Who we are
LBNN (Limitless Beliefs News Network) is a digital media platform focused on African business, finance, banking, manufacturing, technology, A.I., and economic development.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, the visitor’s IP address, and the browser user agent string to aid in spam detection.
A anonymized string, or hash, created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check if you are a user. The Gravatar service’s privacy policy can be found at https://automattic.com/privacy/. Once your comment is approved, your Gravatar profile picture (if applicable) is publicly visible alongside your comment.
Who We Share Your Data With
We only share data necessary to operate, maintain, and secure our services. Your data is primarily shared with the following categories of third-party service providers:
• Analytics Providers: We share anonymized browsing data with services like Google Analytics to monitor traffic, user behavior, and overall site performance.
• Hosting and Security Partners: Data is shared with our website hosting provider and security/firewall services to ensure the site is stable, secure, and available.
• Email Service Providers: If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is shared with our marketing automation provider (e.g., Mailchimp) solely for the purpose of sending you the content you requested.
• Advertising Technology Partners: Data may be shared with advertisers (e.g., Google AdSense) to display relevant advertisements, though this data is often aggregated and anonymized.
Media
If we allow users to upload images (e.g., for user profiles or comments), please be aware:
• EXIF Data: You should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is stored on your browser or the hard drive of your device.
• Use: We use cookies for essential functionality (e.g., keeping you logged in) and performance/analytics (e.g., tracking which content is most popular).
• Commenter Cookies: If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to saving your name, email address, and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies last for one year.
• Control: You can adjust your browser settings to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles and content on LBNN may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles) from other websites, such as YouTube, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram.
• Functionality: Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
• Tracking: These external websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, especially if you have an account and are logged in to that external website. We have no control over the privacy practices of these external sites.
Who We Share Your Data With
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
We retain data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purpose for which it was collected or to satisfy legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.
• Comments: We retain comments and their metadata indefinitely, which allows us to automatically approve follow-up comments instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
• Contact Form Entries: These are typically retained for six months to one year for customer service purposes.
• Analytics Data: General analytics records are usually retained for 26 months, in line with default Google Analytics settings, to allow for year-over-year performance review.
• Email Subscription Data: This data is retained until you unsubscribe, at which point it is permanently deleted from our mailing list server.
What Rights You Have Over Your Data
If you have an account on this site or have left comments, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
• The Right to Access: You can request a copy of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us.
• The Right to Rectification: You can request that we correct any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
• The Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You can request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
• The Right to Object/Restrict Processing: You can object to or request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us via the contact details provided on our Contact page.
Where Your Data Is Sent
As a globally accessible digital media platform, data collected by LBNN may be processed and stored in locations outside of your country of residence, primarily within the United States and Europe, or other jurisdictions where our cloud hosting and analytics providers operate.
We ensure that when data is transferred internationally, it is protected by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as compliance with global mechanisms like the EU-US Data Privacy Framework and adherence to national legislation like the Nigeria Data Protection Act (NDPA) or South Africa’s POPIA, depending on the origin of the data. We prioritize entering into Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) with our vendors to legally commit them to protecting data to the highest international standards.