PRIVACY POLICY

Eddah’s Hope Cancer Foundation is committed to responsible information handling practices. You can visit most pages on the Sites (as defined below) without giving us any information about yourself, but sometimes we need information to provide information or services that you request. This Privacy Policy explains data collection and use in those situations. By visiting the Sites, you consent to the
information practices described in this Privacy Policy.

This Privacy Policy applies to the following sites www.eddahs-hope.org (and each sub-domain associated with this URL) and other websites operated by or Eddah’s Hope. This Privacy Policy does not apply to other sites that may be accessible through the Sites. This Privacy Policy does not apply to the practices of persons or entities that Eddah’s Hope does not control, manage or employ. The Sites
contain links to other sites that are operated by third parties, including, but not limited to, third party sites that may display the name, trademarks, service marks and logos of Komen. We encourage you to read the privacy policies of those other sites to learn how they collect and use information about you.

In order to fully understand your rights, we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. Since the Sites will continue to implement new technologies and improve their services and features, this Privacy Policy is subject to change. Eddah’s Hope reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy. If there are changes or additions to this Privacy Policy, we will post those changes
here or in other formats that we deem acceptable, so that you will always know what information we collect online, how we use it and what choices you have. All changes will be effective immediately upon posting. We encourage you to read the entire Privacy Policy. For your convenience, you may review specific information about our data collection and protection practices by clicking on any of the questions below:

What type of information does Eddah’s Hope COLLECT and how is the information USED?

While you are visiting the Sites, Eddah’s Hope  may collect two types of information about users: “Personal Information” (such as name, email address, mailing address, phone, credit card or debit card, personal preferences and other account-related information) and “Aggregate Information” (such as information about how many users log on to the Sites on a daily basis).

Personal Information:  Information You Provide to Us

  • Personal Information is collected online when you voluntarily submit non-public personal information on the Sites by requesting information, purchasing our products, signing up for an account or other Services, receiving electronic notices or other similar communications and other similar activities.  Please note that Personal Information stored on the Sites may be collected, stored and processed in the Kenya.

We may obtain Personal Information about you ONLY if you elect to give us that information. Types of Personal Information may include the following:

  • Name
  • Address
  • Telephone number
  • Occupation
  • E-mail address
  • Credit card number and expiration date (for online purchases or donations)
  • Name of organization (where applicable)

We may request Personal Information, such as your user name or password, whenever you log in to your account and may in limited circumstances ask you to provide credit card information and other personal information when purchasing goods that are offered for sale on our Sites or when making a donation online. We reserve the right to request any additional information necessary to establish and maintain your account. Generally, our uses of Personal Information collected online include, without limitation, responding to your inquiry about volunteering time to Eddah’s Hope, enabling you to make a donation, purchasing a product from the Sites, or providing information, such as sending marketing communications and newsletters.

Eddah’s Hope  will retain your Personal Information to fulfill the purposes described in this Privacy Policy. Eddah’s Hope  will establish minimum and maximum retention periods based upon the type of information collected (i.e., sensitivity), the intended purposes and as otherwise by the law.

Personal Information shall NOT include any personal information posted, shared or sent by or to you in any public forum (such as a message board) or your Personal Home Page on the Sites or any page on the Sites that specifically provides that the content may be used in a public manner. Participation in such areas of the Sites requires the public release and dissemination of such information, and thus Eddah’s Hope  cannot commit to treating such information confidentially in the same manner that other personal information will be treated under this Privacy Policy. Participation in these areas of the Sites is voluntary and thus your consent to certain terms is required before participation is allowed. Please see “Posted or Shared Content” under the Terms of Use for more information on how such posted or shared information is used.

Aggregate Information:  Collected Automatically

When you visit the Sites, we automatically collect Aggregate Information about your visit. Collecting this information helps us to improve the Sites to enhance your experience while on our Sites.  Aggregate Information is non-personally identifiable/anonymous information about you, such as pages most frequently accessed by you, time spent on a page or area of the Sites, the number of visits to the Sites by you, types of browser used by you, cookie preferences or search terms entered by you. We can tell the type of computer and web service that you are using, as well as the date, time, and pages that you visit. Aggregate Information is used in a collective manner, and no single person can be identified by that compiled information (for example, the number of people who logged into the Sites in a particular day).

Eddah’s Hope  also may use Aggregate Information for internal purposes, such as tracking demographic data and providing targeted content to make the Sites more useful to our visitors. The gathering of this Aggregate Information may be accomplished by the use of cookies or web beacons by  and its third party service providers. In particular, Eddah’s Hope  will collect an IP Address from all visitors to the Sites. An IP Address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. Eddah’s Hope  may share Aggregate Information with its research grant recipients, content providers, sponsors, service providers or other third parties to advance the goals of research, education, dissemination of information and otherwise in fulfillment of the Promise. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our Sites, analyze trends, track users’ movement on the Sites, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the Sites, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses, however, are not linked to Personal Information. Eddah’s Hope  also may use a unique assigned number located with the Sites’ URL to determine the website from which you navigated to get to the Sites. While this number may not be apparent to you, it does not contain your Personal Information.

Do Eddah’s Hope use COOKIES, OTHER TECHNOLOGIES or THIRD PARTIES to INDIRECTLY collect information?

