🔒 NEWS AFRICA PRIVACY POLICY
Last updated: October 2025
DATA CONTROLLER
Last Name Africa News
Address: Cissin, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Contact : webdesk@nouvellesafrique.com
1. PURPOSE OF THE POLICY
This policy describes the conditions under which Africa News collects, uses, stores and protects the personal data of users of its website and services.
It applies to all data processing activities carried out by Africa News, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Burkinabe law n°001-2021/AN relating to the protection of personal data.
2. DEFINITIONS
Personal data: any information that allows a natural person to be identified.
Treatment : any operation applied to data (collection, recording, storage, modification, communication, deletion).
Data controller: the legal entity that determines the purposes and means of the processing.
Subcontractor : any service provider who processes data on behalf of the data controller.
3. DATA COLLECTED
Nouvelles Afrique only collects data strictly necessary for its activities:
Identity data: name, surname, email address, telephone number.
Browsing data: IP address, browser type, connection time, pages visited.
Communication data: messages sent via forms or emails.
Contractual data: subscription, billing, order history (if applicable).
No sensitive data (ethnic origin, political opinions, health, religion, etc.) is collected.
4. PURPOSES OF THE PROCESSING
The processing pursues the following purposes:
Management and improvement of the website and services.
Response to user requests.
Management of subscriptions and sending of newsletters.
Statistical audience monitoring and IT security.
Compliance with legal and administrative obligations.
5. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING
The treatments are based on:
The explicit consent of the user (subscription, cookies, forms).
The execution of a contract or pre-contractual measures.
Nouvelles Afrique has a legitimate interest in ensuring the security and continuous improvement of its services.
Compliance with applicable legal obligations.
6. DATA RECIPIENTS
The data is intended exclusively for Africa News and its technical service providers (hosting, maintenance, sending emails).
These providers act as subcontractors, subject to confidentiality and security obligations in accordance with the GDPR and national law.
No data is sold or transferred to third parties for commercial purposes.
7. TRANSFER OUTSIDE OF BURKINA FASO
If a transfer of data to a third country is necessary (hosting, backup), it will only be carried out to countries recognized as ensuring an adequate level of protection, or governed by standard contractual clauses approved by the competent authority ( CIL – Commission de l'Informatique et des Libertés du Burkina Faso ).
8. RETENTION PERIOD
The data is kept for the duration necessary for the purposes of the processing:
Contact details: 3 years after the last exchange.
Browsing data: maximum 13 months.
Contractual data: legal accounting retention period (5 to 10 years).
After these deadlines, they are deleted or anonymized.
9. DATA SECURITY
Nouvelles Afrique implements technical and organizational measures to protect data against unauthorized access, loss or disclosure:
encryption and firewalls,
restricted access control,
regular backups,
awareness of authorized personnel.
10. RIGHTS OF PERSONS CONCERNED
In accordance with Law No. 001-2021/AN and the GDPR , you have the following rights:
Access to your personal data.
Correction of inaccurate data.
Deletion ( right to be forgotten ).
Limitation of processing.
Objection to processing for legitimate reasons.
Portability of your data in a structured format.
📩 To exercise these rights, contact: webdesk@nouvellesafrique.com
Your request will be processed within a maximum of 30 days.
11. COOKIES AND TRACKERS
The site uses cookies to:
measure the audience,
personalize the user experience,
make navigation easier.
You can accept, refuse or configure cookies via your browser.
Refusal may limit some functionality.
12. SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY
In the event of a complaint, you can contact:
Commission on Information Technology and Civil Liberties (CIL)
01 BP 7989 Ouagadougou 01 – Burkina Faso
📞 +226 25 37 48 75
🌐 www.cil.gov.bf
13. POLICY UPDATE
Africa News reserves the right to modify this policy to adapt it to legal or technical developments.
The updated version will always be published on the site with the update date.
