Gistfactory together with its affiliate entities takes your privacy seriously hence the updates we have made to our privacy policy to make it GDPR complaint and to serve you better. We may update our policy regularly, so we advise you to take out time to go through this policy and understand what your rights are.
- What’s in this policy?
- What information we might collect about you
- How we might use that information
- When we might use your details to contact you
- What information of yours we might share with others
- Your choices about the personal information you give us
- What does this policy cover?
What’s not covered in this policy?
Our services sometimes link to services run by other companies. Those companies have their own privacy and cookies policies, so remember that the information you give them will follow their rules and not ours.
- How do you protect my personal information?
At the same time, no service can be completely secure – if you have any concerns that your personal information has been put at risk, for example if someone could have found out your password, please get in touch straight away.
Where we store your information
Some companies that provide services to us run their services from outside Nigeria/the European Economic Area. We only let that happen if we are satisfied with their levels of security. Keep in mind that when you give us personal information it could be transferred, stored or processed in a location outside Nigeria/Africa/the EEA.
- What types of personal information does Gistfactory collect about me?
- Information that you give to us
- Device information
- Your computer
- Your mobile
- Your TV
- Your tablet
- Your voice-enabled device
- IP (internet protocol) address
- Device ID
- App ID
- Vendor ID
- Information on your activities outside Gistfactory when you talk about us
When you update your details or settings we ask for some personal information, like your email address and age. We also collect information about how you use our services, like the articles you read and the programmes you subscribe to.
- How long will Gistfactory keep my personal information?
- We only hold your information for as long as we do the activities we told you about or have a valid reason to keep it.
- We think about what type of information it is, the amount collected, how sensitive it might be and any legal requirements.
- We design our services so that we don’t hold your information any longer than we have to
- We may close your Gistfactory account if you haven’t used it in the last year. We’ll send you an email to tell you that we plan to do this before we delete anything, so please check to see if we’ve sent you any emails about this.
- How can Gistfactory use my personal information?
- The law says it’s fine to use it, and
- It fits with the rights you have.
- To deliver our services and to provide you with information about the.
b. To deal with your requests, complaints and enquiries.
c. To personalise services and give you things more tailored to your tastes
e. To show you relevant advertisingon another company’s site.
f. To help us understand what kind of services you might use
- To recommend thing swe think might interest you
h. To show you advertising when you access a Gistfactory service from outside the Nigeria
- To research and innovate
- To contact you about various things
- When will Gistfactory use my information to contact me?
- To update you on any changes to the Gistfactory’s policies, practices.
- To check with you about any service or activity you’ve signed up for.
- To contact you about a creation you sent us, like articles you’ve sent in for publication
- To answer you when you’ve contacted us, or to respond to a comment or complaint.
- To invite you to take part in surveys about Gisfactory services, which are always voluntary.
- For marketing purposes.
- To send you notification on your device if you’ve selected them in your settings.
We’ll never contact you to ask for your Gistfactory account password.
- Will I be contacted for marketing purposes?
Keep in mind, even if you unsubscribe, we may still contact you.
Will my personal information be used when Gistfactory advertises with other companies?
If you have a Gistfactory account we might use information that we hold about you to show you relevant and “targeted advertising” through other companies’ sites, like Facebook, Google, Snapchat or Twitter for example. This could be showing you a Gistfactory advertising message where we know you have a Gistfactory account and have used Gistfactory services.
If you don’t want to see our targeted advertising, you can set ad preferences in your social media companies’ settings. Also, you can visit your Gistfactory account and turn off personalisation, but it will also turn off all personalised services.
- When does Gistfactory share my personal information with others?
- When you make something public
- When we use other companies to power our services
We make sure that your personal information is looked after as if we were handling it directly. We carefully select these companies, only share with them what they need to do the work and we make sure they keep your information secure.
- When we share personal information with companies in the Gistfactory group
- When you use another company’s service that connects to us, like voice-enabled devices
- When we do collaborative research
- Sometimes by law we have to pass on your information to other organisations
- What’s different for kids and teens?
- Why do we collect information about you in the first place?
- Get the right services for you
- Plan and improve our services
- Keep in touch with you
- We’ll always tell you why we’re collecting your personal information
- We can only use your personal information if we have a valid reason
- We share personal information about you to others but we follow some rules
- We might ask you to tell us your age
- Sometimes we’ll ask to get your parent or guardian’s consent
- So you can get notifications from us
- So we can show you more things we think you’ll like, based on what you do
- So you can post comments
- So you can upload your contributions to us
- Sometimes we’ll tell your parents about your activities
- When we contact you
- It’s safe to use us
There are also things that you can do to keep safe, like thinking about what information you share and how to keep your devices secure.
- Human beings and not robots will make the big decisions that affect you
- You might not be able to use our services if you’re outside Nigeria
- You’re in control of how we use cookies and tracking
We use cookies and tracking to make things easier for you, like remembering where you got to in a game or what emoji you selected.
You can switch off some cookies and similar tracking technologies. Or your parent or guardian can do this if you’re under 13.
- What we do when you post, upload or share a creation
- You’ve got privacy rights, the same as adults, so get to know what they are
- ask us what personal information we hold about you
- ask us to correct or delete your personal information
- tell us to stop using your personal information
Sometimes we’ll be asking for your parent or guardian to do that.
If you’re under 13 your parent or guardian probably has to do it for you.
- Can I delete my information?
- If you’re talking about Gistfactory account
- We keep a record of how you’ve used our services, but this information can’t be linked back to you.
- We also keep anything you’ve uploaded or commented on.
- What about other information I’ve shared with you?
- What are my rights?
You have the right to:
- Request a copy of your information.
- Not let robots make big decisions about you.
- To ask us to correct information that’s wrong, to delete it or to request that we only use it for certain purposes.
- To change your mind, and ask us to stop using your information. For example, unsubscribing from any marketing emails or turning off personalisation.
- How does Gistfactory use cookies and similar tracking?
- What are cookies and tracking technologies?
There are also similar pieces of tracking information we collect.
- Why do we use cookies and other tracking?
- To remember information about you, so you don’t have to give it to us again. And again. And again.
- To keep you signed in, even on different devices
- To help us understand how people are using our services, so we can make them better
- To deliver advertising to websites outside of the Nigeria and Europe
- To help us personalise Gistfactory to you by remembering your preferences and settings. And your progress, so you can pause and pick up where you left off watching a programme, even on a different device
- To find out if our emails have been read and if you find them useful
But we want to use others like functional, performance and advertising cookies to make your experience more enjoyable. We’ll only use them if you’ve agreed. You can always change your mind.
Bear in mind there are some other cookies out there from other companies. These “third-party cookies” might track how you use different websites, including ours. For example, you might get a social media company’s cookie when you see the option to share something. You can turn them off, but not through us.
- How long do cookies last?
- How do I control my cookies and tracking?
Stopping all cookies might mean you can’t access some Gistfactory services, or that some of them might not work properly for you.
Another way to control some tracking is in the settings on your device.
If you see a notification on your browser each time we publish a post, you have subscribed to Push Notifications, while most users enjoy the service, to STOP push notifications, follow the steps below;
- Open your Chrome browser
- Go to settings
- Click on site settings
- Click on Notifications, you will see a list of sites you have subscribed to.
- Click on Gistfactory.com and choose clear and reset
- How will I find out about changes to this policy?
If you don’t agree to the changes, then you can always stop using our services, delete your account and stop giving us any more personal information. We’d be sorry to see you go.
- How can I contact Gistfactory?