Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by a website when you visit it. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, to improve efficiency, and to provide information to the website owner. Cookies do not contain executable code and cannot carry viruses.

Similar technologies — such as web beacons, local storage, and session storage — may serve comparable purposes and are covered by this policy.

2. Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are strictly necessary for this website to operate. They enable core functionality such as page navigation, form submission, and security. Without these cookies, services you have requested — such as secure access to the DVL Portal — cannot be provided.

Essential cookies do not require your consent and cannot be disabled through our cookie settings. You may be able to disable them through your browser settings, but this is likely to affect the functionality of the website.

• Session management: Maintaining your authenticated session within the DVL Portal during a single visit.
• Security: Cookies used to detect and prevent fraudulent activity and unauthorised access.
• Cookie consent: A record of your cookie preferences, stored locally on your device (via localStorage), so we do not ask again on subsequent visits.

3. Analytics Cookies

With your consent, we may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with this website — for example, which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors spend on each page, and where visitors arrive from. This information is used solely to improve the website experience and service delivery.

Analytics cookies are only loaded after you have provided consent via the cookie banner displayed on your first visit. You may withdraw consent at any time by clearing your browser’s local storage or through your browser settings.

4. Third-Party Tools

We do not use third-party advertising or behavioural tracking cookies. Where third-party analytics tools are used, they are configured to anonymise IP addresses and comply with applicable data protection legislation, including the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (NDPR).

Any third-party tools used are listed in our Privacy Policy under the Cookies section.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit this website, a cookie consent banner will appear. You may choose to:

• Accept All: Essential and analytics cookies will be enabled.
• Reject Non-Essential: Only strictly necessary cookies will be enabled. Analytics cookies will not be loaded.

You may also control and delete cookies at any time through your browser settings. Please refer to your browser’s help documentation for instructions:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this website and may prevent access to the DVL Portal.

6. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes will be published on this page with a revised date. Where changes are material, we will notify you via the website or, where appropriate, by email.

This policy should be read alongside our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

7. Contact Us

If you have questions about how we use cookies or wish to exercise any data protection rights, please contact: