PH PLAIN TRUTH NEWSPAPER
“Reporting Facts With Proof”
Effective Date: September 4, 2026
Last Updated: September 4, 2026
PH Plain Truth Newspaper (“Plain Truth,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information of our readers, website visitors, subscribers, advertisers, contributors, journalists, sources, partners, and other users of our services.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose personal information when you visit our website, interact with our content, subscribe to our services, contact us, advertise with us, or otherwise engage with PH Plain Truth Newspaper.
By using our website or services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
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1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Depending on how you interact with us, we may collect the following information:
A. Information You Provide Directly
This may include:
- Full name
- Email address
- Telephone or WhatsApp number
- Postal or physical address
- Organization or company name
- Job title or professional information
- Account/login information, where applicable
- Information submitted through contact forms
- Information provided when subscribing to newsletters
- Advertising and business enquiry information
- Comments, feedback, complaints, and enquiries
- Information contained in articles, press releases, photographs, videos, or other materials submitted to us
B. Information Collected Automatically
When you visit our website, certain information may be collected automatically, including:
- IP address
- Browser type and version
- Device type
- Operating system
- Approximate geographical location
- Pages visited
- Articles viewed
- Time spent on pages
- Referring website
- Date and time of visits
- Website interaction and usage information
This information may be collected through cookies, analytics tools, server logs, pixels, and similar technologies.
2. HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
We may use personal information to:
- Provide and maintain our website and digital services
- Publish and distribute news and editorial content
- Respond to enquiries, messages, and complaints
- Process subscriptions, registrations, and other requests
- Send newsletters, alerts, and other communications where permitted
- Manage advertising and commercial relationships
- Improve our website, content, products, and services
- Understand readership and website traffic
- Detect, prevent, and investigate fraud, abuse, or unauthorized activity
- Protect the security of our website and users
- Comply with applicable laws and lawful governmental requests
- Exercise or defend our legal rights
- Carry out other purposes reasonably connected to our journalism and business activities
3. JOURNALISM, NEWS SOURCES AND PUBLIC INTEREST
As a newspaper and news organization, PH Plain Truth Newspaper processes information as part of its journalistic, editorial, and public-interest activities.
Information obtained through journalistic investigations may include information relating to individuals, organizations, public officials, businesses, institutions, and other entities.
Where appropriate and lawful, we may publish names, photographs, statements, professional information, public records, allegations, responses, or other information in connection with legitimate news reporting and matters of public interest.
We strive to verify information before publication and to distinguish factual reporting, allegations, opinions, commentary, and other forms of editorial content.
Nothing in this Privacy Policy should be interpreted as preventing us from carrying out legitimate journalistic, editorial, investigative, or public-interest activities in accordance with applicable law.
4. CONFIDENTIAL SOURCES
Protecting legitimate journalistic sources is important to us.
Where applicable, information provided to our journalists on a confidential basis may be treated as confidential and may not be disclosed except where:
- The source has given permission;
- Disclosure is required or permitted by applicable law;
- Disclosure is necessary to protect life or prevent serious harm; or
- Other exceptional circumstances legally require disclosure.
However, no communication method can be guaranteed to be completely secure or absolutely confidential.
Individuals wishing to provide sensitive information should exercise appropriate caution when communicating electronically.
5. COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
PH Plain Truth Newspaper may use cookies and similar technologies to improve the functionality and performance of our website.
Cookies may be used to:
- Remember user preferences
- Improve website functionality
- Understand how visitors use our website
- Measure readership and traffic
- Improve our content and services
- Support advertising and marketing activities
- Detect security issues
You may be able to control or disable cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of parts of our website.
6. ANALYTICS
We may use third-party analytics services to understand how visitors interact with our website.
These services may collect information such as:
- Pages visited
- Traffic sources
- Device information
- Approximate location
- Browser information
- Time spent on the website
- General usage patterns
Analytics information is generally used in aggregated or statistical form to improve our website and services.
7. ADVERTISING AND THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
PH Plain Truth Newspaper may display advertisements provided by us or third-party advertising partners.
Advertising partners may use cookies, pixels, or similar technologies to measure advertising performance, display relevant advertisements, or understand audience activity.
Our website may also contain links, embedded content, advertisements, or services operated by third parties.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security, or content of third-party websites and services. We encourage users to review the privacy policies of any third-party service they access through our website.
8. INFORMATION SHARING AND DISCLOSURE
We do not sell personal information simply for the purpose of selling users' personal data.
