Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes how WEKEMBE MICRO CREDIT SCHEME (“WEKEMBE”) collects and uses the personal information you provide on our website http://www.wekembe.org. It also describes the choices available to you regarding our use of your personal information and how you can access and update this information.
1. No sale of personal information. WEKEMBE will not rent or sell your personal information to third parties.
2. Information you provide through the website. When you create an account on the website, or when you contact us, or when you applicate, we collect basic information about you through the registration process – your name, email address, permanent address, phone number, and a means to authenticate your account (for example, a password).
3. Information displayed on your “success story” page. We may post a basic public page in order to further our activities and to highlight our success stories. This page shows to the public your name, surname, and a short description of your activity. You can review and update the page information you provide to WEKEMBE, through the website contacting us. You have the option of closing down your public lender profile on the website.
4. Comments and messages. If you use interactive features on the website to write a comment, WEKEMBE will collect your name, your email, and your comment. WEKEMBE will publicly display this information (except email, it won’t be display). You should be aware that any information you provide in these areas may be read, collected, and used by others who access them. To request removal of your personal information, please contact us.
5. Donations. If you choose to donate, you will redirect on Paypal website, in accordance with the Paypal terms of use and their privacy policy.
6. Integrated third party features. If you use features on the website that are integrated with third party websites or services (for example, Twitter and Facebook) to share information about your activity on the website (for example, whether you “like” WEKEMBE) through the third party website or service, WEKEMBE will share this information with the third party website or service.
7. Information from third parties. WEKEMBE collects your information from third parties to facilitate activities and transactions for the operation of the website and program, improve User experiences on the website and in the program and further WEKEMBE’s mission. Examples of information we receive from other sources include information from another User about whether you referred that User to WEKEMBE, information from service providers about your use of the website. If you choose to use our referral service to tell a friend about our site, we will ask you for your friend’s name and email address. We will automatically send your friend a one-time email inviting him or her to visit the site. WEKEMBE stores this information for the sole purpose of sending this one-time email, offering the ability for you to easily remind your friend and tracking the success of our referral program. Your friend may contact us at wmcs.ka@gmail.com to request that we remove this information from our database. You can import contacts from your Gmail, Yahoo! or other email account address book to invite them to become members of our site. We or our service providers collect the username and password for the email account from which you wish to import your contacts and we will only use it for that purpose. To understand the ways in which WEKEMBE may disclose your information to our affiliates, service providers, agents and representatives, please see Section 10 (Disclosure to affiliates, service providers, agents and representatives) below of this Privacy Policy.
8. Information from cookies. This website uses exclusively technical cookies, to save your preferences and optimize the use of this website, when you access to restricted areas.
9. Newsletter. If your name is registered for our newsletter, you will receive emails from WEKEMBE, but you can choose not to receive these emails by using the unsubscribe link at the end of each email you receive, or writing us.
10. Disclosure to affiliates, service providers, agents and representatives. We will disclose your personal information with third parties only in the ways that are described in this privacy statement. WEKEMBE’s affiliates and service providers, agents and representatives of WEKEMBE and its affiliates may be provided access to your personally identifiable information as part of, or incident to, their provision of services to WEKEMBE. All such access shall be under appropriate confidentiality agreements and limited to use to provide services to WEKEMBE to help WEKEMBE further its mission.
11. Disclosure of non-personally identifiable data. WEKEMBE reserves the right to disclose information that does not directly identify you, for example, aggregated or anonymized data, for educational, informational or promotional purposes in furtherance of WEKEMBE’s mission.
12. Legal disclosures. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Privacy Policy, you acknowledge, consent and agree that WEKEMBE may disclose information in order to: (a) comply with applicable law, regulation, legal process, or governmental request; (b) protect the rights, property and safety of WEKEMBE, Users and others, including intellectual property rights; and (c) enforce or apply our agreements and policies.
13. Access to your information. If your personally identifiable information changes, you may correct, update, amend, delete/remove your information by contacting WEKEMBE by email at wmcs.ka@gmail.com or by postal mail at the contact information. We will respond to your change request within 30 days. You may terminate your participation in the program and registered account on the website at any time and for any reason by sending a written notice of termination to WEKEMBE.
14. Links to other websites. If you follow any links which remove you from the website, this Privacy Policy no longer applies – i.e., the privacy policies and practices of other websites and other parties are governed by their respective terms of use and privacy policies. Please note that electronic payment processing is provided by the third-party payment processing provider, PayPal.
15. Location of data. WEKEMBE is headquartered in the Uganda. Your personal information may be accessed by WEKEMBE, our affiliates, service providers, agents and representatives elsewhere in the world. By providing us with personal information, you consent to this transfer. WEKEMBE will protect the privacy and security of personal information according to this Privacy Policy regardless of where the personal information is processed or stored.
16. Retention period. WEKEMBE reserves the right to retain your personal information for a period of seven years or more to satisfy legal requirements such as recordkeeping and tax and credit reporting requirements, as well as for purposes of fraud prevention, audit and data integrity. In addition, WEKEMBE reserves the right to retain, as well as to use and disclose as permitted pursuant to this Privacy Policy, your personal information for such period of time as reasonably needed by WEKEMBE to facilitate activities and transactions for the operation of the website and program, improve User experiences on the website and in the program and further WEKEMBE’s mission. WEKEMBE reserves the right to retain information that does not directly identify you, for example, aggregated or anonymized data.
17. Modifications; Interpretation. WEKEMBE may update or modify this Privacy Policy from time to time. If any changes are made, WEKEMBE will reflect the date on which any such changes are made and posted by updating the “last updated” date at the bottom of the page. Please be sure to check this page periodically for changes.
18. How to contact WEKEMBE. We take privacy seriously and we value yours. For additional information, or if you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the privacy practices at WEKEMBE, please submit your questions or comments directly to wmcs.ka@gmail.com via email. You can also send questions or comments to:
WEKEMBE MICRO CREDIT SCHEME
c/o Kampala Archdiocese
P.O.BOX 14125 MENGO, KAMPALA
EMAIL: wmcs.ka@gmail.com
TELEPHONE: +256 772449849 +256 200904371
