GuardPost.ng recognises the significance of protecting your personal information’s privacy, and we have carefully crafted this Privacy Policy to provide you with adequate information about our privacy practices. This Policy applies when you use our website, applications, and other contents (collectively, “Our Services”). This does not extend to information gathered or utilised by WP Company LLC via other methods.

Read these terms and conditions carefully to understand how we collect, use, safeguard, and otherwise handle your Personally Identifiable Information (PII) in compliance with applicable laws.

Our Privacy Policy Includes:

A Look at the Data We Gather: We may obtain personal information about you in a variety of ways, including from you, information we gather through your use of our Services, and information we obtain from openly accessible sources or third parties.

Information You Provide to Us: When you register or interact with our Services, you may be invited to provide personal information to enhance your experience on our platforms. For example, during account registration, we may ask for your name, e-mail address, etc.

We also collect information that you provide to us when you comment on our articles, participate in message boards, and submit images, photos, videos, or other content to the Services. We may ask you for additional information at other times, such as when you enter a contest or participate in a promotion, when you post an online ad, or when you order products from us or otherwise engage with our Services.

Information About Your Use of our Services. 

In addition to the information, you provide to us directly, we may collect information about your use of the Services. For example, we may collect:

● Device information — such as your hardware model, IP address, other unique device identifiers, operating system version, and settings of the device you use to access the Services.

● Usage information — such as information about the Services you use, the time and duration of your use of the Services and other information about your interaction with content offered through a Service, and any information stored using cookies, mobile ad identifiers, and similar technologies that we have set on your device. For detailed information about our use of cookies, web beacons, and other technologies, refer to our Online Tracking and Advertising.

● Location information — such as your computer’s IP address; your mobile device’s GPS signal or information about nearby WiFi access points and cell towers that may be transmitted to us when you use certain Services.

Information From Third-Party Sources. We may receive information about you from publicly and commercially available sources, as permitted by law, which we may combine with other information we receive from or about you. For example, we may receive information about you from a social media site if you connect to the Services through that site.

Other Information We Collect. We also may collect other information about you, your device, or your use of the services in ways that we describe to you at the point of collection or otherwise with your consent. You may choose not to provide us with certain types of information but doing so may affect your ability to use some of the Services.

How Do We Use Your Information?

We may use the information we collect from you for the following purposes:

      • To improve our website to better serve you.

      • To allow us to better service you in responding to your service requests.

      • To send periodic emails regarding your order or other products and services.

How Do We Protect Your Information?

Our website is scanned on a regular basis for security holes and known vulnerabilities to make your visit as safe as possible. We do that through the following ways:

Regular Malware Scanning

Your personal information is contained behind secured networks and is only accessible by a limited number of persons who have special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. In addition, all sensitive/credit information you supply is encrypted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology.

We implement a variety of security measures when a user enters, submits, or accesses their information to maintain the safety of your personal information. For your convenience we may store your credit card information to expedite future orders, and to automate the billing process.


Do We Use ‘Cookies’?

Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow) that enables the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information. 

For instance, we use cookies to help us remember and process the items in your shopping cart. They are also used to help us understand your preferences based on previous or current site activity, which enables us to provide you with improved services. We also use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction so that we can offer better site experiences and tools in the future.


We use cookies to:

      • Understand and save user’s preferences for future visits.

      • Keep track of advertisements.

      • Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.

You can choose to have your computer warn you each time a cookie is being sent, or you can choose to turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Since browser is a little different, look at your browser’s Help Menu to learn the correct way to modify your cookies.

If you turn cookies off, some of the features that make your site experience more efficient may not function properly. It won’t affect the user’s experience that make your site experience more efficient and may not function properly.

Third-Party Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your Personally Identifiable Information.

Third-Party Links: We do not include or offer third-party products or services on our website.

Google

Google’s advertising requirements can be summed up by Google’s Advertising Principles. They are put in place to provide a positive experience for users. https://support.google.com/adwordspolicy/answer/1316548?hl=en 

We use Google AdSense Advertising on our website.


Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our site. Google’s use of the DART cookie enables it to serve ads to our users based on previous visits to our site and other sites on the Internet. Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google Ad and Content Network privacy policy.


Our Privacy Policy link includes the word ‘Privacy’ and can easily be found on the page specified above.

Does Our Site Track Signals?

We Do Not Track signals, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.


Does Our Site Allow Third-Party Behavioral Tracking?

It’s also important to note that we allow third-party behavioral tracking based on relevant local and international laws. 

Children Online Privacy Protection 

We do not specifically market to children under the age of 13 years old.

Do we let third parties, including ad networks or plug-ins collect PII from children under 13? No

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practice Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

To be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email

      • Within 1 business day


We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only those individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address to:

      • Send information, respond to inquiries, and/or other requests or questions

      • Market to our mailing list or continue to send emails to our clients after the original transaction has occurred.


To be in accordance with CANSPAM, we agree to the following:

      • Not use false or misleading subjects or email addresses.

      • Identify the message as an advertisement in some reasonable way.

      • Include the physical address of our business or site headquarters.

      • Monitor third-party email marketing services for compliance if one is used.

      • Honor opt-out/unsubscribe requests quickly.

      • Allow users to unsubscribe by using the link at the bottom of each email.


If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, you can email us and follow the instructions at the bottom of each email, and we will promptly remove you from ALL correspondence.

Online Tracking & Advertising

How We Use Cookies and How to Disable these Technologies

We and third parties that provide content, advertising, or functionality on our Services, may use cookies, and similar technologies to facilitate administration and navigation on the Site, to better understand and improve our Services, to determine and/or improve the advertising shown to you here or elsewhere, and to provide you with a customized online experience.

Changes to Our Privacy Policy

We may modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of changes by posting changes here, or by other appropriate means. Any changes to the Privacy Policy will become effective when the updated policy is posted on the Services. Your use of the Services or your provision of personal information to use the Services following such changes indicates your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contacting Us

If you have any question(s) regarding this Privacy Policy, you may contact us using the information below:

https://www.guardpost.ng/

2nd Floor, (Flat A3) #22 Koforidua Street (Beside UBA)

Off Ouagadougou Street

Zone 2, Abuja, Nigeria.

infor.guardpost,ng@gmail.com

WhatsApp – +2349020114422, Call – +233550801751