Privacy Policy for ICPC (https://icpc.gov.ng)
Introduction Welcome to the ICPC website. Your privacy is important to us, and this policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
1. Comments When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help detect spam.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture will be visible to the public in the context of your comment.
2. Media If you upload images to the website, avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract location data from images.
3. Cookies
Comments: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so you do not need to re-enter your details for subsequent comments. These cookies will last for one year.
Login: When you visit our login page, we 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. Upon logging in, several cookies will be set to save your login information and screen display preferences:
- Login cookies last for two days.
- Screen options cookies last for one year.
- Selecting “Remember Me” extends the login persistence to two weeks. Logging out removes the login cookies.
Content Editing: 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 edited. It expires after one day.
4. Embedded Content from Other Websites Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited the external website directly. These sites may:
- Collect data about you.
- Use cookies.
- Embed third-party tracking.
- Monitor your interaction with their content, including tracking your interactions if you have an account and are logged into that site.
5. Who We Share Your Data With If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
6. How Long We Retain Your Data
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Comments: Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely. This allows us to recognize and approve follow-up comments automatically.
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Registered Users: For users who register on our website, we store personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
7. Your Rights Over Your Data 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 provided.
- Erasure of your personal data. This excludes data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at [Insert Contact Information].
8. Where Your Data is Sent Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service. Data may also be transferred to external servers if necessary to provide the services outlined above.
9. Security Measures We prioritize the security of your data and implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect it. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
10. Updates to This Policy This privacy policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. The latest version will always be available on this page.