Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters to us. This policy explains how Borno State Scholarship Board collects, uses, and protects your information.
Last updated: October 14, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Borno State Scholarship Board ("we", "us", or "our") handles information when you use our website and services.
By using Borno State Scholarship Board, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect
We may collect information that you provide directly when you create an account, update your profile, contact us, or otherwise interact with the application.
Account information
- Name or display name
- Email address
- Authentication credentials
- Profile information you choose to provide
Automatically collected information
Depending on how the application is configured, we may collect limited technical information such as browser type, device information, IP address, and application usage information.
2. How We Use Information
Information we collect may be used to:
- Create and manage your account
- Authenticate you and maintain your session
- Provide and operate application features
- Respond to questions and support requests
- Maintain the security and reliability of the service
- Identify and resolve technical problems
- Improve the application and user experience
- Comply with applicable legal obligations
3. Authentication and Account Security
We take reasonable measures to protect account information and authentication credentials from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
However, no internet-based service can guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your account credentials confidential and notifying us if you believe your account has been compromised.
4. Cookies and Sessions
Borno State Scholarship Board may use cookies or similar technologies to maintain authentication sessions, remember preferences, and support essential application functionality.
Essential cookies may be required for certain parts of the application to function correctly.
5. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information. We may share information only when reasonably necessary to operate the service, comply with the law, protect our rights, or prevent fraud and abuse.
Service providers that process information on our behalf may have access to information only as necessary to perform their services and subject to appropriate obligations.
6. Data Retention
We retain personal information for as long as necessary to provide the service, maintain legitimate business records, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and satisfy applicable legal requirements.
When information is no longer required, we may delete or anonymize it in accordance with our data retention practices.
7. Your Rights
Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights regarding your personal information, including the right to:
- Request access to personal information we hold about you
- Request correction of inaccurate information
- Request deletion of certain information
- Object to or restrict certain processing
- Request a copy of certain information
To exercise an applicable right, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
8. Third-Party Services
The application may rely on third-party services for hosting, email delivery, analytics, authentication, or other infrastructure.
Those services may process information according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review the policies of third-party services that you use through the application.
9. Children's Privacy
Borno State Scholarship Board is not intended for children who are not legally permitted to use the service in their jurisdiction. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children where prohibited by law.
10. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When changes are made, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page.
Your continued use of Borno State Scholarship Board after an updated policy becomes effective constitutes acknowledgment of the revised policy, where permitted by applicable law.
11. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or would like to make a privacy-related request, please contact us.
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