Privacy policy
What dst.com.ng collects and why. Last updated 15 November 2026.
Development Standards Technologies Limited ("DST") runs dst.com.ng. This page explains what we collect on this website and why.
What we collect
When you send a brief through the contact form, we store the details you enter (name, organisation, email, phone and message) so we can reply. If you subscribe to the journal, we store your email address.
Advertising
Journal articles show ads from Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies or similar technology to show ads based on your visits to this and other websites. You can turn off personalised ads in Google Ad Settings. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services.
What we do not collect
Apart from Google services described on this page, fonts, images and scripts are served from our own server. We set no cookies ourselves except a session cookie for staff who sign in to manage the site.
Cookies
Google Analytics counts visits and shows us which pages are useful. Its cookies record pages viewed, time on site and approximate location, without your name or contact details. Google AdSense shows ads on articles; personalised ads use cookies to choose ads based on your interests.
The notice at the bottom of the page lets you choose, and the site works the same whichever you pick:
- Allow: Analytics and personalised ads.
- Allow essentials only: no Analytics; ads are still shown but are not personalised (Google may still use a cookie to limit how often you see the same ad and to stop fraud).
- Decline: no Analytics and no ads.
Until you choose, we treat you as “essentials only”. Your choice is kept in your browser, not on our server, so you will not be asked again on that browser. Change it any time with Cookie settings at the bottom of every page. Google processes this data under its partner sites policy.
Server logs
Our hosting provider keeps standard access logs, including IP addresses, for security and abuse prevention.
Your rights
You can ask us to see, correct or delete the details we hold about you, in line with the Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023. Email contact@dst.com.ng.