Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes the policies of African Population and Health Research Center on the collection, use and disclosure of your information that we collect when you use our website (https://aphrc.org/).
Information We Collect:
We will collect and process the following personal information about you if you fill our contact form: Name, Email, Your Subject and Message.
How We Use Your Information:
We will use the information that we collect about you for support and sending newsletters.
If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which you grant consent, unless we are required to do otherwise by law.
How We Share Your Information:
We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances such as Google Analytics. We require such third parties to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred, and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose. We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order, or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the website violates any third-party rights.
Retention Of Your Information:
We will retain your personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, such as providing services, complying with legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. In some cases, we may retain certain information for longer periods for legitimate business or legal reasons, including fraud prevention or record-keeping in accordance with applicable law.
You have the right to request the deletion of your personal information at any time. If you no longer wish to receive communications from us, you may unsubscribe by clicking the “unsubscribe” link found at the bottom of our emails or by contacting us directly. Once unsubscribed, we will stop sending you such communications and will delete or anonymize your information as required, unless we are legally obligated to retain it.
We may retain anonymized and aggregated data, which does not identify you, indefinitely for analytical or research purposes.
By accessing or using the website, you are consenting to the collection, use and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you, and will post the revised Privacy Policy on the website. Your continued access or use of the website after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
Cookies:
Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. They are stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make it more secure, provide a better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.
How do we use cookies? As most of the online websites, our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for several purposes. First-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data.
The third-party cookies used on our website are mainly for understanding how the website performs, how you interact with our website, keeping our websites secure, providing content that is relevant to you, and all in all providing you with a better and improved user experience and help speed up your future interactions with our website.
Different browsers provide different methods to block and delete cookies used by websites. You can change the settings of your browser to block/delete the cookies. Please visit your browser’s official support documents.
Security:
The security of your information is important to us, and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Third Party Links & Use Of Your Information:
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or website that may be accessible via a link on the website. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or websites.
Data Protection Support:
If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email us at info@aphrc.org or dpo@aphrc.org. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.