Your access to and use of our Sites is subject to the terms and conditions of our Privacy Policy and all applicable laws. iFCN collects and uses Personal Data which you provide or which we collect about you when you navigate through our Sites for the purpose of facilitating your participation in our projects.
This Privacy policy is between iFeed Charity Network of 212 Aba Owerri Road, by MCC Junction, Aba, Abia State, Nigeria (hereinafter referred to as iFCN) and you. It constitutes our commitment to your privacy on our administrative records, website and social media platforms.
This Privacy Policy describes your privacy rights regarding our collection, use, storage, sharing and protection of your personal information. It applies to the iFCN website and all database applications, as well as any physical contact with us.
Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. If you have any comments on this privacy policy, send an email to [email protected]
We will seek your consent for some processing so that you have control of the information we process and hold about you. By submitting your personal data, you agree to the storing or processing of your data. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy.
Note that you can withdraw your consent at any time, however such withdrawal of consent would not affect the lawfulness of processing information based on consent given before its withdrawal.
We may amend this Privacy Policy at any time by posting a revised version on our website. Please visit this Privacy Notice to stay informed about how we use your personal data. The revised version will be effective 7-days after publication.
We take the protection of children’s privacy seriously. Individuals who are under age as per the appropriate applicable law for the purpose of providing consent, should have a parent/guardian’s consent before providing any Personal Data to us via the website.
If we determine upon collection that a user is under age and has not provided a parent/guardian’s consent before providing any Personal Data, we will not use or maintain his/her Personal Data without the parent/guardian’s consent. Without such consent, though, the child/individual may not be able to participate in certain activities, including volunteering. However, in certain circumstances, we may maintain and use such information (in accordance with the rest of this
Privacy Policy and applicable law) in order to notify and obtain consent from the parent/guardian and for certain safety, security, liability, record keeping and other purposes permitted under applicable law. A parent/guardian can review, remove, change or refuse further collection or use of their child’s Personal Data by contacting us as set out in our Contact Us section, including child’s name, address and e-mail address.
When you opt to join in any of our projects, we collect information sent to us by your computer, mobile phone or other electronic access device. The automatically collected information includes;
Your Personal Data processing will be limited to what it is necessary in relation to the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. We collect and use your Personal Data for the purposes below and on any other lawful basis. Please know that if we already hold information about you, we may use that information for the same purposes.
You have the following rights regarding the personal data we hold about you:
All Personal Data collected are stored in systems based in Nigeria. We generally do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information unless we provide you with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We take steps to limit access to your Personal.
Data to those persons who need to have access to it for one of the purposes listed in this Privacy Policy.
The right to respect personal data and control information is an important part of everyday work for iFCN, therefore security is crucial. We protect any information disclosed to us in accordance with laws, regulations, and good practice standards to protect security and confidentiality.
We use a variety of physical, technical and administrative security standards, technologies and procedures to help protect your Personal Data from loss, misuse, alteration, destruction or damage.
We will always hold your information securely. To prevent unauthorized access to your information, we have implemented strong controls and security safeguards at the technical and operational levels. This site uses Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) to ensure secure transmission of your personal data. You should see the padlock symbol in your URL address bar once you are successfully logged into the platform. The URL address will also start with https:// depicting a secure webpage. SSL applies encryption between two points such as your Personal Computer and the connecting server. Any data transmitted during the session will be encrypted before transmission and decrypted at the receiving end. This is to ensure that data cannot be read during transmission.
We will only retain your Personal Data for as long as it is necessary to satisfy the purpose for which it was provided by you or collected by us (for example, for so long as you choose to remain a sponsor, donor or volunteer).
We may therefore retain your Personal Data for a reasonable period after your last interaction with us or after you opt out of any of our projects. When the Personal Data that we collect is no longer required in this way, we destroy or delete it in a secure manner. In certain cases, we may however have legal or regulatory obligations that require us to retain specific records for a set period of time.
In line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:
We will notify the users via email within 7 business days;
We will notify the users via in-site notification also within 7 business days.
We also agree to the individual redress principle, which requires that individuals have a right to pursue legally enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law.
This Privacy Policy is made pursuant to the Nigeria Data Protection Regulation (2019) and other relevant Nigerian laws, regulations or international conventions applicable to Nigeria. Where any provision of this Policy is deemed inconsistent with a law, regulation or convention, such provision shall be subject to the overriding law, regulation or convention.