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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

We respect your privacy. This website collects only what is necessary to respond to your enquiries and improve your experience. We do not sell your data to anyone.

1. Who We Are

This website — donukogbara.com — is the official personal website of Donu Kogbara, veteran journalist, communications expert, and public commentator. References to "we", "us", or "our" in this policy refer to Donu Kogbara and her team.

For data protection purposes, the data controller is Donu Kogbara. You can reach us at info@donukogbara.com.

2. Data We Collect

We may collect personal data in the following circumstances:

Contact Form

When you use the contact form on our website, we collect:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • The subject and content of your message

This data is collected solely to respond to your enquiry.

Book Order Enquiry Form

When you submit a book order enquiry, we collect:

  • Your first and last name
  • Your email address
  • Your phone number (optional)
  • Your country
  • Any message or notes you choose to include
  • The title of the book you are enquiring about

This data is used only to process your book enquiry and follow up with you on next steps.

Newsletter Subscription

If you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect your email address in order to send you updates, columns, and commentary from Donu Kogbara. You may unsubscribe at any time using the link included in every newsletter email.

Data We Do Not Collect

We do not use tracking pixels, behavioural advertising, or any form of automated profiling. We do not collect payment information directly — any book purchases are handled separately.

3. How We Use Your Data

We use the personal data you provide to:

  • Respond to messages and enquiries submitted via the contact form
  • Process and follow up on book order enquiries
  • Send newsletters to subscribers who have opted in
  • Improve the website experience based on general usage patterns

The legal basis for processing your data is your consent (by voluntarily submitting a form or subscribing) and our legitimate interest in responding to communications addressed to us.

We will never sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for marketing purposes.

4. Third-Party Services

This website uses the following third-party services, which may process limited data as part of delivering their functionality:

Google Fonts

We use Google Fonts to load the typefaces Playfair Display and Inter. When your browser loads these fonts, a request is made to Google's servers, which may log your IP address. For more information, see Google's Privacy Policy.

YouTube (Google LLC)

Our Donu's World page embeds videos from YouTube. When you click to play a video, an iframe connection is made to YouTube's servers. YouTube may set cookies and collect data including your IP address and viewing behaviour in accordance with Google's Privacy Policy. Videos are loaded on demand (not on page load) to minimise data transmission until you choose to engage.

Hosting Provider

Our website is hosted on a third-party server. Standard server logs — including IP addresses, browser type, and pages visited — may be retained by the hosting provider for security and operational purposes. These logs are not used to identify individuals.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal data submitted via forms only for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected — typically to respond to your enquiry or fulfil a book order. Data is not retained indefinitely and is deleted when no longer needed.

Newsletter subscriber data is retained until you unsubscribe.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • Right of access — to request a copy of the personal data we hold about you
  • Right to rectification — to ask us to correct inaccurate data
  • Right to erasure — to request that we delete your personal data
  • Right to withdraw consent — to unsubscribe from newsletters or withdraw consent at any time
  • Right to object — to object to our processing of your personal data

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@donukogbara.com. We will respond within 30 days.

If you are in Nigeria, you have rights under the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR) 2019 and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. If you are in the European Union or United Kingdom, your rights are governed by the GDPR and UK GDPR respectively.

7. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorised access, loss, or disclosure. All form submissions on this website are transmitted over HTTPS (encrypted connections).

However, no method of internet transmission is completely secure. While we strive to protect your data, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. When we do, we will update the "last updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your personal data, please contact us:

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