Effective Date: 17th June 2025
This Privacy Policy outlines how News Ghana (newsghana.com.gh) collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you visit or interact with our website. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to safeguarding your data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
Who We Are
Our website address is: https://www.newsghana.com.gh
What Personal Data We Collect and Why
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized hash of your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to determine if you are using it. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture (if available) becomes visible to the public alongside your comment.
Media Uploads
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors to the site can extract location information from publicly accessible images.
Contact Forms
Information submitted through our contact forms is used solely to respond to your inquiries. We do not share this information with third parties unless required by law.
Cookies
Cookies are used to enhance user experience. You can manage your cookie preferences at any time. For more information, see our Cookie Policy.
- If you leave a comment, you may opt to save your name, email, and website in cookies. These last for one year and are used for your convenience.
- If you visit our login page, a temporary cookie is set to check browser compatibility. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close the browser.
- Login cookies last for two days. “Remember Me” extends login for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies.
- If you edit or publish content, an additional cookie storing the article ID is saved. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles). Embedded content behaves exactly as if the user visited the external website, which may collect data, use cookies, or track interactions.
Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our website. These tools may collect anonymized data such as device type, geographic region, pages visited, and time spent on the site.
Who We Share Your Data With
We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties unless required for legal, security, or anti-spam purposes. Visitor comments may be scanned by an automated spam detection service.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and related metadata are stored indefinitely to recognize and approve future comments automatically.
For registered users (if applicable), personal data provided in user profiles is stored. Users may view, edit, or delete their data at any time (except usernames). Administrators can access and manage this information.
Your Rights Over Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you may request an exported file of your personal data. You may also request that we delete your data, excluding information required for legal or administrative purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Comments may be filtered through third-party automated spam detection systems.
Security of Your Information
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, misuse, or loss. While no system is completely secure, we continuously improve our safeguards.
Additional Disclosures
- Data Breach Procedures: In the event of a data breach, affected users will be notified in accordance with applicable laws.
- Third-party Data Sources: We may receive anonymized or aggregated data from analytics providers, advertisers, and social media platforms.
- Automated Decision-Making: We do not use personal data for automated profiling or decision-making that significantly affects users.
- Regulatory Requirements: We may disclose user data if required to comply with national laws, court orders, or legal investigations.
Contact Us
For questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, you may contact us via our website or through:
Email: [email protected]
Address: No. 1 Ostwe Close Klannaa St, Box la 478, Accra
Phone: Tel: +233 20 189 6055
