Privacy policy
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1. Introduction
2. Your Consent
By submitting your details and/or using our service you accept this Privacy Policy and expressly provide voluntary, specific and informed consent to the use and disclosure of your personal information in the manner described below. You have the right to object to our use of your personal information. Depending on the information you object to, we may not be able to proceed with your withdrawal transaction as certain information is required for the conclusion or performance of this transaction and we are obliged by law to obtain that information.
3. Application
This policy applies to you when you visit our website, or order our services as a customer or a user, and may change from time to time.
4. Acceptance, changes, consent and modification
Acceptance: You may not order any of our services if you do not accept this policy or any changes to it.
Changes: We may change this policy at any time and will notify you of the changes on our website by email. The changed policy applies to you if you continue using our website, or our services following the notification.
Consent and Modification: By using the Services, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy and to our collection, processing and sharing of Personal Information for the purposes set forth herein. If you do not agree to this Privacy Policy, please do not access or otherwise use the Services. We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change this Privacy Policy at any time. Such change will be effective ten (10) days following the posting of the revised Privacy Policy on the Site, and your continued use of the Services thereafter means that you accept those changes.
5. Security and Confidentiality
We recognise the need for appropriate protection and management of the personal information you share with us. We protect that information using Transport Layer Security (TLS) encryption technology and by limiting employee access on a need-to-know basis. We store data in encrypted form on computers and control access via secure web pages. We employ firewalls and other security technologies to protect our servers from external attack.
Finally, we are subject to the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implemented in 2018.
6. Contact Forms
When you make use of our online contact forms you provide us with your information voluntarily and consent to our storage and use thereof. We will store and use this information according to the terms of this agreement.
7. Links to other websites
Our website may have links to or from other websites. Although we try to link only to websites that also have high privacy standards, we are not responsible for their security, privacy practices or content. We recommend that you always read the privacy and security statements on these websites.
8. Monitoring of electronic communications
We communicate with you through different methods and channels. If allowed by law, we may record and monitor electronic communications to make sure that they comply with our legal and regulatory responsibilities and internal policies.
9. Additional data collection
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage.
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking on the following link. An opt-out cookie will be set to prevent your data from being collected on future visits to this site: Disable Google Analytics.
10. Which laws apply?
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (Google). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site.
The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage.
11. Queries and complaints
Should you have any queries, please contact us, African Gist, on hello@african-gist.org
