Privacy Policy

 

YALDA has created this privacy policy to demonstrate our commitment to the privacy of the users of our websites. Please read the following to learn more about our privacy policy, and how we treat personally identifiable information collected from our visitors and users. 

What this Privacy Policy Covers 

This privacy policy covers YALDA treatment of personally identifiable information collected by YALDA through a website owned and operated by YALDA. This privacy policy does not apply to the practices of companies that YALDA does not own or control, or of persons that YALDA does not employ or manage, including any third-party content contributors bound by contract and any third-party websites to which YALDA websites link. 

Collection and Use of Personal Information 

You can visit the websites of YALDA without revealing any personal information. However, YALDA needs certain personal information if you wish to register for an account, receive YALDA newsletter, or use certain YALDA services. Where required, this information may include your personal contact information and/or your company contact information. YALDA will use this information to reply to your inquiries, to provide you with requested services, to set up your member's account, and to contact you regarding new updates. By accessing the services of YALDA and voluntarily providing us with the requested personal information, you consent to the collection and use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy.

Policies of Operation 

The additional legal terms and conditions stated below, as well as the legal terms and conditions above, apply to forums, discussion groups, chat groups, bulletin boards and any other interactive area of the Website. Use of, access to, or participation in any of these or any other interactive areas of the Website constitutes acceptance of these legal terms and conditions. Your participation in on-line communications occurs in real time and is not edited, censored, or otherwise controlled by YALDA. YALDA does from time to time screen all content provided by users of the Website. YALDA reserves the right to monitor content on the Website and to remove content which YALDA in its sole discretion, determines to be harmful, offensive, or otherwise in violation of these policies of operation. In order to maintain an informative and valuable service that meets the needs of the users of the Website and avoids the harm that can result from the dissemination of statements that are false, malicious, violate of the rights of others, or otherwise harmful, it is necessary to establish the following rules to protect against abuse:

While using the Website you may not: 

1-. Register under a false name, organization or register under an alias. 

2-. Post or transmit any message anonymously or under a false name.

3-. Post or transmit any unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, profane or otherwise objectionable information of any kind, including without limitation any transmission constituting or encouraging conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any local, state, national or international law. It is not YALDA's intent to discourage you from taking controversial positions or expressing vigorously what may be unpopular views or opinions; YALDA does, however, reserve the right to take such action as it deems appropriate in instances where the Website is used to disseminate statements which are deeply and widely offensive and/or harmful in nature.

4-.Post or transmit any message which discloses private or personal matters concerning any person.

5-. Post or transmit any information, file or software that contains a virus, cancelbolt, worm, Trojan Horse or any other contaminating or destructive features.

6-. Post or transmit any message, data, image or program that would violate the property rights of others, including unauthorized copyrighted text, images or programs, trade secrets or other confidential proprietary information, and trademarks or service marks used in an infringing fashion.

7-. Interfere, in any way, with other users of the Website.

8-. Post or transmit charity requests, petitions for signatures, chain letters or letters relating to pyramid schemes. 

Collection and Use of Non-Personal Information

YALDA automatically receives and records non-personal information on our server logs from your browser including your IP address, cookie information and the page you requested. YALDA may use this information to customize the advertising and content you see and to fulfill your requests for certain services. However, YALDA does not connect this non-personal data to any personal information collected from you. YALDA also allows third party companies that are presenting advertisements on some of our pages to set and access their cookies on your computer. Again, these cookies are not connected to any personal information. Third party cookie usage is subject to their own privacy policies, and YALDA assumes no responsibility or liability for this usage. 

Information Sharing and Disclosure 

YALDA may disclose your personal information to third parties who work on behalf of YALDA to provide products and services requested by you. We will share personal information for these purposes only with third parties whose privacy policies are consistent with ours or who agree to abide by our policies with respect to personal information. YALDA may otherwise disclose your personal information when: 

• We have your express consent to share the information for a specified purpose;
• We need to respond to subpoenas, court orders or such other legal process;
• We need to protect the personal safety of the users of our websites or defend the rights or property of YALDA;

Consent

If you do not consent to the collection, use or disclosure of your personal information as outlined in this policy, please do not provide any personal information to YALDA. If you have provided personal information to YALDA and no longer consent to its use or disclosure as outlined herein, please notify YALDA at contact@yaldafrica.org. 

Security 

Unfortunately, no data transmission over the Internet can be considered 100% secure. However, your YALDA information is protected for your privacy and security. In certain areas of our websites, as identified on the site, YALDA uses industry-standard SSL-encryption to protect data transmissions. We also safeguard your personal information from unauthorized access, through access control procedures, network firewalls and physical security measures. Further, YALDA retains your personal information only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes identified above or as required by law. 

Changes to this Privacy Policy 

YALDA may at any time, without notice to you and in its sole discretion, amend this policy from time to time. Please review this policy periodically. Your continued use of YALDA websites after any such amendments signifies your acceptance thereof. 

Contacting Us 

If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy, or if you want to know what information we have collected about you, please email us at contact@yaldafrica.org. You can also correct any factual errors in that information or require us to remove your details form any list under our control.