1. Introduction
AAN TV uses cookies and similar technologies to support website functionality, understand audience engagement, measure performance, and support advertising activities. This policy explains what cookies are, why they may be used, and how visitors can manage their preferences.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can help websites remember preferences, maintain essential functions, measure usage, and support advertising. Pixels, scripts, local storage, and similar technologies may perform related functions.
3. Types of Cookies We May Use
3.1 Essential cookies
These support necessary website functions, security, navigation, and core features. Disabling them may affect website functionality.
3.2 Authentication cookies
Google Sign-In and related authentication services may use cookies or similar technologies to support sign-in, security, and account selection. The exact technologies depend on the implementation and Google's service configuration.
3.3 Analytics and performance cookies
These help us understand how visitors interact with articles, videos, pages, and other website features. Information may include pages viewed, referral sources, visit duration, device information, and general engagement patterns.
3.4 Functional cookies
These may remember preferences or settings to provide a more consistent browsing experience.
3.5 Advertising and measurement cookies
Where advertising services are enabled, these technologies may help measure performance, manage ad delivery, limit repeated advertisements, or support relevant advertising.
3.6 Third-party and embedded-content technologies
Videos, social media content, advertising services, and other embedded features may use technologies operated by third parties. The precise technologies depend on the services configured on our website.
4. How We Use Cookies
- Keep the website operating securely.
- Support authentication and commenting features where applicable.
- Understand traffic, readership, and audience engagement.
- Improve page performance and user experience.
- Remember relevant preferences.
- Measure advertising and promotional performance.
- Detect spam, misuse, and technical problems.
5. Consent and Cookie Preferences
Where required by applicable law, we will seek consent before using non-essential cookies or similar technologies. Where a cookie preference tool is available, visitors can use it to accept, reject, or manage non-essential categories. Visitors may also manage cookies through browser settings or delete existing cookies. Blocking cookies may affect certain functions. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing lawfully undertaken before withdrawal.
6. Third-Party Services
Google authentication, analytics providers, advertising partners, video platforms, social networks, and other external services may collect information through their own technologies. These providers operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We will provide appropriate disclosures about relevant third-party technologies as required by applicable law.
7. Personal Information
Cookies and similar technologies may collect information relating to an identifiable person or device. Where this occurs, the associated processing is also subject to our Privacy Policy and applicable data protection requirements.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy when website technology, analytics configuration, advertising services, or legal obligations change. The latest version will be published on this page with a revised effective date.
9. Contact Us
African Affairs Network Television (AAN TV), Lagos, Nigeria. Email: aantelevision@gmail.com. Website: https://www.aantv.org/