Cookie Policy
This Notice explains what personal data we collect, why we use it, who we share it with and the rights you have. We’ve kept it short and in plain language. If anything isn’t clear, email dataprotection@sciartfinance.com and we’ll explain.
Effective 17 September 2026 · Version 1.0
1.About this policy
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies and similar technologies we use on sciartfinance.com, why we use them, and how you can control them. It should be read with our Privacy Notice, which explains how we handle personal data more generally, including the data some cookies collect.
It’s issued by The Sciart Finance Company Limited (“Sciart”, “we”, “us”), RC 1845306, Suite 12, Trocadero Square, The Rock Drive, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. Our Data Protection Officer can be reached at dataprotection@sciartfinance.com.
2. What cookies are
Cookies are small text files a website stores on your device so it can recognise your browser, remember your choices and understand how the site is used. Some last only for your visit (session cookies); others stay until they expire or you delete them (persistent cookies). Cookies set by us are first-party cookies; cookies set by a service we use, such as an analytics provider, are third-party cookies.
Under the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023, identifiers such as cookie IDs and IP addresses are personal data. We treat them as such.
3. How we ask for your consent
When you first visit, a banner offers three choices: Accept all, Reject all, or Manage cookies. No cookie other than strictly necessary ones is set until you choose. Your choice is stored for 12 months, after which we’ll ask again. You can change your mind at any time using the Cookie Settings link in the footer of every page.
Strictly necessary cookies are set without consent because the site can’t work without them; we rely on our legitimate interest in running a secure, functioning website. Every other cookie relies on your consent.
4. The cookies we use
We use three categories. We do not use advertising or targeting cookies.
Strictly necessary
Needed for the site to work and to keep it secure. Not used to identify you for marketing.
Cookie | Set by | What it does | Expires |
[consent-cookie-name] | Sciart (cookie consent tool) | Stores the cookie choices you made in the banner | 12 months |
_GRECAPTCHA | Google reCAPTCHA | Protects our forms from automated abuse and spam | 6 months |
__cf_bm | Cloudflare (on HubSpot's script domain, hs-scripts.com) | Bot-management check that lets the HubSpot script load securely | 1 hour |
jltma_popup_visitor | Sciart (site popup plugin) | Remembers that you've seen or closed a site notice so it isn't shown again | Up to 30 days |
Analytics
Help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it. The data is pseudonymous: it identifies your browser, not you by name.
Cookie | Set by | What it does | Expires |
_ga | Google Analytics | Distinguishes visitors and measures pages viewed, time on site and how you arrived | 2 years |
_ga_G5VB69L4Q9 | Google Analytics | Keeps session state for this site's analytics property | 2 years |
hubspotutk | HubSpot | Identifies your browser across visits so form submissions and page views can be linked to one contact record | 6 months |
__hstc | HubSpot | Records your first visit, last visit and number of visits | 6 months |
__hssc | HubSpot | Tracks the current browsing session | 30 minutes |
__hssrc | HubSpot | Detects when your browser has been restarted | Session |
Functional
Remember choices that make the site more convenient to use.
Cookie | Set by | What it does | Expires |
[none currently deployed] | - | If we add a functional cookie (for example, a live-chat widget), it will be listed here before it goes live | - |
5. Similar technologies
Marketing emails we send with your consent may contain a small tracking image that tells us whether the email was opened and which links were clicked. You can prevent this by blocking images in your email app, and you can stop marketing emails altogether using the unsubscribe link in any message.
Google reCAPTCHA runs on our forms to detect automated abuse. Its use is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy (policies.google.com/privacy) and Terms of Service (policies.google.com/terms).
Pages that embed content from other sites (for example, a map or a video) may set that provider’s cookies when the content loads. We only embed such content on pages where you’ve accepted analytics or functional cookies, or we ask before loading it.
6. Third parties and transfers outside Nigeria
Google and HubSpot process the data collected by their cookies on our behalf, under written data processing agreements, and store it principally in the United States and the European Union. We transfer it only under contractual safeguards recognised by the NDPA that bind them to protect your data to Nigerian standards. Neither may use the data for its own purposes.
Links to other websites are governed by those sites’ own cookie and privacy policies, which we don’t control.
7. How to manage cookies
The easiest way is the Cookie Settings link in the footer of every page, which reopens the banner so you can accept, reject or change categories.
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser. Instructions for the main browsers are available from the browser makers: Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Edge each have a help page on managing cookies. If you block strictly necessary cookies, forms and some pages may not work.
Our site does not currently respond to browser Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signals; use the banner or your browser settings instead.
8.Our mobile app
The Sciart mobile app doesn’t use browser cookies. How it collects device and usage data, and how you control that, is explained in our Privacy Notice and in the permissions the app asks for on your device.
9. Questions
Email dataprotection@sciartfinance.com or write to the Data Protection Officer at the address above. You can also complain to the Nigeria Data Protection Commission (ndpc.gov.ng) at any time.
10. Changes to this policy
We review this policy at least once a year and whenever we add or remove a cookie. The list above is updated before any new cookie goes live, and the effective date at the top changes when we publish a new version.
The Sciart Finance Company Limited · RC 1845306 · Licensed by the Central Bank of Nigeria · Privacy Notice v1.0, effective 17 September 2026