What information do we collect?

We collect information from you when you register on our site and fill out a form. This information includes the name of your organisation, email address, country, and other relevant information about your organisation.

To benefit from all the features of the website, you will need to register your organisation. Nonetheless, you may browse the site anonymously.

 

What do we use your information for?

The information collected from you may be used in any of the following ways:

• To provide credible, reliable and up-to-date information on civil society in West Africa;
• To promote networking and partnership building among CSOs;
• To enable CSOs to have a shared space to facilitate the exchange of relevant documentation and publication;
• To provide visibility to CSOs to facilitate access to funding, technical support and development opportunities;
• To generate statistics on various aspects of the site:

Examples of statistics generated include information on the number of organisations registered in a particular country or; the number of organisations working within a specific thematic area;

• To send periodic newsletters:
• To administer forums and polls on topics relevant to civil society in West Africa.

 

How do we protect your information?

We have implemented technical and organizational measures to protect your information so that it does not disappear and does not get manipulated. Additionally, we ensure that unauthorized persons are prevented from gaining access to your information. We continually employ security measures to ensure the safety and privacy of your information.

 

What rights do you have?

You have, at any time, the right to request information about the information we hold about you. If the information is incorrect, incomplete or irrelevant, you can correct, update or remove the information provided through your profile dashboard.

 

Do we use cookies?

We use cookies to store your language preference and country, only.

 

Do we disclose any information to outside parties?

The website features a profile of each registered organisation. Information provided during the registration process but not featured on your profile is handled with strict confidentiality. We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your identifiable information. The only exception applies to a trusted third party who assisted us in operating this website.

 

Third party links

Occasionally, we may include or offer third party products, services and general advertisement on our website. These third-party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.

 

Your consent

By registering your organisation, you consent to our privacy policy.

 

Changes to our Privacy Policy

If any changes are made to our privacy policy, the updates will be posted on this page.

This policy was last modified on 06/30/2017

 

Copyright

The contents on this platform are copyrighted and belong to the West Africa Civil Society Institute (WACSI).

 

Contacting Us

If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy, you may contact us using the information below:

West Africa Civil Society Institute

NO. 9 Bingo Street, East Legon
P.O. Box AT 1956, Achimota
Accra, Ghana
Email: research@wacsi.org

Tel: 233 302 542010/ 522589
Fax: 233 302 522588