Cookie Policy

Effective date: March 27, 2026
Last updated: May 28, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how https://olufemijamesurrah.com (the "Site") uses cookies and similar technologies when you visit. It should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which explains more broadly how we handle your personal information.

1. Who We Are

The data controller for the Site is Peter King ("we," "us," or "our"). You can contact us at info@olufemijamesurrah.com.

2. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website places on your computer, phone, or tablet when you visit. They help the site work, remember your preferences, and give the site owner information about how the site is used.

2.1 Similar Technologies

Besides cookies, we and our providers may use similar technologies, including pixels (tiny images that record when a page or email is viewed), web beacons, local storage, session storage, and software development kits. In this policy, we use the word "cookies" to refer to all of these technologies.

2.2 Types of Cookies by Duration and Origin

Session and persistent cookies

Session cookies are deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your device for a set period, or until you delete them, so the Site can recognize you when you return.

First-party and third-party cookies

First-party cookies are set by the Site itself. Third-party cookies are set by other organizations whose services we use, such as analytics providers or embedded video and social media platforms. These third parties control their own cookies and may use them according to their own privacy policies.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the purposes below. Where the law requires your consent (for example, under the GDPR, the UK PECR, and the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023), we only place non-essential cookies after you have agreed to them.

3.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function and stay secure. They enable core features such as page navigation, form submission, load balancing, security protection, and remembering your cookie choices. Because they are necessary, they do not require consent and cannot be switched off through our cookie settings. If you block them in your browser, parts of the Site may not work.

3.2 Preference (Functionality) Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make, such as your language or display settings, so the Site can offer a more personalized experience. They are set only with your consent where required.

3.3 Analytics and Performance Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors find and use the Site, for example which pages are most popular, how long people stay, and whether any errors occur. The information is generally aggregated and used to improve the Site's content and performance. We currently use, or may use, tools such as Google Analytics. Typical cookies from such tools include _ga and _ga_*, which distinguish users and sessions and usually last up to 24 months. These cookies are set only with your consent where required.

3.4 Embedded Content and Social Media Cookies

The Site may embed content from third parties, such as YouTube videos, Facebook, X (Twitter), Instagram, or LinkedIn feeds and sharing buttons. When you view or interact with this content, the provider may set cookies and collect information about your activity, including across other websites. We do not control these cookies. Please refer to the relevant provider's privacy and cookie policies for details.

3.5 Marketing and Advertising Cookies

We do not currently sell personal information or use cookies for cross-context behavioral advertising. If we introduce marketing or advertising pixels in future, such as those used to measure the reach of campaigns, we will update this policy, list them here, and obtain your consent before placing them where required.

4. Cookies We Use

The specific cookies on the Site may change as features are added or updated. The categories above describe what we use and why. A current, detailed list of individual cookies (name, provider, purpose, and duration) is available through the cookie settings tool on the Site, where one is provided, or you can request it at info@olufemijamesurrah.com.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

5.1 Our Cookie Banner and Settings

When you first visit the Site, you may see a cookie banner where you can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or choose which categories to allow. You can change your choices at any time through the cookie settings link on the Site. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of cookie use before withdrawal.

5.2 Browser Settings

Most browsers let you view, block, or delete cookies. The steps depend on your browser, and the instructions are usually in its "Help" or "Settings" menu. Popular guides are available for Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Edge, and others. Please note that blocking all cookies may affect how the Site works.

5.3 Opting Out of Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

5.4 Global Privacy Control and Do Not Track

We treat recognized opt-out preference signals, such as Global Privacy Control (GPC), as a valid request to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information, where technically feasible. Because there is no uniform industry standard for "Do Not Track" browser signals, we do not respond to them except as described here.

5.5 Mobile Devices

On mobile devices, you can manage advertising and tracking preferences through your device's privacy settings, such as limiting ad tracking on iOS or resetting your advertising ID on Android.

6. Your Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights over the personal information collected through cookies, including the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to its use, to withdraw consent, and to lodge a complaint with a regulator such as the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (NDPC) or your local data protection authority. California residents and residents of other U.S. states with privacy laws may also have the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information. We do not sell or share personal information as those terms are defined under the CCPA. Full details and how to exercise these rights are in our Privacy Policy.

7. International Transfers

Some of the third parties that set cookies on the Site, such as analytics providers, are located outside Nigeria, including in the United States. Where information is transferred abroad, we rely on safeguards recognized by applicable law, such as standard contractual clauses or your consent.

8. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use, our practices, or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date above shows when it was last revised. If we make material changes, we may ask for your consent again where the law requires.

9. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact:

Peter King
Email: info@olufemijamesurrah.com