Personal Data processed for the following purposes and using the following services:

• • Advertising

    • Google AdSense and Google Ad Manager

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Analytics

    • Google Analytics, Google Analytics with anonymized IP, Alexa Metrics, Analytics collected directly, ComScore Analytics and Quantcast Measure

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Contacting the User

    • Mailing list or newsletter

      Personal Data: email address

    • Contact form

      Personal Data: email address; various types of Data

  • Content commenting

    • Facebook Comments

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

    • Optimizely

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Displaying content from external platforms

    • Font Awesome and SoundCloud widget

      Personal Data: Usage Data

    • Vimeo video and YouTube video widget

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Handling payments

    • Stripe and PayPal

      Personal Data: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service

  • Interaction with external social networks and platforms

    • Facebook Like button and social widgets, Twitter Tweet button and social widgets and AddToAny

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

  • Registration and authentication

    • Direct registration

      Personal Data: email address

  • SPAM protection

    • Google reCAPTCHA

      Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data

Information on opting out of interest-based advertising

In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services listed in this document, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar initiatives. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.

The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.

Users may also opt out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

Further information about the processing of Personal Data

• • Selling goods and services online

    The Personal Data collected are used to provide the User with services or to sell goods, including payment and possible delivery.
    The Personal Data collected to complete the payment may include the credit card, the bank account used for the transfer, or any other means of payment envisaged. The kind of Data collected by allafrica.com depends on the payment system used.

Contact information

• • Owner and Data Controller

    AllAfrica Global Media

    Owner contact email: support@allafrica.com