Privacy Policy
Introduction
Scope
Principles
- Lawfulness, fairness, and transparency: We process personal information lawfully, fairly, and transparently.
- Purpose limitation: We collect personal information for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes and do not process it further in a manner incompatible with those purposes.
- Data minimization: We collect only the personal information necessary for the specified purposes.
- Accuracy: We take reasonable steps to ensure that personal information is accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date.
- Storage limitation: We store personal information for no longer than necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
- Integrity and confidentiality: We ensure appropriate security measures are in place to protect personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration,or destruction.
Rights of Data Subjects
Users of the EPIC-Africa website have the following rights concerning their personal information under the GDPR:
- Right to access: Users have the right to request access to their personal information held by EPIC-Africa.
- Right to rectification: Users have the right to request the correction of any inaccurate personal information.
- Right to erasure: Users have the right to request the deletion of their personal information, subject to certain conditions.
- Right to restrict processing: Users have the right to request the restriction of the processing of their personal information in certain circumstances.
- Right to data portability: Users have the right to receive their personal information in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format and transmit it to another data controller.
- Right to object: Users have the right to object to the processing of their personal information under certain conditions.
- Right to lodge a complaint: Users have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if they believe their privacy rights have been violated.
Data Collection Details
Website Visitors
When you visit the EPIC-Africa website, we may collect information about your device and usage, such as your IP address, browser type, operating system, and pages viewed.
Information Use
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
- To provide and improve our website and its services.
- To communicate with users about updates, news, and events related to EPIC-Africa.
- To analyze usage and trends to understand user needs and preferences better.
- To comply with legal obligations and protect the rights and interests of EPIC-Africa and website users.
Data Sharing with Third Parties
EPIC-Africa may share personal information with third parties under the following circumstances:
- With service providers who assist us in operating and maintaining the website.
- With law enforcement or other government entities, as required by law or to protect the rights andinterests of EPIC-Africa and website users.
- With other platform users, as necessary to provide services and facilitate collaboration among CSOs, funders, and individuals interested in the African CSOsector.
We do not sell, rent, or otherwise disclose personal information to third parties for marketing purposes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, your personal information, or the use of cookies on our website, please contact us at support@epic-africa.org. We will respond to your inquiry as soon as possible and work with you to address any concerns you may have.