School Cafe (schoolcafe.ng) is committed to protecting the privacy of our educational community. As Nigeria’s leading educational platform, we understand the importance of handling your information with care and transparency. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect data across our platform, ensuring our users can focus on their educational journey with confidence.

We operate our platform under School Cafe Limited, maintaining strict standards for data protection and privacy compliance. This policy demonstrates our commitment to safeguarding your information while providing comprehensive educational services to millions of students, educators, and academic professionals across Nigeria.

Information Collection Practices

Our platform collects information necessary to provide and improve educational services. When you use School Cafe, we collect personal information such as your name, email address, and educational institution only when you voluntarily provide them through account creation, newsletter subscriptions, or platform interactions. We also automatically collect technical information about how you use our platform, helping us enhance your learning experience while maintaining privacy and security.

We may update this policy to reflect changes in our practices or legal requirements. Any significant changes will be communicated to our users 30 days before implementation. We encourage our users to review this policy periodically and reach out to our team with any questions or concerns about their privacy on our platform.

What Personally Identifiable Information Do We Collect?

(a) Categories of Personally Identifiable Information: We collect personally identifiable information from you only if you sign up for our educational services or contact us, including:

  • Your name
  • Your email address
  • Message details you send with inquiries
  • Educational institution information

(b) Modification or Removal Process: Please contact us at contact@schoolcafe.ng if you wish to modify your information.

(c) Privacy Policy Modifications and Updates: We may update and modify this Privacy Policy. If we modify or update the policy, we will post a notice on the platform for 30 days prior to the change going into effect.

(d) Effective Date: The effective date of this privacy policy shall be December 12, 2024.

(e) Do Not Track Signals: We do not currently honor “do not track” signals issued by browsers or other third-party sources.

(f) Third Party Tracking: For transparency, we disclose that third parties can acquire and track your personally identifiable information through our educational platform. We use their services for social media integration, infrastructure, and analytics to optimize your learning experience.

Google and other platforms listed below can track you through this site. You can visit Google’s Opt Out Page to manage your Google tracking preferences.

You can review the privacy policies of our integrated services here:

For additional privacy control, you can use tools like Privacy Badger to manage information collection across our platform.

What Additional Information Do We Collect?

(a) Automatic Collection Our servers automatically recognize visitors’ domain names and IP addresses (the number assigned to computers on the Internet). No personal information about you is revealed in this process. School Cafe may also gather anonymous aggregate “traffic data” that does not personally identify you, but helps us improve our educational services and user experience.

(b) Cookies and Analytics We use “cookies” to enhance your learning experience on our platform. These cookies store small pieces of data on your device during your visit to collect information about how you interact with our educational resources.

We use cookies to:

  • Identify you as a returning user and analyze platform usage patterns
  • Remember your learning preferences and display settings
  • Track your recent academic searches and activities
  • Manage your cookie consent preferences

While cookies aren’t required to use School Cafe, they help us provide a better educational experience. The cookie-related information isn’t used to identify you personally, and we maintain full control over this data.

(c) Google Analytics We use Google Analytics to understand how students and educators use our platform. This service helps us analyze site usage patterns and improve our educational resources. The information collected (including your IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States.

Google uses this data to:

  • Evaluate your use of our educational platform
  • Compile reports on website activity
  • Provide insights about user behavior and learning patterns

Google may transfer this information to third parties where required by law or where such parties process information on Google’s behalf. Google has committed not to associate your IP address with any other data they hold.

For complete transparency about data collection and use, you can review Google’s privacy policy at Google Privacy Policy.

Third-Party Advertising

School Cafe works with selected educational partners and service providers to enhance your learning experience. While we display relevant educational content and resources, we maintain strict standards about advertising on our platform:

(a) Educational Partnerships: We partner with educational institutions, publishers, and academic service providers to display relevant educational content, resources, and opportunities. These partners may collect usage data to improve their services and relevance to our academic community.

