Privacy Policy.

CASTED is an anonymous campus confession platform operated from Anambra State, Nigeria. This policy explains what information is processed when you visit or use CASTED, and how.

1. Information We Collect

• Anonymous session ID: a random identifier created in your browser when you visit. It is not linked to your name, email or phone number.
• Secrets: the text you submit and the campus you choose.
• Comments: the comment text and the optional nickname you enter (default "Anonymous").
• Reactions: which reaction your anonymous session gave a secret.
• Reports: the reason, optional details, and your anonymous session ID (to prevent duplicate reports).
• Posting limits: the time your anonymous session last posted, to enforce a short cooldown against spam.
• Technical information: our hosting and database providers automatically process data such as IP address, browser and device information, and request logs to deliver and secure the service.

We do not ask for your name, email or phone number to use CASTED.

2. Anonymous Posting

Your identity is not shown to other visitors. Anonymity is not absolute: our infrastructure providers process technical data, and we may be required to disclose information in response to a lawful request. Avoid including information that identifies you or others in your posts.

3. How We Use Information

To operate CASTED, display secrets and comments, count reactions, prevent spam and abuse, moderate content and process reports, improve performance, protect security, and support sponsored content and advertising.

4. Cookies and Browser Storage

Cookies and similar technologies are small pieces of data stored by your browser. CASTED currently uses browser storage only for essential functions: keeping your anonymous session, remembering that you accepted the Terms, and timing the posting cooldown. CASTED does not currently use analytics or advertising cookies. You can clear this storage in your browser settings, though some features may stop working until a new session is created.

5. Advertising

CASTED currently shows sponsored campus promotions arranged directly with businesses; these do not use tracking cookies. CASTED may in future display ads through Google AdSense or other advertising partners. If so, this policy will be updated before those ads are enabled, and:

• Third-party vendors, including Google, may use cookies to serve ads based on your previous visits to this or other websites.
• Advertising partners may collect information through cookies, web beacons, IP addresses and similar technologies.
• You may see personalised or non-personalised ads depending on your settings, consent and eligibility.
• You can manage ad personalisation at Google Ads Settings and learn more at How Google uses information from sites that use its services.

6. Third-Party Services

• Supabase: database, anonymous sessions and image storage for secrets, comments, reactions, reports and sponsored content.
• Hosting provider: serves the website and processes request data such as IP addresses.
• External links: social media and WhatsApp links open those services under their own privacy policies.

7. Storage and Security

Information is stored with our infrastructure providers, protected by access controls; reports and admin records can only be read by authorised CASTED administrators. No system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Retention

• Secrets: shown on the public feed for 72 hours. After that they are no longer publicly visible but may remain stored in our database.
• Comments and reactions: stored alongside the related secret and not automatically deleted when a secret expires.
• Reports and moderation records: kept for moderation and safety purposes.
• Technical logs: kept by our providers according to their own retention periods.

9. Sharing and Disclosure

We share information only with service providers who help run CASTED, advertising partners where applicable, security providers, and authorities where legally required. CASTED does not sell personal information.

10. Your Rights

Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, you may have rights to access, correct, or request deletion of your personal data, to object to certain processing, to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, and to complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission. Because CASTED is anonymous, we may be unable to link content to you, which can limit what we can do. Requests are handled in line with applicable law.

11. Age Requirement

CASTED is only for people aged 18 and over. If you believe someone under 18 has submitted information, contact us and we will review it.

12. International Transfers

Our service providers may process information outside Nigeria. Where this happens, we rely on those providers' safeguards and handle transfers in line with applicable law.

13. Changes

We may update this policy. The "Last updated" date will change, and significant changes will be announced on the website.

14. Contact

Privacy questions or requests: [email protected], or use our Contact page. See also our Terms & Conditions.