Project Biodiversity - Sea Turtle Conservation Cabo Verde

Website Privacy Policy for Project Biodiversity

Effective Date: 8/8/2024
This Privacy Policy describes how Project Biodiversity (Associação Projectos Biodiversidade) ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your personal information when you visit our website (www.projectbiodiversity.org) (the "Site").

Information We Collect
We collect several different types of information for various purposes to improve our services to you.

Information You Provide Directly:
- We collect personal information you directly provide when you:
  - Donate online
  - Sign up for our newsletter
  - Register for an event
  - Volunteer
  - Contact us through a form or email
- This information may include your name, email address, phone number, mailing address, and any other information you choose to share.

Information Collected Automatically:
- We may also collect certain information automatically when you visit the Site. This information may include:
  - Device information (e.g., IP address, browser type, operating system)
  - Usage data (e.g., pages visited, links clicked, search terms)
  - Information collected through cookies and similar tracking technologies (explained below)

Use of Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

To process your donations and registrations for events.
To send you information about our organisation, programs, and fundraising campaigns.
To personalise your experience on the Site.
To improve the Site and our services.
To analyse how you use the Site.
To comply with legal and regulatory obligations.

Legal Basis for Processing

We process your personal information based on the following legal grounds:

Consent: In some cases, we will ask for your explicit consent to process your personal information, such as for marketing purposes.
Contract: We may need to process your information to fulfil a contractual obligation with you, such as processing a donation.
Legitimate Interests: We may use your information for our legitimate interests, such as improving the Site and our services, sending you information about our work, and analysing how you use the Site. However, we will only do so where our interests do not override your data protection rights.

Data Retention

We will retain your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which we collected it, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. When we no longer need to retain your information, we will securely delete or anonymize it.

Cookies and Similar Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies to collect and store certain information. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences over time.

We use the following types of cookies:

Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the Site.
Analytics Cookies: These cookies allow us to track and analyse usage of the Site so we can improve and optimise it.
Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to deliver targeted advertising to you.

You can control your cookie preferences by changing your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. However, blocking cookies may affect your experience on the Site.

Your Rights

You have certain rights regarding your personal information under the GDPR and other applicable data protection laws. These rights include:

The right to access your personal information.
The right to rectify any inaccuracies in your personal information.
The right to request the erasure of your personal information.
The right to restrict the processing of your personal information.
The right to object to the processing of your personal information.
The right to data portability (where applicable).

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us using the contact information below.

Security

We take steps to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, no internet transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee the security of your information.

Children's Privacy

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us. We will delete any such information from our records.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on the Site.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: