1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to recognise your device on subsequent visits, remember preferences, and collect usage data to improve user experience. Cookies can be session-based (deleted when you close your browser) or persistent (remaining on your device for a set period).
Similar technologies include pixel tags, web beacons, local storage, and browser fingerprinting. This policy covers all such technologies collectively.
2. How We Use Cookies
Expozé Nigeria uses cookies on expoze.ng to:
- Ensure the website functions correctly (strictly necessary)
- Remember your cookie consent preferences
- Analyse how visitors interact with the site to improve content and performance
- Understand the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns
- Enable certain social media features
We do not use cookies to serve personalised third-party advertising directly on our website without your explicit consent.
3. Cookie Categories
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: Essential for the website to function. They enable core features like security and accessibility. These cannot be disabled as the website cannot operate without them. No consent is required.
- Performance / Analytics Cookies: Collect anonymous information about how visitors use the website — pages visited, time on site, error messages. Help us improve the website. Require your consent.
- Functional Cookies: Allow the website to remember choices you make (e.g., your consent preferences, language). Provide enhanced features. Require your consent.
- Marketing / Targeting Cookies: Used to track visitors across websites to display relevant advertising. Currently used to measure the effectiveness of our own marketing campaigns. Require your explicit consent.
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. These include:
- Google Analytics: Provides website traffic and behaviour analytics. Google Privacy Policy
- Meta Pixel: Where enabled, measures ad campaign effectiveness for our own Facebook/Instagram marketing. Meta Privacy Policy
- Google Tag Manager: Manages tracking tags and scripts. Subject to Google's privacy policy.
These third parties may set their own cookies subject to their respective privacy policies. Expozé does not control those cookies. You can opt out via the preference centre below or through the third parties directly.
5. Cookies We Set
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
expoze_cookie_consent | Strictly Necessary | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 12 months |
_session | Strictly Necessary | Maintains your website session | Session |
_ga | Analytics | Google Analytics — distinguishes users | 2 years |
_ga_* | Analytics | Google Analytics 4 — maintains session state | 2 years |
_gid | Analytics | Google Analytics — distinguishes users (24hr) | 24 hours |
_fbp | Marketing | Meta Pixel — tracks page visits for ad attribution | 3 months |
expoze_prefs | Functional | Stores your display preferences | 12 months |
6. Cookie Preference Centre
Manage your cookie preferences below. Changes take effect immediately. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be disabled as they are required for the website to function.
7. Browser-Level Cookie Control
You can also control cookies through your browser settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:
Note: Disabling all cookies through browser settings may affect the functionality of this and other websites.
To opt out of Google Analytics specifically, use the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-on.
8. Policy Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our practices. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised date. Material changes will be communicated via a renewed consent prompt.
For questions about our use of cookies, contact privacy@expoze.ng.
This Cookie Policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions.