pRIVACY POLICY.

Effective Date: 29th August 2023

At Our Great Africa Foundation, we are dedicated to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your personal information. By engaging with our services and using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect:

We may collect various types of personal information from you, including, but not limited to:

  • Contact details (name, email address, phone number, address)
  • Financial information (donation history, payment information)
  • Demographic information (age, gender, location)

Information you provide voluntarily (emails, forms, surveys)

2. How We Use Your Information:

We use the collected information for purposes including, but not limited to:

  • Providing and improving our services
  • Processing donations and sending donation acknowledgments
  • Communicating with you about our projects, initiatives, and events
  • Responding to your inquiries and offering support
  • Analyzing data to enhance our outreach and impact
  • Complying with legal obligations

3. Information Sharing and Disclosure:

We do not sell, lease, or trade your personal information to third parties. We may share your information in the following situations:

  • With trusted service providers who assist us in our operations (payment processors, email platforms)
  • When required by law or legal process
  • With partnering organizations for joint activities (only with your explicit consent)
  • With your permission for other purposes

4. Data Security:

We implement various security measures to safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, while we strive to protect your data, no online method is entirely secure.

5. Your Choices:

You have the right to:

  • Opt out of receiving marketing communications from us
  • Access, modify, update, or delete your personal information
  • Withdraw consent for processing your information (subject to legal requirements)
  • Lodge a complaint with relevant data protection authorities

6. Children’s Privacy:

Our services are not aimed at individuals under 13 years old. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please inform us, and we will delete it.

7. Changes to this Privacy Policy:

We may revise this Privacy Policy periodically. Any changes will be posted on our website, with the effective date indicated.

8. Contact Us:

If you have queries, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your personal information, please reach out to us at: enquiries@ogaf.net

CONTACT

By using our services, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy and consent to the practices outlined herein.

Our website address is: https://ogaf.net.

Cookies

Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

INFORMATION SHARING

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.