Privacy and cookie statement

We use cookies to personalise content, ads and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

We respect the privacy of visitors of www.ghanaweb.com and ensure that personal information you provide is treated confidentially. Processing of the personal data takes place in a manner that is in accordance with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act. With the following statement we want to make clear how we are committed to the security and reliability of our website, and clarify how we use the personal data of our customers.

1. Personal data

Personal data are the data that you can make available to us when you visit ghanaweb.com. On some sections we can ask for address, e mail address and telephone numbers. In addition, when visiting www.ghanaweb.com, other data are also automatically available, such as your IP address, information about the internet site from which you have opened our website or about the internet browser you use (technical information).

2. Use of personal data

We will only collect, process and use the personal data you have made available to us by visiting ghanaweb.com for purposes within the framework of the applicable data protection laws. Your personal details will be stored and used by us to make the visit to www.ghanaweb.com as pleasant as possible.

For services such as newsletters or contact forms, we need information such as name, address or e mail address. This is different on a case by case basis.

Technical information required for the presentation of ghanaweb.com on your computer is stored anonymously by us and used for statistical analyzes and to make our website as attractive as possible. Moreover, we use this information anonymously, so not related to your person, so that we can continually improve.

3. Cookies

For the best possible effect our website uses cookies, scripts, tags and beacons (hereinafter referred to as 'cookies'). For example, cookies ensure that your country settings are remembered, which the website needs to work. Furthermore, some cookies help to show ads relevant to you.

Cookies are stored on your computer and can be deleted at any time. After deleting cookies, you may have to reset your preferences. Cookies are completely secure, and do not store e mail addresses or telephone numbers.

At the first visit of www.ghanaweb.com you can indicate via the cookie setting whether you accept cookies or if you want to change the settings for cookies.

Click here to modify your Cookie Policy Setting.

Cookies from third parties

For the cookies that third parties place for social media applications and Ads on GhanaWeb.com, we refer to the statements that these parties provide on their own websites. These statements can change regularly. GhanaWeb has no influence on this. The names of the parties behind these cookies can be found below. One way to control opt in or opt out of 3rd party networks is via optout.networkadvertising.org .

4.4. Unforeseen cookies

Because of the way our website works, it is possible that we do not have insight in all the cases that cookies are posted on GhanaWeb.com. This can occur, for example, in the event that so called embedded elements (texts, images, films and / or documents stored with another party) are used.