Privacy Policy

At Sayap Africa, we are committed to protecting your privacy and your personal information. We do not sell or rent your personal information to others. Your privacy is very important to us and we want you to be assured that our privacy practices are held to the highest standard. We take every precaution to protect your information.

When users submit sensitive information via our websites, your information is protected both online and offline. We believe the trust you have placed in us is important to the success and growth of Sayap Africa. Please review the privacy policy to understand how your personal information will be treated as you use our website. We also understand the concerns you might have with using a credit card for online transactions. It is therefore in our best interest to protect your credit card information in order to provide you with the best service possible.

This Privacy Policy discloses the privacy practices for information collected Sayap Africa. By using this site, you agree:

• You have reviewed and understand our Privacy Policy.
• You accept and are subject to this Privacy Policy.
• Sayap Africa is permitted to use your personal information as stated below.

An audited financial statement will be available upon request from saaf@sayapafrica.org.

OUR COMMITMENT TO YOU

We appreciate your interest and support of Sayap Africa. We make an effort at all times to provide accurate information for your review while providing industry standard safeguards for any and all personal information you submit.

It is our policy to ethically and accurately share the needs and potential financial impact so you can prayerfully consider sharing financially as the Lord leads and enables you. We believe the desire for all giving comes from God as He moves in the hearts and minds of people who are prepared by the Holy Spirit. Our part as a Non-Profit organization is to inform and provide giving opportunities without imposing undue obligation or pressure.

We assure you that your identity is kept confidential and we will not sell or rent your name to any other organization or corporation. We pledge to be responsible in our management, truthful in our advertising and cost-effective in our finances.

Data Collection

DONATIONS

When you choose to donate to Sayap Africa, we ask for your name, address, zip code and e-mail. We will use this information in order to correspond with you, provide gift receipts. This allows us to personalize our communications with you. When you make an online donation or create an account, we collect all necessary personal information through securely encrypted Web forms. This information includes your name, contact information, email and street address, credit card type, number, security code and expiration date. Your contact information is used to contact you to resolve customer service issues in case of. You can correct or update your personal information stored on our sites by completing the online contact form on the Contact page found under the About tab on our website.

SURVEYS, POLLS, CONTESTS AND ACCOUNT INFORMATION

From time to time, we may collect information on our sites via market research, surveys, polls and contests. Participation is completely voluntary. This information may include, but is not limited to your name or address, demographic information such as your zip code or age. This information will be used for purposes of monitoring or improving the use and satisfaction of our sites. Information collected through surveys and polls will be used to analyze the use of our sites and improve the content and features.

AGGREGATED TRACKING INFORMATION

Sayap Africa may collect several types of aggregated tracking information on its site mainly by tracking page views to monitor visitor traffic patterns and site usage to help us further develop and improve the content and design of the site. This information includes, but is not limited to IP addresses, browser types and page views. This information is tracked in order to observe movement throughout the site to analyze trends and to improve the content and features to meet your needs. We may also collect your IP address to help diagnose problems with the server and to administer the site. This information is never linked to personal identification information.

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Sayap Africa is the sole owner of the information collected on its site. We will never sell or rent this information in any way, except as is disclosed in the Privacy Policy. When you donate, you need to provide your name, e-mail address, credit card, and billing information. This information allows us to process and fulfill your donation and to notify you of your donation or fulfillment status. From time to time, we may also use your information to contact you or provide you with information we think would be of interest. At a minimum, we will always give you the opportunity to decline such direct marketing or market research contact. Sayap Africa will also follow local requirements, such as allowing you to opt in before receiving unsolicited contact, where applicable. Data collected online may also be combined with information you provide when you register online.

SITE NOTIFICATIONS

When you register for an account on our site, you will receive a confirmation email for your records. By using our site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Sayap Africa. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances we disclose it.

SHARING OF INFORMATION

To provide specific services, we may partner with third-party vendors, such as credit card processing companies and consultant organizations or another nonprofit organization and ministries that may be of interest to you. We will share only the information necessary for these vendors to provide their services. Sayap Africa will make reasonable effort to ensure any information shared with third-party vendors is not retained, shared or used or any secondary purposes.

DISCLOSURE EXCEPTIONS

We reserve the right to disclose your personal information to appropriate third parties if we are required to do so by law, or to comply with legal processes such as search warrants or subpoenas. We also reserve the right to disclose your personal information if we believe the information must be shared to:

• Address technical problems or perform network maintenance
• Investigate reports of users sending material using a false e-mail address, or of users sending harassing, threatening or abusive messages
• Protect against fraud, misuse or unauthorized use of our site or ministry
• Address emergencies, such as the risk of someone’s physical safety

SECURITY

Sayap Africa securely manages all customers data in accordance with consumer data protection laws enacted worldwide, including data handling, storage and security. We take every precaution to protect your personal information, both online and offline. Our sites have been designed with security as a priority and we have physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect the information we collect by this site. We use encryption for all sensitive account portions of our sites including online donations and contact forms. The information you enter into any of these areas is protected with the strongest encryption supported by your browser. We cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will be unable to bypass these safeguards and access the information you provide by our sites. If you have any questions about the security of our sites, please submit your email to saaf@sayapafrica.org.

COOKIES

A cookie is a piece of text that can be entered into the memory of your computer browser. They are in no way linked to any personally identifiable information. Cookies are used so you don’t have to re-enter information each time you visit a site. If you disable cookies, then your information will not be saved, and you will have to re-enter it each time you visit the website. Sayap Africa may use cookies to track your interests and enhance your experience while visiting our websites. Some of our technology partners, such as traffic analysis sites, also use cookies on our sites, however, we maintain complete control over these cookies. If you reject our website’s cookies, you can still use our sites. We do not store your credit card information, so it will need to be entered upon each donation. Our site does not discriminate from the online contact information we collect with regard to age. Therefore, it is possible for children, without prior parental consent or parental notification, to submit contact information.

 

GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION (GDPR) FOR EUROPEAN UNION MEMBERS

For users in the European Union, we seek to abide by and comply with all GDPR requirements. These include cookie notifications on our websites that collect data, affirmative opt-in for email lists, a summary of your data that we have collected, and a means of removing your data from our database upon your request.

Disclaimers

LINKS TO EXTERNAL WEBSITES

Our site may contain links to external websites and Sayap Africa is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of these sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site and to read the privacy statements of each website that collects personally identifiable information.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

Sayap Africa reserves the right to change this Privacy Policy at any time. When this policy is revised, we will post the updated version on our website and send a notification to all registered users. Your continued use of our site indicates your acceptance of these changes. Please remember that protection of your privacy begins with you. You are solely responsible for maintaining the secrecy of any password you use to register and you should always exercise caution whenever disclosing information online.