This privacy policy outlines how Sight and Sounds of Africa, a charitable organization, uses and safeguards any information you provide through the website’s online forms. Sight and Sounds of Africa is dedicated to protecting and preserving your privacy.
Whenever you are asked to provide specific information by which you can be identified, rest assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement. Sight and Sounds of Africa may update this policy from time to time by revising this webpage. It is your responsibility to periodically review this page to ensure that you are satisfied with any changes. This policy is effective as of [DATE OF UPDATE].
Information You Provide to Sight and Sounds of Africa
Through our online forms, we may gather the following details:
- Beneficiary’s Name
- Mailing Address
- Contact Information
- Email Address
- Telephone Number
This information is crucial in enabling Sight and Sounds of Africa to effectively deliver our services to those in need. We also utilize this data for the following charitable purposes:
- Maintaining Internal Records
- Collecting Feedback from Beneficiaries to improve services and/or aid distribution
- Sending informational emails about our charitable initiatives, special opportunities, or other relevant updates, utilizing the email address you have shared with us
- Reaching out to you for benevolent research purposes.
This information is handled with the utmost care and is only used in accordance with our privacy policy to further our charitable mission.
Security of Information
We are committed to ensuring that the information you submit to Sight and Sounds of Africa is secure. To prevent unauthorized access or disclosure, we have implemented suitable physical, electronic, and managerial measures to safeguard the information we collect online.
The Use of Cookies
A cookie is a small file that requests permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. With your consent via our browser settings, the file is added, and the cookie assists in analyzing web traffic or notifying you when you visit a particular site. Cookies enable web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can customize its operations to your needs, likes, and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps Sight and Sounds of Africa analyze data about web page traffic, ultimately leading to improvements on our website. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes, and then the data is subsequently removed from the system.
Please note that a cookie will NOT provide us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us through the Sight and Sounds of Africa website.
You have the option to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies when accessing certain websites. Please be aware that declining cookies may prevent you from fully utilizing the website features.
Links to Other Websites
Through the Sight and Sounds of Africa website, you can access links to other websites not under our control. We have no authority over the nature, content, and availability of external third-party websites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorsement of the views expressed within them. Sight and Sounds of Africa remains independent from third-party website links.
Security of Your Personal Information
Sight and Sounds of Africa will not sell, distribute, or forward your personal information to third parties unless we have your express and written permission or are required by law to disclose your information.
You may request details of personal information which we currently hold under the Data Protection Act of 1998. A small fee is required to process this information request. If you would like a copy of the information we have on you, please contact us.
If you discover that any information we currently hold about you is incorrect or incomplete, please notify us so that we may make the necessary corrections.