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Code for Africa (hereafter referred to as ‘CfA’) is a public benefit non-profit organisation that uses open (public) data and civic technologies to support digital democracy initiatives across the continent. CfA is headquartered in South Africa (where it is registered as a tax exempt non-government organisation with registration number 168-092-NPO), operating from offices at 112 Loop Street, Cape Town, 8000. CfA is also separately registered as a public benefit non-profit in Kenya (number CPR/2016/220101) and Nigeria (number RC 1503312). CfA incubates a range of initiatives, including the africanDRONE network of civic drone operators, the African Network of Centres for Investigative Reporting (ANCIR), the PesaCheck network of fact-checking mis-/disinformation researchers, and the sensors.AFRICA network of citizen science and remote sensing activists. It also supports a range of other third party initiatives, through its innovateAFRICA.fund. This privacy policy will explain how our organisation uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our websites.
Our principles for processing personal data are:
CfA collects the following data:
You directly provide CfA with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
CfA may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:
CfA uses the collected personal data for various purposes:
CfA’s legal basis for collecting and using the personal data described in this Data Protection Policy depends on the personal data we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:
CfA will retain your personal information only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Data Protection Policy.
CfA will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
CfA may send you information and/or alerts about initiatives or services by our digital democracy programmes that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner organisations, including from:
If you have agreed to receive marketing, including alerts and newsletters, you may always opt out at a later date.
You have the right at any time to stop CfA from contacting you for marketing purposes or giving your data to other members of the CfA network. If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us at hello@codeforafrica.org.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), or alternatively South Africa, you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what personal data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us. In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
The right to access - You have the right to request CfA for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee to process this request.
The right to rectification - You have the right to request that CfA correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request CfA to complete information you believe is incomplete
The right to erasure - You have the right to request that CfA erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to restrict processing - You have the right to request that CfA restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to object to processing - You have the right to object to CfA's processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
The right to data portability - You have the right to request that CfA transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: hello@codeforafrica.org
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For further information , visit allaboutcookies.org.
CfA uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website , including:
There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
The CfA website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
CfA keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 01 December 2020.
If you have any questions about CfA's privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: hello@codeforafrica.org