However, we may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
- Provide our services
- Work with trusted service providers
- Operate and maintain our website
- Process payments or subscriptions
- Deliver newsletters or communications
- Analyze website performance
- Provide advertising services
- Investigate fraud or security incidents
- Comply with legal obligations
- Respond to lawful requests from government authorities or courts
- Protect the rights, property, or safety of PH Plain Truth Newspaper, our users, journalists, sources, or others
- Facilitate a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale, or transfer of all or part of our business
Where appropriate, we seek to ensure that service providers handling personal information do so only for legitimate purposes and with reasonable safeguards.
9. USER COMMENTS AND PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS
If you submit comments, opinions, photographs, videos, articles, letters, or other material to a public area of our website or social media platforms, the information you provide may become publicly accessible.
Do not submit personal information that you do not wish to make public.
We may moderate, edit, remove, or decline to publish submissions at our discretion and in accordance with our editorial standards.
10. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Our website is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children where such collection is prohibited by applicable law.
Parents or guardians who believe that a child has provided personal information to us may contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action where necessary.
11. DATA SECURITY
We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect personal information against:
- Unauthorized access
- Accidental loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Destruction
- Unauthorized disclosure
However, no website, electronic communication system, or method of data transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users should therefore avoid sending highly sensitive information through unsecured communication channels.
12. DATA RETENTION
We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, including:
- Providing our services
- Maintaining business and editorial records
- Meeting legal and regulatory requirements
- Resolving disputes
- Enforcing agreements
- Protecting our legitimate interests
Certain journalistic, historical, archival, or published records may be retained indefinitely where appropriate because of their editorial, public-interest, or archival value.
13. YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS
Subject to applicable law, you may have rights concerning your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of personal information where legally applicable
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request information about how your personal information is processed
- Lodge a complaint concerning our handling of your personal information
These rights may be subject to legal exceptions, including obligations relating to journalism, freedom of expression, public interest, legal proceedings, security, and record-keeping.
To exercise an applicable privacy right, contact us using the details provided below.
14. JOURNALISTIC EXEMPTIONS AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Because PH Plain Truth Newspaper is a media and publishing organization, certain information may be processed or retained for journalistic, editorial, literary, academic, historical, or public-interest purposes.
Where applicable law provides exemptions, limitations, or special rules for journalism, freedom of expression, news reporting, or public-interest activities, those provisions may apply.
15. DATA TRANSFERS
Some of our technology, hosting, analytics, communication, advertising, payment, or other service providers may operate outside Nigeria.
Where personal information is transferred to another country or jurisdiction, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that such transfers are carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.
16. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
Our website may contain links to external websites, social media platforms, news sources, advertisers, partners, and other third-party services.
We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their privacy policies or practices.
We encourage you to review the privacy policy of every third-party website you visit.
17. SOCIAL MEDIA
PH Plain Truth Newspaper may maintain accounts or pages on social media platforms.
Interactions with our social media accounts may be subject to the privacy policies and terms of those platforms.
Information that you voluntarily post publicly on social media may be visible to other users and may be collected or used by the platform in accordance with its own policies.
18. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS
Where permitted by law, we may send newsletters, news alerts, promotional communications, advertising information, or other communications.
You may unsubscribe from non-essential marketing communications by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the communication or contacting us directly.
Even if you opt out of marketing communications, we may continue sending essential service, administrative, legal, or security-related communications where necessary.
19. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our services, technology, legal requirements, or business practices.
When we make significant changes, we may update the “Last Updated” date and, where appropriate, provide additional notice.
We encourage users to review this page periodically.
20. GOVERNING LAW
This Privacy Policy shall be interpreted in accordance with applicable laws and regulations of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, including applicable Nigerian data-protection and privacy legislation.
Where applicable, regulatory requirements or other mandatory legal provisions may take precedence over provisions of this policy.
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21. CONTACT US
If you have questions, concerns, requests, or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy or the way PH Plain Truth Newspaper handles personal information, please contact us:
PH PLAIN TRUTH NEWSPAPER
Address: 11 Ikwerre Road, Mile One Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria
Telephone: +234 813 917 2326
Email: admin@selfnig.tech
Please include sufficient information in your request to enable us to identify the relevant issue and respond appropriately.
22. ACCEPTANCE
By accessing or using the PH Plain Truth Newspaper website and services, you acknowledge that you have had the opportunity to review this Privacy Policy.
PH Plain Truth Newspaper
Reporting Facts With Proof
