SchoolNews.info is an independent digital news and education digest. We believe that reading news and researching university admissions should not require surrendering personal autonomy. This document explains what information is collected when you visit our publication, why it is processed, and your absolute rights to manage or delete that data.
1. Google AdSense & Advertising Disclosures
SchoolNews.info is partially funded by third-party advertising, primarily served through Google AdSense (Publisher ID: pub-4039679359165076). To operate transparently and in full compliance with Google Publisher Policies, we disclose the following technical practices:
- Third-Party Vendor Cookies: Google and other advertising partners use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to SchoolNews.info or other websites across the web.
- DoubleClick DART Cookie: Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve targeted ads based on your visit to this publication and other sites on the Internet.
- Opting Out of Personalized Ads: You may opt out of personalized advertising at any time by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendor cookies across networks via aboutads.info or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA) at youronlinechoices.eu.
Advertising never determines, influences, or alters our editorial decisions, article ratings, or university coverage. For details on how we separate sponsorship from reporting, consult our Editorial Policy.
2. Server Log Files & Technical Diagnostics
Like virtually all web publishers, our hosting infrastructure automatically records technical log entries when a reader loads a page. These entries typically include:
- Your Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Browser type, operating system, and language preferences
- Date and timestamp of request
- Referring URL and exit page
- HTTP status code and byte count
Log files contain no names, email addresses, or physical locations. They are retained strictly for operational diagnostics, mitigating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attempts, combating automated scraping abuse, and assessing regional server capacity requirements.
3. Cookies and Local Storage
A cookie is a small text string stored by your web browser on your device. SchoolNews.info uses cookies sparingly and only for:
- Remembering your regional preference (such as defaulting to Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, UK, or Global coverage)
- Preserving font size or theme selections where supported
- Gathering aggregated, privacy-conscious readership statistics
You have full control over cookies. You can instruct your browser (Chrome, Safari, Firefox, or Edge) to reject all cookies or notify you whenever a cookie is set. Disabling cookies will not block access to any news articles or scholarship guides on this site.
4. Your Legal Rights (GDPR & UK Data Protection)
If you access SchoolNews.info from within the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, the General Data Protection Regulation gives you specific rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of Access: You may request confirmation of whether we hold personal data related to you.
- Right to Rectification: You may request that incorrect or incomplete data be corrected.
- Right to Erasure (“Right to Be Forgotten”): You may request the permanent deletion of personal data we retain.
- Right to Object or Restrict Processing: You may object to the processing of your data under specific conditions.
To exercise any of these statutory rights, submit a written notice to privacy@schoolnews.info. We acknowledge all formal requests within 72 hours and resolve them without fee within the statutory 30-day window.
5. California Consumer Privacy Rights (CCPA / CPRA)
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act, California residents have the right to know what categories of personal information are collected and whether that information is sold or disclosed.
SchoolNews.info does not sell, rent, or trade reader personal information. We have not sold personal information in the preceding 12 months, and will not do so. California residents may contact privacy@schoolnews.info to verify our data records or submit a verification request.
6. Protection of Minors (COPPA Compliance)
Protecting the safety and privacy of minors online is a core responsibility. SchoolNews.info is an educational news portal oriented toward students, educators, and parents. We do not intentionally solicit, collect, or store personal information from children under the age of 13.
If a parent or guardian discovers that a child under 13 has provided personal details through our contact forms or submission channels, please notify privacy@schoolnews.info immediately. We will permanently expunge those records from our databases promptly.
7. Data Retention & Security Measures
We employ industry-standard Transport Layer Security (TLS/HTTPS) encryption across all public pages, API endpoints, and administrative interfaces. Data submitted through our editorial contact forms is archived only for as long as required to investigate the correspondence or fulfill statutory legal requirements, after which it is systematically purged.
8. Contacting Our Data Protection Desk
If you have questions, complaints, or formal inquiries regarding this Privacy Policy or our data handling practices, please write directly to our desk:
Data Privacy Desk
SchoolNews.info
Email: privacy@schoolnews.info