Your privacy matters to me, and I want to be completely transparent about what information this website collects and how it’s used. Please read this policy carefully.
1. Who We Are
Chala Gist Blog is a blog operated by Bassey Chala, focused on helping Nigerian students and young tenants with practical hostel and self-contain living tips. This website is located at chalagist.com.
2. Information We Collect
Information you give us directly: When you use our contact form, subscribe to our newsletter, or leave a comment, we may collect your name, email address, and any message you send us.
Information collected automatically: Like most websites, we automatically collect certain information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, device type, pages visited, time spent on the site, and referring website, typically through cookies and similar tracking technologies.
3. How We Use Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device that help websites function properly and understand how visitors use them. Chala Gist Blog uses cookies to:
- Understand how visitors use our site so we can improve it
- Remember your preferences
- Serve relevant advertisements through Google AdSense and other advertising partners
You can choose to disable cookies through your browser settings, though some parts of the site may not function as well if you do.
4. Google AdSense & Third-Party Advertising
This site uses Google AdSense, a third-party advertising service, to display ads. Google, as a third-party vendor, uses cookies (including the DoubleClick DART cookie) to serve ads to visitors based on their visit to this site and other sites on the internet.
- Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on your visit to this site and/or other sites on the internet.
- You may opt out of personalized advertising by visiting Google’s Ads Settings at https://adssettings.google.com.
- Alternatively, you can opt out of some third-party vendor cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page at https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.
- Third-party vendors, including Google, may also use cookies to serve ads based on a user’s prior visits to this website or other websites.
Google AdSense and other advertising partners may also use non-cookie technologies to serve relevant ads. If you’d like more detail on how Google uses data, you can review Google’s own Privacy & Terms page at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
5. Analytics
We may use tools like Google Analytics to understand how visitors interact with our website. These tools may collect information such as how often you visit the site, what pages you visit, and what other sites you visited before coming to ours. This information is used only to improve the content and experience on Chala Gist Blog.
6. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to your questions or messages
- Send newsletter updates, if you’ve subscribed (you can unsubscribe at any time)
- Improve our website’s content and user experience
- Display relevant advertising
- Monitor and prevent misuse of our site
We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
7. Children’s Privacy
Chala Gist Blog is intended for university students and young adults. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can remove it.
8. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those external sites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of any site you visit.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information. To make such a request, please contact us directly.
10. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised “last updated” date.
11. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please reach out via our Contact Us page or email us at chalagist@gmail.com.
Last updated: July, 2026.