01. Introduction
Welcome to AfroStory. We are committed to respecting your privacy and protecting your personal information.
This Privacy Policy explains the types of information we may collect, why we collect it, how we use and protect it, when it may be shared with service providers and advertising partners, and the choices and rights available to you.
AfroStory is operated from Nigeria and processes personal information in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements, including the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA), where applicable, and other privacy laws that may apply based on the location and circumstances of a user.
Where additional legal requirements apply to users in other jurisdictions, including the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, Switzerland, or applicable jurisdictions in the United States, AfroStory will apply the requirements applicable to the relevant processing activities.
02. Information We Collect
Account Information
When you create an AfroStory account, we may collect information such as your username, email address, authentication credentials, profile information, profile picture or avatar, account preferences, and information necessary to operate your account.
Google Sign-In
If you choose to sign in or register using Google, AfroStory may receive information provided through the Google authentication process, such as your name, email address, profile picture, and account identifier, subject to the permissions and information made available by Google.
GitHub Sign-In
If you choose to authenticate through GitHub, AfroStory may receive information made available through the GitHub authentication process, such as your GitHub account identifier, username, email address, or profile information, depending on the permissions granted and information provided by GitHub.
Creator and Uploaded Content Information
If you use AfroStory's creator features, we may collect information associated with content you upload or publish, including video or media files, titles, descriptions, thumbnails, categories, creator profile information, publication information, and related metadata.
Streaming and Activity Information
When you use AfroStory, we may process information about videos or episodes you watch, continue watching, favorite, search for, unlock, or otherwise interact with, together with relevant timestamps and account activity.
Rewards and Unlock Information
Where AfroStory provides rewards, advertising-based unlocks, coins, episode access, or related features, we may record information necessary to administer those features, including reward claims, unlocks, transaction records, and related account activity.
Technical and Security Information
Depending on how you access AfroStory, we may process information such as IP address, browser type, device type, operating system, approximate location derived from technical information where applicable, pages or features accessed, timestamps, referring information, error information, and security-related logs.
03. How We Use Your Information
04. Lawful Bases for Processing
Depending on the applicable law and the specific processing activity, AfroStory may rely on one or more lawful bases for processing personal information.
Service and Account Operation
Processing may be necessary to provide the services requested by a user, including account creation, authentication, streaming, creator functionality, episode access, and related platform features.
Security and Legitimate Interests
Where permitted by applicable law, we may process information for security, fraud prevention, abuse prevention, service reliability, and improvement of AfroStory.
Consent
Where applicable law requires consent, including for certain optional cookies, analytics technologies, personalized advertising, or similar processing, AfroStory will request consent before carrying out the relevant optional processing.
Legal Obligations
We may process or retain information where necessary to comply with applicable laws, lawful requests, regulatory requirements, court orders, or to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims.
06. Advertising and Advertising Partners
Google Advertising Services
AfroStory uses or is integrating Google advertising services, which may include Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager. Google Ad Manager is also part of our advertising-platform onboarding process and may be used for advertising delivery and management once enabled for our property.
Google Cookies and Advertising Technologies
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, web beacons, IP addresses, or other identifiers and technologies in connection with advertising delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, frequency management, personalization, or related advertising functions, subject to applicable settings, consent requirements, and Google policies.
Personalized Advertising
Where applicable law requires consent for personalized advertising or related processing, the relevant consent controls will be used. Users may also have access to advertising controls provided by Google or their browser.
Google Privacy Information
Users can learn more about how Google uses information from sites and apps that use its services through Google's published privacy information.
How Google uses information from sites or appsRocket Sloth Rewarded Advertising
AfroStory uses Rocket Sloth rewarded advertising features to provide advertising-supported episode unlocking and reward experiences. When a user chooses to participate in a rewarded advertisement, Rocket Sloth may process information through its advertising technology to deliver, measure, or validate the rewarded advertising experience, subject to Rocket Sloth's own policies and applicable law.
AfroStory receives the rewarded-ad result needed to determine whether the relevant rewarded action was completed. AfroStory uses that result to request server-side validation of the corresponding episode unlock or reward before recording the entitlement in its own systems.
Advertising Partners
Additional advertising or monetization providers may be added to AfroStory from time to time. Where required, this Privacy Policy and the relevant consent mechanisms will be updated to reflect material changes in the services or technologies used.
07. Analytics and Performance
AfroStory may use analytics and performance technologies, including Google Analytics where enabled, to understand how visitors use the platform, measure performance, identify errors, improve features, and understand content engagement.
Depending on the service and configuration, analytics technologies may process information such as device and browser information, approximate location derived from technical information, pages or content viewed, interactions, timestamps, and other usage information.
Where consent is legally required for optional analytics technologies, AfroStory will request the relevant consent before enabling them.
08. Authentication and Login Services
AfroStory may provide account authentication through its own authentication system and third-party identity providers, including Google and GitHub.
Authentication and session technologies may use cookies or similar browser storage mechanisms that are necessary to maintain secure login sessions and protect account access.
These essential technologies are separate from optional analytics or advertising cookies and may be necessary for authenticated features to function.
09. Creator Content and User-Generated Content
AfroStory may allow approved creators to upload, publish, manage, and distribute digital content through the platform.
Content submitted by creators may be stored and processed for purposes such as hosting, transcoding or streaming where applicable, moderation, publication, search, recommendations, statistics, platform administration, and security.
Creators are responsible for ensuring that content they submit is lawful and that they have the necessary rights, permissions, and authority to submit and distribute it.
11. International Data Transfers
Some service providers used by AfroStory may process information in countries outside Nigeria or outside the country in which you are located.
Where applicable law requires safeguards for international transfers, AfroStory will take reasonable steps to use appropriate contractual, technical, organizational, or other lawful safeguards.
12. Data Security
AfroStory uses reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, loss, misuse, or destruction.
Depending on the relevant system, these measures may include HTTPS/TLS encryption, password hashing, authentication controls, session security, access controls, server-side authorization, logging, monitoring, and database security.
No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should also protect their account credentials and notify AfroStory of suspected unauthorized access.
13. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, including providing services, maintaining account and transaction records, protecting security, resolving disputes, preventing fraud, and complying with legal obligations.
Different categories of information may be retained for different periods. When information is no longer required, AfroStory may delete, anonymize, or securely dispose of it in accordance with applicable law and our operational requirements.
14. Your Privacy Rights
Privacy rights may be subject to legal limitations and verification requirements. We may need to verify your identity before completing certain requests.
15. Children's Privacy
AfroStory is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children under 13.
If we become aware that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 in circumstances where collection is not permitted, we will take reasonable steps to delete the information, subject to applicable legal and security requirements.
Where advertising services impose additional restrictions concerning children or child-directed content, applicable advertising controls and policies will apply.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to AfroStory, our services, technology, legal requirements, or the third-party services we use.
When material changes are made, we may provide an appropriate notice through the website, account interface, or other communication method where required.
The "Last Updated" date at the beginning of this policy indicates when the current version became effective.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or a privacy request, please contact AfroStory through the official privacy contact address associated with the service.
nmbashau@gmail.comData Controller: AfroStory • Nigeria
Additional Advertising Information
Google provides additional information about how it may use information from websites and applications that use Google services.
Google: How Google uses information from sites or appsThis Privacy Policy is intended to describe AfroStory's actual privacy practices and the services used by the platform. It does not replace professional legal advice and may need to be updated when AfroStory adds, removes, or materially changes a service, advertising provider, analytics provider, authentication provider, or data processing activity.
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