(b) Data Collection: Our partners may use cookies and similar technologies to understand how users interact with their educational content and services. This helps them provide more relevant academic resources and learning opportunities to our users.

(c) User Privacy: Information collected by our partners is generally anonymized and non-personally identifiable. However, if you choose to interact directly with partner content or services (such as filling out a form or following a link), you may share personal information with them personally.

(d) Partner Standards We carefully select our educational partners and require them to maintain high privacy and data protection standards. All partners must comply with relevant educational data protection regulations and our platform’s privacy requirements.

What Do We Do With Information We Collect?

(a) Educational Services: We use your information to deliver personalized educational experiences on our platform. This enables us to customize your learning dashboard, provide relevant academic content, and maintain accurate records of your educational progress. Your information helps us understand how to better serve your academic needs and ensure you get the most value from our educational resources.

(b) Platform Communication: Your information enables essential communication about your educational journey. This includes sending you important academic updates, notifying you about new educational resources, and responding to your inquiries. We ensure all communications are relevant to your academic interests and platform activities.

(c) Platform Improvement: We analyze user interactions to continuously enhance our educational platform. Understanding how students and educators use our services helps us develop better features, optimize content delivery, and create more effective learning tools. This analysis is always conducted with respect for user privacy and focuses on improving the educational experience.

(d) Security and Compliance: Protecting your information is crucial to maintaining a secure educational environment. We process data to prevent unauthorized access, detect potential security issues, and ensure compliance with educational privacy standards. This commitment to security helps maintain the integrity of your learning experience while safeguarding your personal information.

How to Opt Out of Interest-Based Advertising

(a) Your Privacy Choices: School Cafe respects your right to control how your data is used. We provide several ways to opt out of data collection for interest-based content recommendations and educational resource suggestions on our platform.

(b) Browser Settings: You can manage your privacy preferences through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to disable cookies, limit tracking, and control data collection. Navigate to your browser’s privacy settings to adjust these preferences for our platform.

(c) Platform Controls: Within your School Cafe account settings, you’ll find options to customize your data preferences. You can adjust what information we use to personalize your educational experience and manage your communication preferences.

(d) Third-Party Opt-Out: To opt out of third-party data collection, visit:

(e) Mobile Settings On mobile devices, you can adjust your privacy settings through your device’s settings menu. Look for options related to advertising identifiers or tracking preferences to manage how your data is collected and used.

For additional assistance managing your privacy preferences, contact our support team.

Newsletters

School Cafe’s educational newsletters provide valuable academic updates and learning resources. When you subscribe, we use standard email tracking features to improve our content delivery. These features help us understand how our educational community engages with our communications, allowing us to better tailor our resources to your needs. We respect your privacy and never share your newsletter engagement data with third parties.

Rights Related to Your Personal Information

You maintain full control over your personal information on School Cafe. You can opt out of communications by using the unsubscribe link in our emails or contacting privacy@schoolcafe.ng. To access, amend, or delete your personal information, simply submit a request to our privacy team. While we honor all privacy requests, we may need to retain certain information for academic records, ongoing educational services, or legal requirements.

Sensitive Personal Information

School Cafe prioritizes your privacy and security. We never request sensitive personal information such as social security numbers, religious beliefs, health information, or other confidential data through our platform. If you accidentally submit sensitive information, it will be protected under this privacy policy, but we recommend avoiding sharing such details on our educational platform.

Children’s Information

As an educational platform, we take extra precautions to protect young learners. School Cafe does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 without parental consent. If you believe we have inadvertently collected information from a child under 13, please contact us immediately at support@schoolcafe.ng, and we will promptly remove such information.

Contact Information

For questions about your privacy on School Cafe or to exercise your data rights, please contact us:

Email: privacy@schoolcafe.ng Address: 144 Sapele/Agbor Road, 330106, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria

Support Hours: Monday to Friday, 9 AM – 5 PM WAT

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