The Sites may use cookies to enhance your experience while using the Sites. A “cookie” is a small piece of data that is sent to your browser from Eddah’s Hope web server and is stored on your computer’s hard drive.  Cookies are used to collect non-identifying information about the user to make web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website and to make sure you do not see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you would prefer not to receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Sites will not function properly when you view them.

The Sites also may use other technologies to track the specific pages viewed by visitors on the Sites or to target specific content that might be of interest to you. These technologies help us to understand how visitors use the Sites. However, you will have the option to opt out (or opt on if applicable law requires) of receiving such targeted content on those pages of our Sites where this technology is used.

This Site uses Google Analytics to measure and optimize traffic flow, and also Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting as part of the overall marketing plan for the Site.

refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our Sites will not function properly when you view them.

The Sites also may use other technologies to track the specific pages viewed by visitors on the Sites or to target specific content that might be of interest to you. These technologies help us to understand how visitors use the Sites. However, you will have the option to opt out (or opt on if applicable law requires) of receiving such targeted content on those pages of our Sites where this technology is used.

This Site uses Google Analytics to measure and optimize traffic flow, and also Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting as part of the overall marketing plan for the Site.

Does Eddah’s Hope  SHARE the information that I have provided or that has been collected?

Eddah’s Hope may need to share Personal Information with third parties in limited circumstances. For example, we may release Personal Information to third parties to perform services such as advising you of our upcoming events, products, volunteer opportunities, fundraising and partner-related product opportunities benefiting Eddah’s Hope ,cancer awareness information or processing credit card payments or hosting the Sites (and/or features available on the Sites). However, such third parties are obligated to maintain the confidentiality of Personal Information and are not authorized to use Personal Information for any purpose other than providing those services.

From time to time, we may be required to provide Personal Information or Aggregate Information in response to a valid court order, subpoena, government investigation, or as otherwise required by law, or if we reasonably believe that you have committed unlawful acts or acts that may endanger the health or safety of another user or the general public. We also reserve the right to report to law enforcement agencies any activities that we, in good faith, believe to be unlawful. We may release certain personal information when we believe that such release is reasonably necessary to protect the rights, property, and safety of others and ourselves.

We also reserve the right to share, assign or transfer your Personal information to any of our affiliates or any successor in interest to our organization by merger, reorganization, or operation of law.

Do I have CHOICES regarding how my Personal Information is used?

Eddah’s Hope  may make your name and postal address available to other nonprofit organizations whose services or activities may be of interest to you. If you would like to opt out of having Eddah’s Hope make this information If your Personal Information is currently being used by Eddah’s Hope or its affiliates to send you marketing communications, you can opt out at any time. All marketing email communications from Eddah’s Hope tell you how to stop receiving them; however, to opt out of receiving marketing communications from Eddah’s Hope.

  1. E-mail our Privacy Manager; or
  2. Follow directions on a marketing e-mail communication from us; or
  3. Send a request to: hellen.munyoki@eddahs-hope.org

How does Eddah’s Hope SECURE my personal information?

In order to prevent unauthorized access and protect your Personal Information, Eddah’s Hope  has put in place commercially reasonable physical, electronic and administrative safeguards to ensure the security, integrity and privacy of the Personal Information you provide to us. Such security safeguards are intended to be appropriate to the sensitivity of the Personal Information collected. For example, online shopping and contributions are processed using a secure server.  In particular, all Personal Information provided to Eddah’s Hope  through the use of the Sites is transmitted using Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption and Secure Electronic Transaction (SET) protocol.  SSL is secure server software that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to Eddah’s Hope.

Does Eddah’s Hope collect information from CHILDREN?

Since the Sites are not designed specifically for children, Eddah’s Hope does not intentionally collect Personal Information from children under the age of 18. If we discover that we have inadvertently collected Personal Information from a person under the age of 18, we will automatically delete it.

Whom can I CONTACT if I have questions or concerns about the Privacy Policy?

Eddah’s Hope has designated our Privacy Manager who can be contacted at the Eddah’s Hope  contact address listed at the end of this Privacy Policy. Our Privacy Manager is accountable for Eddah’s Hope online compliance with this Privacy Policy. If you have questions about our Privacy Policy or if you have a claim concerning our compliance with this Privacy Policy, you can email our Privacy Manager. Please provide a description of your claims or questions in sufficient detail so as to permit our Privacy Manager to investigate your claims or questions fully and contact you. It is our intention to  make available to you through our Privacy Manager specific information about this Privacy Policy and our management of your Personal Information as may be required by applicable law.

What constitutes my acceptance of this Privacy Policy?

By using the Sites, you expressly consent to the use and disclosure of information as described in this Privacy Policy. Your continued use of the Sites after the effective date of any modification to the Privacy Policy will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms. You agree to review the Privacy Policy each time you use the Sites so that you are aware of such modifications

How does Eddah’s Hope  protect the information that I may provide by telephone or regular mail or in person?

Eddah’s Hope implements these same policies and procedures to protect the privacy of any Personal Information voluntarily submitted by you to Eddah’s Hope via telephone or regular mail or in person. Our Privacy Manager also is accountable for Eddah’s Hope off-line compliance with this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions about any Personal Information provided by one of these off-line methods, you may check your online account or otherwise contact our Privacy Manager by email, regular mail or telephone at the contact address listed in this Privacy Policy.

Where can I get more information about the Privacy Policy?

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

info@eddahs-hope.org or

hellen.munyoki@eddahs-hope.org

Or you call us on 0704 448 000

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