1. Introduction

Career Spotlight respects the privacy of its visitors and is committed to handling personal information responsibly.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information when you visit our website, contact us, subscribe to updates, or otherwise interact with our services.

It also explains how cookies, analytics tools, and advertising services may collect information about your use of our website.

By using Career Spotlight, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for particular forms of data collection or processing, we will seek that consent through the appropriate means.

2. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with our website.

Personal Information You Provide

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when you contact us, submit an enquiry, send feedback, or subscribe to a newsletter or other updates.

This information may include your name, email address, and the contents of your message.

Please avoid sending sensitive personal information unless it is necessary for your enquiry.

Automatically Collected Information

When you visit Career Spotlight, certain information may be collected automatically through our website, server logs, cookies, analytics tools, and advertising services.

This information may include:

- Internet Protocol (IP) address.

- Browser type and version.

- Device and operating system information.

- Pages visited and links followed.

- Date, time, and duration of visits.

- Referring websites and general browsing activity.

- Cookie identifiers and other online identifiers.

- Approximate location derived from technical information, where available.

The information collected depends on the technologies and services active on our website and the privacy settings you have selected.

3. How We Use Information

Career Spotlight may use collected information for the following purposes:

- To operate, maintain, and improve our website.

- To respond to enquiries, feedback, and other communications.

- To send newsletters or updates where applicable and permitted.

- To understand website traffic and visitor engagement.

- To evaluate the performance and usefulness of our content.

- To support advertising delivery and measure advertising performance.

- To maintain website security and detect suspicious activity.

- To prevent misuse and investigate potential technical or security incidents.

- To comply with applicable legal obligations.

We seek to collect and use information for legitimate and clearly defined purposes, subject to applicable data protection requirements.

4. Cookies and Similar Technologies

Career Spotlight may use cookies and similar technologies, including pixels, web beacons, and online identifiers, to support website functionality, understand visitor activity, and facilitate advertising.

Cookies are small data files stored on your device that can help a website remember information about your visit.

Depending on the services enabled, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

- Remember preferences and support website functions.

- Measure visits, page views, and visitor interactions.

- Analyse website performance.

- Deliver, personalise, or measure advertisements, where permitted.

- Detect fraudulent advertising activity and improve service security.

Third-party services, including Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Ezoic, may also use these technologies in connection with their services.

You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Where required by applicable law, we will seek consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies.

Disabling certain cookies may affect some website functions or advertising features.

5. Google Analytics

Career Spotlight may use Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website.

Google Analytics can collect information about website visits, page views, referral sources, session duration, browser and device characteristics, and other interactions.

Cookies and similar identifiers may be used to measure activity and help us understand general visitor behaviour.

We use these insights to evaluate website performance, understand which content attracts interest, and improve the user experience.

Google processes information in accordance with its applicable policies and service terms.

For further information, visitors can consult Google's Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. Google AdSense and Advertising

Career Spotlight may use Google AdSense to display advertisements.

Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, IP addresses, device information, browser identifiers, and other information to deliver advertisements, measure advertising performance, prevent fraud, and improve advertising services.

Depending on the applicable settings, consent choices, and available advertising features, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.

Personalised advertising may use information about browsing activity to make advertisements more relevant. Non-personalised advertising may still use certain information for purposes such as frequency capping, aggregated reporting, and fraud prevention.

Visitors can learn more about Google's advertising practices and available privacy controls through Google's advertising settings and privacy resources.

Google Privacy Policy:

https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Ads Settings:

https://adssettings.google.com/

7. Ezoic and Advertising Partners

Career Spotlight may use Ezoic to support advertising management, website optimisation, monetisation, and related services.

Depending on the configuration of these services, Ezoic and its associated advertising or technology partners may collect or process information such as IP addresses, browser and device details, cookie identifiers, browsing activity, approximate location, advertisement impressions, and interactions with advertisements.

This information may be used for advertising delivery, audience measurement, fraud prevention, website optimisation, and other purposes associated with the services provided.

Ezoic may work with multiple advertising partners, each of which may have its own data-handling practices and privacy disclosures.

For further information, visitors can review Ezoic's Privacy Policy:

https://www.ezoic.com/privacy-policy/

8. How We Share Information

Career Spotlight does not sell visitors' personal information directly.

However, information may be collected, processed, or disclosed through third-party services where necessary for website operations, analytics, advertising, security, or other purposes described in this Privacy Policy.

These services may include:

- Google Analytics, for website analytics and performance measurement.

- Google AdSense, for advertising delivery and measurement.

- Ezoic and its advertising partners, for advertising management, optimisation, and related services.

- Website hosting, security, email, and technical service providers that support our operations.

The information processed by each provider depends on the service used and its configuration.

We may also disclose information when required by law, in response to lawful requests from competent authorities, or where reasonably necessary to protect our rights, website security, or the safety of others.

Where applicable, we take reasonable steps to ensure that information is handled in accordance with relevant data protection requirements.

9. Data Retention and Security

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected, respond to enquiries, meet applicable legal obligations, resolve disputes, and protect our legitimate interests.

Retention periods may vary depending on the nature of the information and the reason for collecting it.

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information under our control against unauthorised access, loss, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

Third-party service providers may retain information in accordance with their own policies, contractual arrangements, and retention practices.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have 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 request restrictions on certain forms of processing.

- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

- Exercise available choices concerning cookies and personalised advertising.

- Lodge a complaint with a competent data protection authority.

These rights are subject to applicable legal requirements and exceptions.

To submit a privacy-related request, please contact us using the details provided in the Contact Information section.

You may also need to manage certain preferences directly through your browser, Google account, or the relevant third-party service.

11. Third-Party Websites

Career Spotlight may contain links to external websites, including employer websites, recruitment portals, government websites, and other online resources.

When you follow an external link, you leave our website and become subject to the privacy practices of the external service you visit.

We do not control how third-party websites collect, use, or protect information. We encourage visitors to review the privacy policies of external websites before providing personal information or using their services.

12. Children's Privacy

Career Spotlight is intended for a general audience and is not specifically directed at children.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

If we become aware that personal information has been collected from a child in circumstances that violate applicable legal requirements, we will take reasonable steps to address the matter.

13. International Data Transfers

Some service providers used by Career Spotlight may process or store information outside Nigeria or the country in which a visitor resides.

Where personal information is transferred internationally, the transfer and subsequent processing will be subject to applicable data protection requirements and any relevant safeguards.

The location of processing may depend on the service provider and the configuration of the services used.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

Career Spotlight may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in our website operations, technologies, advertising arrangements, data-handling practices, or applicable legal requirements.

Any revised version will be published on this page, together with an updated effective or revision date where appropriate.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically to remain informed about how their information is handled.

15. Contact Information

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us:

Career Spotlight

Email: contact@thespotlight.com.ng