1.0 The Policy
The West African Network of Emerging Leaders (“WANEL”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it through our compliance with this Privacy Policy.
This policy (together with any other documents referred to in it) describes how we collect and use your personal data during your use of the WANEL website (www.wanelhps.org) (the ‘website’) in accordance with General Data Protection Regulation.
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding our treatment of your Personal Information. By accessing or using the Site and/or our social media pages, you are consenting to the application of this Privacy Policy to your Personal Information, including our collection, storage, use, transfer, and disclosure of your Personal Information as described in this Privacy Policy.
This Privacy Policy may change from time to time. Your continued use of the website after we make changes is deemed to be acceptance of those changes, so please check this Privacy Policy periodically for updates.
2.0 Information Collection and Use
For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name, phone number, and address. The information that we collect will be used to contact or identify you.
We process data or information we collect about you, including any Personal Information, for the following purposes:
The legitimate interests pursued by WANEL to provide you with information or services that you request from us;
To provide, enhance, improve and develop our website and our services, including measuring and improving the website’s content and layout;
To provide notices to you about your User Account with WANEL;
To notify you about changes to our website or any services that we offer;
For research and statistical purposes;
To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide such information;
To prevent or investigate fraud or other unlawful activity, and to protect the security of the WANEL’s property, website, and other systems;
In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; and
For any other purpose with your consent.
3.0 Disclosure of your Information
We may disclose information that we collect from or about you to fulfill the purpose for which you provided such information. We will not share your information with third parties excerpt:
as necessary to respond to legal requirements, including complying with any court order, law or legal process and responding to any government or regulatory request, or in response to a verified request relating to a criminal investigation or alleged illegal activity
as necessary to protect the WANEL’s interests. with service providers acting on our behalf who have agreed to protect the confidentiality of the data. For any other purpose disclosed by us when you provide the information.
4.0 Cookies
Cookies are pieces of data that websites transfer to users’ web browsers to enable the website to deliver personalized services or to provide
persistent authentication. The information contained in a cookie typically includes information collected automatically by the web server
and/or information provided voluntarily by the user. We collect cookies to help us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our
website and also allows us to improve our site. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the appropriate setting on your device.
However, if you select this setting, you may be unable to use certain features of our Site.
5.0 Data Storage
We may store data collected by the website manually or electronically. The data is stored on our secure servers and/or in our premises within
WANEL or other secured location.
6.0 Credit Card Information
The website will not collect, and does not desire to receive, any credit card information. When necessary to make payments, your credit card information will be collected and processed outside of the website, by a third-party payment processor accredited by a Regulator. This Privacy Policy does not govern the practices of third-party payment processors, and, if you disclose your information to a third-party payment processor, different rules may apply to its use and disclosure of the information you disclose to such third-party payment processor.
You acknowledge that if you provide information to third-party payment processors, that information will be subject to their user agreements,
terms and conditions, privacy policies and other applicable policies and agreements, which may differ from this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the policies of third-party payment processors.
7.0 Retention of Data
WANEL retains personal information about our members or website users for the purpose of providing a service. This information is kept as long
as we continue to provide you a service as a member of WANEL.
8.0 Data Security
WANEL is committed to ensuring the security of your information. We have put in place reasonable physical, technical and administrative
safeguards designed to prevent unauthorized access to or use of the information collected online.
9.0 Third Parties
Our site contains links to and from various third-party websites. You acknowledge that if you provide information to third parties,
that information will be subject to the Privacy Policies and user agreements associated with those Third-Party Services, which may differ
from this Privacy Policy. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these third-party website policies. Please check these
policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.
10.0 Rights of Data Subjects
You may have the following legal rights under the Data Protection law with respect to the personal information processed by WANEL
Request access to your data
- To withdraw consent at any time from the processing of your personal Information
- Request the rectification or erasure of your Information
- To request that WANEL restrict the way it uses your Information
- To ask WANEL to transfer your information to someone else
- To lodge a complaint with Data Protection Regulator
11.0 Changes to Privacy Policy
Any changes we may make to our Privacy Policy in the future will be posted on WANEL website. You are responsible for periodically checking this Privacy Policy for any changes.
12.0 Contact Information
If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please email us info@wanelhps.org
