De Mayor Foundation ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting the privacy of everyone who visits our website, donates to our programmes, volunteers with us, or otherwise interacts with us. This policy explains what personal information we collect, why we collect it, and how we use and protect it.
1. Information We Collect
We collect personal information when you interact with our website, including:
- Contact form: name, email address, phone number, and the content of your message.
- Donations: name, email address, phone number, and donation amount.
- Volunteer applications: name, email address, phone number, area of interest, availability, and any additional information you choose to share.
- Automatically: basic technical information such as browser type and pages visited, used only to keep the site running smoothly and securely.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to:
- Respond to enquiries submitted through our contact form.
- Process and acknowledge donations, and issue receipts on request.
- Review and follow up on volunteer applications.
- Keep supporters informed about our programmes and impact, where you have agreed to hear from us.
- Improve our website and services.
We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information to third parties.
3. Sharing of Information
We only share personal information with third parties where necessary to operate our programmes and services, for example, with payment processors to complete a donation, or where required by law. Any third party we work with is expected to protect your information to at least the standard set out in this policy.
4. Data Security
We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect the personal information we hold against loss, misuse, and unauthorised access. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
5. Data Retention
We retain personal information only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy, or as required to meet our legal, accounting, or reporting obligations.
6. Your Rights
Under Ghana's Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843), you have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information held by us, and to object to how we use it. To exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the details below.
7. Children's Privacy
Our website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children without the consent of a parent or guardian.
8. Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal reasons. The date at the top of this page shows when it was last revised.
9. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how we handle your information, please contact us at info@demayorfoundation.com or write to us at Awudome Roundabout, Accra, Ghana.