Cookie Notice
Introduction
For cookies that are not strictly necessary for the provision of PDPA Initiative’s website services at https://www.pdpainitiative.com/, we will ask for your consent to cookies when you first visit our website. This Cookie Notice explains what Cookies are and how We use them. You should read this Notice to understand the type of cookies We use or the information We collect using cookies and how it is used. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user. However, the personal information we store about You may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from Cookies.
For more details on how We use, store and keep your data secure, see our Privacy Notice.
We do not store sensitive personal information in the Cookies We use.
Interpretation
The words in which the initial letter is capitalised have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or plural.
For this Cookie Notice:
“Organization” (referred to as either “PDPA Initiative”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our” in this Cookie Notice) refers to Personal Data Protection Awareness (PDPA) Initiative [28 Oka Akoko Street, Off Lagos Street, Garki 2, Abuja, Nigeria.
“Cookies” means small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing details of your browsing history on that Website among its many uses.
“Website” refers to PDPA Initiative’s Website, accessible from https://www.pdpainitiative.com/
“You” means the individual accessing or using the Website.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a file containing an identifier (a string of letters and numbers) that is sent by a web server to a web browser and is stored by the browser. The identifier is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Cookies may be either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies: a persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; a session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.
Cookies may not contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal data that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
We use the following cookies on our Website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are required for our website to work properly in your browser.
- Performance Cookies: These cookies enable us to collect data in google analytics about how people use our website. This data helps us to improve our website for users.
- Unclassified Cookies: These have not been classified under any of the above categories
We use four cookies on our Website as described below:
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Expiration | Type |
| tk_r3d | JetPack | It is used for monitoring internal metrics and user activities on the website to improve user experience. | 3 days | First-Party/Strictly Necessary |
| tk_or | JetPack | This is a referral cookie used for analyzing referrer behaviour for JetPack. | 5 years | First–Party/Performance |
| tk_lr | JetPack | It is used to collect internal metrics for user activity, used to improve user experience. | 1 year and 4 days. | First-Party/Strictly Necessary |
| cookieyes-consent | CookieYes | It is used to remember the users’ consent settings so that the website recognizes the users the next time they visit. | 1 year and 4 days. | First-Party/Unclassified |
How to Manage and Delete Your Cookie
Most internet browsers are initially set up to accept cookies automatically. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you direct your browser to our Website. You can refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your browser. Depending on your browser, further information may be obtained via the following links:
Withdraw Your Cookie Consent at Any Time
If you do not wish to accept cookies connected with your use of our Website, you may delete and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. However, please note that disabling necessary cookies will likely affect our Website’s functionality.
If you have any questions or complaints about this Cookie Notice, You can contact our Data Protection Officer at o.nwogbo@pdpainitiative.com or email complain@pdpainitiative.com.
For this Notice, The supervisory authority is the Nigerian Data Protection Commission (NDPC), and you can send your complaint via email to info@ndpc.gov.ng.