Privacy Policy

Ekhaya Empowerment CIC is the data controller for ekhayauk.com. Ekhaya Empowerment CIC is committed to fully complying with The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The data we collect

The personal data we collect from you includes:

questions, queries or feedback you leave, including your email address if you contact Ekhaya Empowerment CIC
your email address and subscription preferences when you sign up to our email alerts
how you use our emails - for example whether you open them and which links you click on
your Internet Protocol (IP) address, and details of which version of web browser you used
information on how you use the site, using cookies and page tagging techniques

We use Google Analytics software to collect information about how you use ekhayauk.com. This includes IP addresses. The data is anonymised before being used for analytics processing.

Google Analytics processes anonymised information about:

the pages you visit on ekhayauk.com
how long you spend on each ekhayauk.com page
how you got to the site
what you click on while you’re visiting the site

We do not store your personal information through Google Analytics (for example your name or address).

We will not identify you through analytics information, and we will not combine analytics information with other data sets in a way that would identify who you are.

We continuously test and monitor our data protection controls to make sure they’re effective and to detect any weaknesses.

Why we need your data

We collect information through Google Analytics to see how you use the site and our digital services. We do this to help:

make sure the site is meeting the needs of its users
make improvements

We also collect data in order to:

gather feedback to improve our services, for example our email alerts
respond to any feedback you send us, if you’ve asked us to
send email alerts to users who request them
allow you to access services
provide you with information
monitor use of the site to identify security threats

Email sign-up

By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this Application. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to this Application or after making a purchase.

Personal Data collected: address; company name; email address; first name; last name; job title; phone number; Usage Data; website; Postal code.

Social media

This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms. The interaction and information obtained are always subject to the user’s privacy settings for each social network.

This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when users do not use it.

Your social media log-in details, should you provide them, will be kept only for the duration of our work and it is recommended that you change passwords on those accounts regularly.

Legal basis for processing data

The legal basis for processing personal data in relation to site security is our legitimate interests, and the legitimate interests of our users, in ensuring the security and integrity of ekhayauk.com

The legal basis for processing anonymised data for Google Analytics is your consent.

Using your data

The data we collect may be shared with our partners. It may also be shared with our technology suppliers, for example our hosting provider.

We will not:

sell or rent your data to third parties
share your data with third parties for marketing purposes

We will share your data if we are required to do so by law - for example, by court order, or to prevent fraud or other crime.

How long we keep your data

We will only retain your personal data for as long as:

it is needed for the purposes set out in this document
the law requires us to

We will keep your email data until you unsubscribe.

Where your data is processed and stored

All personal data is stored online in encrypted files.

How we protect your data and keep it secure

We are committed to doing all that we can to keep your data secure. We have set up systems and processes to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure of your data - for example, we protect your data using varying levels of encryption.

We also make sure that any third parties that we deal with keep all personal data they process on our behalf secure.

Your rights

You have the right to request:

information about how your personal data is processed
a copy of that personal data
that anything inaccurate in your personal data is corrected immediately

You can also:

raise an objection about how your personal data is processed
request that your personal data is erased if there is no longer a justification for it
ask that the processing of your personal data is restricted in certain circumstances

If you have any of these requests, get in contact with us.

Links to other websites

This privacy notice only applies to ekhayauk.com.

Following a link to another website

If you go to another website from this one, read the privacy policy on that website to find out what it does with your information.

If you come to ekhayauk.com from another website, we may receive personal information from the other website. You should read the privacy policy of the website you came from to find out more about this.

Contact us or make a complaint

have a question about anything in this privacy notice
think that your personal data has been misused or mishandled

ekhaya.empowerment@gmail.com

Changes to this policy

We may change this privacy policy. In that case, the ‘last updated’ date at the bottom of this page will also change. Any changes to this privacy policy will apply to you and your data immediately. We reserve the right to make changes to this policy at any time by giving notice to users on this page and possibly within this Application and/or – as far as technically and legally feasible – sending a notice to users via any contact information available to us.

If these changes affect how your personal data is processed, we will take reasonable steps to let you know.

It is strongly recommended to check this page often, referring to the date of the last modification listed at the bottom.

Updated: 25/10/2022

EKHAYA EMPOWERMENT CIC