Last updated: September 2026
Sierra Leone Today (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website:
https://sierraleonetoday.co.com
We respect your privacy and are committed to being clear about how information is collected and used when you visit our website.
This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, why we collect it, how it may be used, and the choices available to you.
1. Information We Collect
Depending on how you use the website, we may collect or receive information such as:
- Your IP address.
- Browser and device information.
- Operating system and device type.
- Approximate location based on your IP address.
- Pages you visit and links you click.
- Date and time of your visit.
- Referring website or search engine.
- Information you provide when contacting us.
- Cookie and similar technology information.
- Other information provided voluntarily by you.
We do not normally ask visitors to provide sensitive personal information.
2. How We Use Information
We may use information collected through the website to:
- Operate and maintain Sierra Leone Today.
- Improve the website and its content.
- Understand how visitors use the website.
- Monitor website performance.
- Detect and prevent abuse, fraud and security problems.
- Respond to enquiries and messages.
- Display advertising.
- Measure advertising performance.
- Personalise advertising where legally permitted and where the required consent has been provided.
- Comply with legal and regulatory requirements.
We only use personal information where we have a lawful basis to do so.
Depending on the circumstances, this may include your consent, our legitimate interests, the performance of a service you have requested, or compliance with a legal obligation.
3. Cookies
Sierra Leone Today uses cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small files stored on your device that can help websites remember information, understand how visitors use the site and provide certain features.
We may use:
- Essential cookies needed for the website to operate.
- Analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the website.
- Advertising cookies used by advertising providers such as Google.
- Preference cookies where applicable.
Where required by law, we will ask for your consent before using non-essential cookies.
You can manage or withdraw your cookie choices through the consent or cookie settings provided on the website.
Non-essential cookies should not be activated before the required consent has been obtained.
4. Google AdSense and Advertising
Sierra Leone Today may use Google AdSense to display advertisements.
Google and its advertising partners may use cookies, device information and other technologies to display and measure advertisements.
Depending on your location and your choices, advertisements may be personalised or non-personalised.
For visitors in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google requires publishers to provide appropriate disclosures and obtain consent where legally required for the use of cookies and personal data for personalised advertising.
We use Google’s consent management tools or another appropriate consent management platform where required.
You can learn more about how Google uses information in advertising through Google’s own privacy information.
5. Google Analytics
We may use Google Analytics or similar analytics services to understand how visitors use Sierra Leone Today.
Analytics may collect information such as:
- Pages visited.
- Approximate location.
- Device and browser information.
- How you arrived at the website.
- How long you use the website.
- Interactions with the website.
Analytics information is used to understand website traffic and improve the site.
Where required, analytics cookies or similar technologies will only be used after the appropriate consent has been obtained.
6. News Aggregation and Third-Party Sources
Sierra Leone Today is a news aggregation platform.
We collect and display information from publicly available news feeds, websites and other third-party sources.
We do not normally collect personal information about individual readers from these sources for our own purposes.
However, when you follow a link to another website, that website may collect information about you according to its own privacy policy.
We recommend checking the privacy policy of any external website you visit.
7. Information You Provide to Us
If you contact us by email, contact form or another method provided on the website, we may receive information such as your name, email address and the contents of your message.
We use this information to respond to your enquiry and deal with your request.
We do not sell or rent information you voluntarily provide to us.
8. How Long We Keep Personal Information
We keep personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected.
For example, correspondence may be retained for as long as necessary to deal with your enquiry and maintain appropriate business records.
Information may be retained for longer where we are required to do so by law or where it is reasonably necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
9. Who We Share Information With
We may share or allow access to information with trusted third-party service providers where necessary to operate the website.
These may include providers of:
- Website hosting.
- Website security.
- Analytics.
- Advertising.
- Consent management.
- Email and communication services.
- Technical services.
These providers may process information on our behalf or act independently under their own privacy policies.
We may also disclose information where required by law, legal process or a lawful request from a competent authority.
10. International Data Transfers
Some of our service providers may process information outside the United Kingdom or European Economic Area.
Where personal information is transferred internationally, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection law.
11. Your Privacy Rights
Depending on where you live and the circumstances, you may have rights relating to your personal information.
These may include the right to:
- Ask what personal information we hold about you.
- Request a copy of your personal information.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate information.
- Ask us to delete personal information in certain circumstances.
- Ask us to restrict how your information is used in certain circumstances.
- Object to certain processing.
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.
- Request your information in a portable format where applicable.
- Make a complaint to a relevant data protection authority.
These rights are not absolute and may be subject to legal exceptions.
If you wish to exercise a privacy right, please contact us using the details below.
12. Withdrawing Consent
Where we rely on your consent to process information, you can withdraw that consent at any time.
Withdrawing consent does not affect processing that took place before your consent was withdrawn.
You can also manage certain cookie and advertising preferences through the consent controls provided on the website.
13. Children’s Privacy
Sierra Leone Today is a general news and information website and is not specifically directed at children.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children for the purpose of creating user profiles or similar services.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the situation.
14. Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information from unauthorised access, loss, misuse or disclosure.
However, no website or internet transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
15. Third-Party Websites
Our website contains links to external websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, security or content of external websites.
Once you leave Sierra Leone Today, the privacy policy of the website you visit will apply.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time.
When we make changes, the updated version will be published on this page together with a new “Last updated” date.
We recommend checking this page periodically.
17. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, want to exercise your privacy rights, or have a concern about how your information is being handled, please contact us through the contact details provided on the website.
Sierra Leone Today
https://sierraleonetoday.co.com
We aim to respond to legitimate privacy requests within a reasonable period and in accordance with applicable data protection law.
18. Complaints
If you are unhappy with how we have handled your personal information, please contact us first so that we have an opportunity to address your concern.
If you are in the UK and remain unhappy with our response, you may contact the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
The ICO provides independent guidance and handles complaints about data protection.
Information Commissioner’s Office
https://ico.org.uk/
Your privacy matters to us, and we aim to keep this policy clear, transparent and easy to understand.