Our Privacy Policy
Effective Date: 15/07/2024
Introduction
The Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV & AIDS (UNYPA) (“we,” “us,” or “our”) values the privacy of our members, partners, and website visitors. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website www.unypa.org (the “Site”). Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Information We Collect
We may collect and process the following data about you:
Personal Information
- Contact Information: Name, email address, phone number, postal address.
- Demographic Information: Age, gender, occupation, and other relevant details.
- Health Information: Specific health data, including HIV status, only with your explicit consent.
Non-Personal Information
- Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform.
- Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services.
How We Collect Information
We collect information in the following ways:
- Direct Interactions: You may provide us with your personal information by filling in forms or by corresponding with us by phone, email, or otherwise.
- Automated Technologies: As you interact with our website, we may automatically collect technical data about your equipment, browsing actions, and patterns. We collect this data using cookies, server logs, and other similar technologies.
- Third Parties: We may receive personal data about you from various third parties, including analytics providers such as Google Analytics.
Use of Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
- To Provide, Operate, and Maintain Our Services: Including account creation, customer service, and processing transactions.
- To Improve Our Website: By monitoring and analyzing usage and trends to better understand how our users access and use the Site.
- To Communicate with You: Including sending you updates, newsletters, marketing materials, and other information that may be of interest to you.
- To Personalize Your Experience: Providing you with tailored content and services.
- To Ensure Security and Prevent Fraud: Monitoring for security breaches, protecting against fraudulent activity, and complying with legal obligations.
Disclosure of Information
We may share your information with third parties in the following situations:
- With Your Consent: We may share your personal information when we have your explicit consent to do so.
- Service Providers: We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform services on our behalf.
- Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
- Business Transfers: In connection with any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Data Security
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. Despite these measures, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data transmitted to our Site; any transmission is at your own risk.
Your Rights
You have the following rights regarding your personal information:
- Access: You can request access to your personal information and obtain a copy of it.
- Rectification: You can request correction of any inaccurate or incomplete data we hold about you.
- Erasure: You can request deletion of your personal information.
- Restriction: You can request that we restrict the processing of your personal information.
- Objection: You can object to the processing of your personal information where we are relying on a legitimate interest.
- Data Portability: You can request the transfer of your personal information to another party.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email address].
Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our Site. You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of this Site may become inaccessible or not function properly.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Uganda Network of Young People Living with HIV & AIDS (UNYPA)
Email: [email protected]