PRIVACY POLICY

Effective Date: October 4, 2024

This Privacy Policy explains how the Centre for Alternative Politics and Security, West Africa (CAPS-WA) collects, uses, discloses, and protects your personal information.

1. Information We Collect

  • Information You Provide:

    • Contact Form: When you submit a contact form, we may collect your name, email address, organization (if applicable), and any other information you provide in the message.

  • Information Automatically Collected:

    • Log Files: Like many websites, we automatically collect certain information and store it in log files. This information may include your IP address, browser type, operating system, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.  

    • Cookies and Similar Technologies: We may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies to collect information about your browsing behavior on our website. This may include information about your device, location, and browsing preferences. You can typically adjust your browser settings to refuse cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent. However, if you disable cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.  

2. How We Use Your Information

  • Respond to Inquiries: We use the information you provide in the contact form to respond to your inquiries, questions, or requests.

  • Advocacy and Outreach: We may use your information (with appropriate anonymization and aggregation where necessary) for advocacy purposes, such as:

    • Conducting research and analysis on relevant issues.

    • Engaging in advocacy and outreach activities with governments, international organizations, and other stakeholders.

  • Improve Our Website: We may use the information collected automatically to analyze website traffic and improve our website’s functionality and user experience.

3. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data

We rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:

  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your personal information for our legitimate interests, such as responding to your inquiries, improving our website, and carrying out our advocacy and outreach activities.

  • Consent: We may request your consent to process certain types of personal information, such as for marketing purposes. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.

4. Sharing Your Information

  • Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who assist us with website operations, such as data analysis and storage providers. These providers are contractually obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information.  

  • Partners and Collaborators: We may share your information with partner organizations and collaborators involved in our advocacy and outreach work, but only with your consent or as otherwise permitted by law.

  • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to a valid legal request, such as a subpoena or court order.  

5. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, such as:  

  • Data encryption: We use encryption technologies to protect your data during transmission and storage.

  • Access controls: We restrict access to your personal information to authorized personnel only.

  • Regular security reviews: We conduct regular security reviews to identify and address potential vulnerabilities.

6. Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.  

7. Your Rights

  • Right of Access: You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you.

  • Right to Rectification: You have the right to request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete personal information.  

  • Right to Erasure (“Right to be Forgotten”): You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information in certain circumstances.  

  • Right to Restriction of Processing: You have the right to request the restriction of processing your personal information in certain circumstances.  

  • Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request the transfer of your personal information to another organization in a machine-readable format.  

  • Right to Object: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.  

  • Right to Know: You have the right to know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell. 

  • Right to Opt-Out of the Sale of Personal Information: You have the right to opt-out of the sale of your personal information.  

  • Right to Non-Discrimination: You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising your CCPA rights.

To exercise these rights, please contact us.  

8. International Data Transfers

We may transfer your personal information to countries outside of the EEA and California. We will ensure that any such transfers comply with applicable data protection laws, such as by implementing appropriate safeguards, such as the Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our website is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.  

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new policy on this page.  

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us.