COOKIES POLICY 
for Kudwa
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Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

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Cookies and Web Beacons
Like any other website, Kudwa.org uses 'cookies'. These cookies are used to store information including visitors' preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users' experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors' browser type and/or other information.

For more general information on cookies, please read "What Are Cookies".

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When you click OK on consent button you agree to collecting the basic information and cookies about you. 

All direct payment gateways offered by Wix.com and used by our company adhere to the standards set by PCI-DSS as managed by the PCI Security Standards Council, which is a joint effort of brands like Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. PCI-DSS requirements help ensure the secure handling of credit card information by our store and its service providers.

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Type of information we collect
We receive, collect and store any information you enter on our website or provide us in any other way. In addition, we collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet; login; e-mail address; password; computer and connection information and purchase history. We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. We also collect personally identifiable information (including name, email, password, communications); payment details (including credit card information), comments, feedback, product reviews, recommendations, and personal profile.

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Data Collection
When you conduct a transaction on our website, as part of the process, we collect personal information you give us such as your name, address and email address. Your personal information will be used for the specific reasons stated above only.

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If you don’t want us to process your data anymore, please contact us at info@kudwa.org to remove your name from the list

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We reserve the right to modify this privacy policy at any time, so please review it frequently. Changes and clarifications will take effect immediately upon their posting on the website. If we make material changes to this policy, we will notify you here that it has been updated, so that you are aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances, if any, we use and/or disclose it. 

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Data collection outside the internet 

Kudwa also collects personal data when you fill in an application form at events, during a video call or in other ways. 

 

Data processed by Kudwa 

At Kudwa, we process the following personal data to provide information about our work and campaigns: name, place of residence, email address, gender, contact status, and contact history. For specific programs/activities, we might request information about nationality and/or place of birth to ensure diversity of origin in our selection. In addition, for our donor records system and fundraising programs, we may process bank account numbers and payment history.

We may occasionally collaborate with external parties and in such cases, we may share your name and email address. However, we take your privacy seriously and always ensure that any third parties we work with have adequate privacy and security measures in place.

Where are your data stored? 

At Kudwa, we fully own the hosting, database, and maintenance of our website. As a result, our personnel have access to your data as part of their work. However, we take the privacy and security of your personal data seriously and always ensure that adequate safeguards are in place to protect it.

Email 

If you have provided Kudwa with your email address as a participant in a campaign, donor, or information requested, we may use it to inform you via email about other activities related to it. 

Certain processing activities, e.g., subscriptions to newsletters, can only be carried out with your explicit consent. These processing activities will be subject to a specific consent form. You can opt out of the newsletter emails anytime by clicking on the unsubscribe link in each message. You can opt out of any email by contacting our Communications team at info@kudwa.org. 

Subscribing and unsubscribing to digital newsletters 

Our website, www.kudwa.org, offers several options to subscribe to digital newsletters from Kudwa. To subscribe, you must provide your email address. If you wish to receive fewer or no emails, each message includes an unsubscribe link that allows you to easily unsubscribe from the email subscription at any time.

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Changing, viewing or deleting data 

 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the processing of your personal data or if you wish to access, modify, or delete your data, please contact us at info@kudwa.org. 

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Please note that for security reasons, we may need to request proof of your identity before allowing access to personal information we hold about you. Additionally, some data cannot be deleted immediately by Kudwa, such as financial data due to the tax retention obligation of seven years. We will inform you of any such limitations and work with you to find a satisfactory solution.

 

How long do we keep your data? 

 

We at Kudwa ensure that we do not retain your personal data longer than necessary. However, certain data may be kept for a certain period due to financial or legal obligations. Our objective is to securely dispose of personal data as soon as they are no longer needed to fulfill our goals.

 

Security 

 

Kudwa has implemented robust technical and organizational measures to safeguard personal data against loss or unauthorized processing. Our website, including the donation page, is secured through the use of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which ensures secure communication over the internet and prevents eavesdropping, interference, or message falsification. You will be notified by your browser that you are on a safe site when you visit our secure pages, such as our donation form. 

 

In addition to online protection, Kudwa also secures user information offline. Access to all data, including sensitive payment details, is limited to authorized personnel who require it to perform specific tasks. We use SSL to protect sensitive information online and implement strict access controls to ensure that personal information is only accessible to those who need it.

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By donating, subscribing to our newsletter or registering for one of our activities, you accept our privacy statement and consent to Kudwa collecting, storing, and processing your information as described above and for the purposes you agree with.

 

This privacy statement is updated periodically, and we advise you to check it regularly. If you have any questions about this privacy statement or our privacy policy, please contact us at info@kudwa.org.