Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 01/04/2025
Curious City (“we”, “our”, or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and disclose information from users of our website www.curiouscity.ng, including our news, media content, and classifieds ads section.
1. Information We Collect
- Personal Information: When you submit a contact form, post a classified ad, or subscribe to updates, we may collect your name, email address, phone number, and other relevant information.
- Non-Personal Information: We collect data such as browser type, IP address, pages visited, and time spent on the site through cookies and analytics tools.
2. Use of Information
We use the collected information to:
- Operate and improve our website and services
- Respond to inquiries and provide customer support
- Display user-submitted classified ads
- Send newsletters or updates if you opt in
- Serve personalized advertisements
3. Google AdSense and Cookies
- We use Google AdSense to display ads. Google may use cookies and web beacons to serve ads based on your visits to this and other websites.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to our site and/or other sites on the Internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings.
4. Third-Party Services
We may use third-party services such as Google Analytics to analyze website traffic. These services may collect information using cookies or other tracking technologies.
5. Classified Ads Submissions
When you post an ad, your provided contact information (if included) will be publicly visible. Do not submit sensitive information in classified listings.
6. Data Security
We implement reasonable security measures to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.
7. Your Choices
You can disable cookies through your browser settings. You may also opt out of certain tracking or marketing services via the links provided above.
8. Children’s Privacy
This site is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from minors.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised effective date.
10. Contact Us
For questions or concerns, contact us at:
Email: info@curiouscity.ng
Phone: +2348112977486
Our website address is: https://www.curiouscity.ng
Comments
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 and protection
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
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.
Cookies
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 as long as necessary.
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.
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.
Who we share your data with
🤝 Who We Share Your Data With
We share your personal data (Provided by you for listing) exclusively for the purpose of operating, improving, and securing our Marketplace section. This includes sharing necessary information with:
(i) Other Users (e.g., your publicly listed contact details and location when you post an ad)
(ii) Service Providers who assist us with essential functions like website hosting, payment processing, fraud detection, and anonymous analytics to improve site performance; and
(iii) Law Enforcement or Governmental Authorities when required by law, to protect our rights, or to investigate potential fraud or illegal activity related to your use of the service.
How long we retain your data
If you upload a listed item or leave a comment, 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. (Except for cases where listed item expires and is deleted)
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.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.