Privacy Policy
We Value Your Privacy
At Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI), we treat your personal information as private and confidential. We are dedicated to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy describes what personal information we collect, what we do with it and how we protect it.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. This policy applies to the website of Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI), however, when you use this site you may be directed to third party websites or applications. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By continuing to visit our website (www.cesdinitiative.org), you accept and consent to the practices described in this policy.
Information about who we are
Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) is a non-governmental organization committed to the sustainable livelihood of under privileged women, children and youth. Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) is duly registered with the Nigerian Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) since 2014.
Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) mission is to empower & improve the lives and well-being of children, women, youth and the less privileged members of the society individuals to become self-reliant through holistic training in skills development using a de-centralized network of social entrepreneurs.
How our Website Works
When you visit our website, we collect data on your location. This allows us to serve you with customized data based on your detected location. We will not disclose your information to any person outside our organization except as described in this Privacy Policy.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile devices whenever you visit a website. Cookies have many uses, such as memorizing your preferences to tailor your experiences while on our site– or to help us analyze our website traffic.
Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) uses cookies to improve your experience while on this site. We would like to let you know a few things about our cookies:
- Some cookies are essential to access certain areas of this site;
- We use analytics cookies to help us understand how you use our site to discover what content is most useful to you
Kindly refer to our cookie policy for more information on cookies.
The Data we Collect About You
The information we collect will depend on the nature of your action but may include name, email address, telephone number and company. When you provide your information to us, we will only use the information for the purposes for which it is provided.
The collection and use of personal data by Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) is guided by certain principles. These principles state that personal data should
- be processed fairly, lawfully and in a transparent manner.
- be obtained for a specified and lawful purpose and shall not be processed in any manner incompatible with such purposes.
- be adequate, relevant and limited to what is necessary to fulfill the purpose of processing.
- be processed in accordance with the data subject’s rights.
How we Protect Your Data
We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent loss, unauthorized access, misuse, modification or disclosure of information under our control.
For example, our online forms are always encrypted and our network is protected and routinely monitored. We require all parties including our staff and third-parties processing data on our behalf to comply with relevant policies and guidelines to ensure confidentiality and that information is protected in use, when stored and during transmission. Our security controls and processes are also regularly updated to meet and exceed industry standards.
How Long we Store Your Data
We retain your data for as long as is necessary for the purpose(s) that it was collected. We only retain information that allows us comply with legal and regulatory requests for certain data, meet business and audit requirements, respond to complaints and queries.
Data which is not retained is securely destroyed when it is identified that is no longer needed for the purposes for which it was collected.
Your Rights
You have certain rights available to you, these include
- The right to access your personal information held by us. Your right of access can be exercised by sending an email to info@cesdinitiative.org
- The right to rectify inaccurate or incomplete information.
- withdraw consent for processing in cases where consent has previously been given.
- restrict or object to processing of your personal data. We might continue to process your data if there are valid legal or operational reasons.
- Request that your information be erased. We might continue to retain such data if there are valid legal, regulatory or operational reasons.
Third-Parties Sites
Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) website may contain links to third-party websites and services. Information collected by third parties, which may include such things as location data or contact details is governed by their privacy practices and Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) will not be liable for any breach of confidentiality or privacy of your information on such sites . We encourage you to learn about the privacy practices of those third parties.
Social Media Platforms
Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI) may interact with registered users of various social media platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please note that any content you post to such social media platforms (e.g. pictures, information or opinions), as well as any personal information that you otherwise make available to users (e.g. your profile) is subject to the applicable social media platform’s terms of use and privacy policies. We recommend that you review these information carefully in order to better understand your rights and obligations with regard to such content.
Children’s Data
Our website is not intended for use by children and we do not knowingly collect data on children.
Privacy Policy Changes
This policy may be revised on an ad-hoc basis to reflect the legal, regulatory and operating environment and such revised versions will automatically become applicable to you. We will post any revisions we make to our Privacy Policy on this page and such revised policy becomes effective as at the time it is posted. We also encourage you to check this page from time to time for updates to this policy.
Contact
Questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to info@cesdinitiative.org
Data Controller postal address: Community Engagement & Social Development Initiative (CESDI), No 3, Nairobi Street, Wuse 2, Abuja.
This privacy policy was last updated on 16th March, 2020.
