Cookie Policy

1. What This Cookie Policy Covers

This Cookie Policy applies to visitors who access or use https://www.sitecare.ng, including visitors who browse our website, read our technology articles, use our online tools, submit forms, or interact with other features available on the website.

In this policy, "SiteCare", "SiteCare.ng", "we", "us", and "our" refer to the SiteCare.ng website and its operators.

Because website technologies and third-party services can change, the specific cookies or similar technologies used on SiteCare.ng may change from time to time. We will update this policy when material changes are made to our cookie practices.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites may store on a visitor's computer, smartphone, tablet, or other internet-enabled device.

Cookies and similar technologies can help a website remember information, maintain functionality, improve security, understand how visitors use the website, remember preferences, and support advertising and measurement services.

Cookies may generally be classified as:

• Session cookies, which normally expire when the browser session ends.
• Persistent cookies, which remain on a device for a defined period or until they are deleted.
• First-party cookies, which are associated directly with SiteCare.ng.
• Third-party cookies, which may be placed or accessed by external service providers.

3. Why SiteCare.ng May Use Cookies

Depending on the features and services enabled on the website, SiteCare.ng may use cookies or similar technologies for the following purposes:

4. Essential Cookies

Some cookies or similar technologies may be necessary for SiteCare.ng to operate correctly. These technologies may support website functionality, security, session management, form processing, abuse prevention, or other services specifically requested by visitors.

Where applicable law permits essential cookies to operate without prior consent, they may be used for those necessary purposes.

5. Analytics and Performance Technologies

SiteCare.ng may use analytics or performance services to understand how visitors interact with the website and to identify technical problems or opportunities to improve the user experience.

Depending on the services enabled, information may include technical information about a device or browser, pages visited, approximate usage information, referral information, and website interaction data.

Analytics providers may process information in accordance with their own privacy policies and the configuration implemented by SiteCare.ng.

6. Advertising and Google AdSense

SiteCare.ng may apply to use Google AdSense or another advertising service to display advertisements on the website. Advertising services will only be enabled after the relevant service has been properly configured.

If Google AdSense is enabled, Google and its advertising partners may use cookies or similar technologies to serve and measure advertisements, prevent fraud, control advertising frequency and, where permitted, personalize advertising.

Google and its partners may use information associated with a browser or device, which may include information such as IP addresses, advertising identifiers, cookie information, and interactions with advertisements, subject to applicable policies, settings and consent requirements.

Google explains that its advertising cookies may allow Google and its partners to serve advertisements based on a visitor's prior visits to SiteCare.ng or other websites.

Visitors can manage certain Google advertising preferences through Google's advertising settings:

Google Ads Settings

Additional information about how Google uses information from websites and apps that use its services is available here:

How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services

You may also review Google's Privacy Policy:

Google Privacy Policy

7. Third-Party Services

SiteCare.ng may use third-party services to support website functionality, analytics, security, infrastructure, embedded content, communications, advertising, or other website operations.

Depending on the services enabled at a particular time, third-party providers may include providers of:

• Website analytics;
• Security and fraud prevention;
• Advertising and advertising measurement;
• Embedded media or content;
• Website hosting and infrastructure;
• Performance and technical monitoring; and
• Other services necessary to operate or improve SiteCare.ng.

Third-party providers may change the cookies and technologies they use. Consequently, the specific list of cookies may change as services are added, removed, updated, or reconfigured.

8. Cookie Consent and Your Choices

Where applicable law requires consent before non-essential cookies or similar technologies are used, SiteCare.ng will provide an appropriate consent mechanism.

Depending on the consent mechanism available, visitors may be able to:

• Accept applicable categories of cookies;
• Reject non-essential cookies;
• Manage individual cookie preferences;
• Change or withdraw consent where applicable; or
• Review information about relevant third-party providers.

Where consent is required, SiteCare.ng will not intentionally use non-essential cookies in a manner that bypasses the applicable consent requirements.

9. European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland

Visitors located in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland may be subject to additional privacy and consent requirements.

If SiteCare.ng serves Google advertising to visitors in these regions, the applicable Google consent requirements will be implemented based on the advertising products and configuration being used.

Google currently requires publishers using personalized advertising in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland to use a Google-certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) integrated with the IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF).

The applicable consent mechanism may provide information about advertising technology providers and request consent for the collection, sharing and use of personal information for personalized advertising.

More information about Google's consent requirements is available here:

Google AdSense — Consent Management Requirements

10. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

Most modern web browsers allow visitors to manage cookies through their privacy or security settings.

Depending on your browser, you may be able to:

• View cookies stored on your device;
• Delete existing cookies;
• Block some or all cookies;
• Block third-party cookies;
• Receive notifications when cookies are set; or
• Automatically delete cookies when the browser is closed.

Cookie controls vary between browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Microsoft Edge and others. Please refer to your browser's official documentation for specific instructions.

11. Managing Google Advertising Preferences

If Google advertising services are used on SiteCare.ng, visitors may be able to manage certain advertising preferences through Google's advertising settings.

Manage Google Advertising Settings

The controls available to an individual visitor may vary depending on factors such as location, device, browser, account status, and whether the visitor is signed in to a Google account.

12. Withdrawing or Changing Consent

Where consent is required and has been obtained, visitors should be able to change or withdraw their consent through the applicable consent-management mechanism.

Where SiteCare.ng provides a privacy or cookie settings option, visitors may use that mechanism to review or change their available choices.

For visitors subject to Google's applicable European consent requirements, the consent mechanism may provide options to revisit or change previously submitted choices.

13. Cookies and Personal Information

Cookies do not necessarily identify a visitor directly by name. However, information associated with cookies or similar technologies may sometimes be linked to an individual depending on the service, device, account, or other information available to the relevant provider.

For this reason, information collected through cookies and similar technologies may be treated as privacy-relevant information and handled in accordance with our applicable privacy practices.

For additional information about how SiteCare.ng collects, uses, protects and handles personal information, please read our Privacy Policy .

14. Security Technologies

SiteCare.ng may use cookies or similar technologies for security purposes, including helping to protect forms, detect suspicious activity, prevent abuse, maintain website integrity, and support authentication or other security functions where applicable.

Security technologies may be provided by SiteCare.ng, our hosting provider, WordPress-related services, or third-party security providers.

15. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to our website, technologies, analytics services, advertising services, security systems, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

When material changes are made, the "Last updated" date displayed at the top of this page will be updated.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically so they remain informed about how cookies and similar technologies are used on SiteCare.ng.

16. Contact SiteCare.ng

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy, our use of cookies, advertising technologies, or your privacy choices, you can contact SiteCare.ng using the details below.

17. Related Policies

This Cookie Policy forms part of SiteCare.ng's broader privacy information. For additional information, please review:

• Privacy Policy
• Terms and Conditions
• Disclaimer