Last Updated: May 4, 2025
Welcome to Hiphoplyrics (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you visit our website hiphoplyrics, which provides information about jobs and scholarship opportunities abroad.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in our data practices. This policy complies with applicable privacy laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and Google AdSense requirements.
1. Information We Collect
We collect information to provide you with a better experience and to operate our website effectively. The types of information we may collect include:
- Personal Information: If you choose to contact us via email or a contact form, we may collect your name, email address, or other information you voluntarily provide.
- Non-Personal Information: We collect non-identifiable data such as your IP address, browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp, and clickstream data through log files.
- Cookies and Tracking Technologies: We use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies to enhance your experience, analyze site usage, and serve personalized ads. See Section 3 for details.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To operate and maintain our website.
- To respond to your inquiries or comments.
- To analyze website usage and improve our content and services.
- To deliver personalized advertisements through third-party services like Google AdSense.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.
3. Cookies and Third-Party Advertising
Our website uses cookies and other tracking technologies to enhance your browsing experience and serve relevant advertisements. Cookies are small data files stored on your device that help us understand how you interact with our site.
Google AdSense: We use Google AdSense to display advertisements on our website. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our website or other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visits to our site and other sites on the internet.
Opting Out: You can opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of third-party vendors’ use of cookies for personalized advertising by visiting aboutads.info.
Cookie Consent: Upon visiting our website, you will be notified about our use of cookies via a cookie consent banner. You can manage your cookie preferences through this banner or your browser settings. Note that disabling cookies may affect your experience on our website.
4. Third-Party Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share information with third parties as follows:
- Google AdSense: Google collects data such as IP addresses and cookie data to serve personalized ads, as described in Section 3. This data is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy.
- Service Providers: We may share data with trusted service providers who assist with website operations (e.g., hosting, analytics), but only to the extent necessary to perform their services.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose information if required by law or to protect our rights, safety, or property.
5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)
If you are located in the European Economic Area (EEA) or the United Kingdom, our legal basis for processing your personal data includes:
- Consent: For cookies and personalized ads, we rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time via the cookie consent banner or by contacting us.
- Legitimate Interests: For non-personal data used to improve our website, we rely on our legitimate interest in operating and enhancing our services.
- Legal Obligation: To comply with applicable laws and regulations.
6. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
- Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Deletion: Request deletion of your data, subject to legal obligations.
- Restriction: Request restriction of data processing in certain cases.
- Objection: Object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing.
- Data Portability: Request a copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
To exercise these rights, please contact us at support@hiphoplyrics.com.ng. We will respond within the timeframes required by law (e.g., 30 days under GDPR).
California residents may also have rights under the CCPA, such as the right to opt out of the sale of personal information (we do not sell your data).
7. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. International Data Transfers
If you are outside the United States, your data may be transferred to and processed in the United States or other countries where our service providers operate. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place, such as Standard Contractual Clauses for GDPR compliance, to protect your data during such transfers.
9. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not intended for children under 13 (or 16 in the EEA). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have collected such information, please contact us to request deletion.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. We will notify you of material changes by posting the updated policy on our website with a new “Last Updated” date. Please review this policy periodically.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: support@hiphoplyrics.com.ng
For GDPR-related inquiries, you may also contact our Data Protection Officer at info@hiphoplyrics.com.ng. If you are in the EEA or UK and believe we have not resolved your concern, you have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.