercise any of these rights, contact us via our Contact page.

Children's privacy

AreaKoko is a general news publication not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 13.

International data transfer

Some of our service providers (listed below) may process or store data outside Nigeria. Where this happens, we rely on those providers' own contractual and security safeguards for cross-border data transfer.

Third-party services

AreaKoko is built on top of a small number of third-party service providers who process data on our behalf under their own privacy and security terms:

• Supabase — hosting, authentication, and database storage.
• Google — sign-in via Google OAuth, where you choose to use it, and Google Analytics.
• OpenAI — AI-assisted drafting and research tooling used by our editorial team.
• ImageKit — image hosting and delivery for article and profile images.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update the "Last updated" date above. We encourage you to review this page periodically.