Who we are

Our website address is: https://walk4africa.org.

What personal data we collect and why we collect it

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information

Relevant and minimal personal information of Users and/or Members is collected automatically by Walk4Africa.org and its authorised technology agents as a result of the Users and/or Members visits to the Walk4Africa.org Website. This information is used to make the visit to the Website more efficient, and analysis thereof facilitates improvements made to the experience of the Website. Walk4Africas’ agents and service providers may also automatically log Your “IP address” which is a unique identifier for the Member’s computer and/or other access device.

Additional information

Further and to the extent necessary, Walk4Africa.org may utilise the Member’s contact information, submitted, for communications with the Member such as marketing or rendering Services requested by the Member from Walk4Africa. This information may include, without limitation: the Member’s name, e-mail address, mobile phone, landline phone details, credit card details and banking details. Walk4Africa will not edit, disclose or sell any personal information to third parties other than required for the provision of the Services and electronic communication and transaction facilities to the Member; in the ordinary course of business and where required to do so by law. The Member agrees that their submission of their personal information indicates their willingness for such information to be used as discussed herein.

How we protect your data

To prevent unauthorised access, maintain data accuracy and ensure the appropriate use of information, Walk4Africa.org has in place policies and procedures to protect the personal information collected about the Member.