Last Updated: May 03, 2024

Introduction

North American Atebubu Citizens Association (“NAACA,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information. This Privacy Policy outlines the types of personal information we collect, how we use it, and how we safeguard your information.

Information We Collect

We may collect personal information from you when you interact with NAACA, including but not limited to:

• Name
• Contact information (email address, phone number, mailing address)
• Membership information
• Donation or contribution history
• Scholarship application information
• Any other information you voluntarily provide to us

How We Use Your Information

We may use your personal information for the following purposes:

• To process membership applications and renewals
• To communicate with you about NAACA activities, events, and initiatives
• To process donations and contributions
• To administer scholarships and awards
• To provide you with information about services, programs, and opportunities that may be of interest to you
• To comply with legal obligations

Disclosure of Your Information

We may disclose your personal information to third parties in the following circumstances:

• To service providers who assist us in operating our organization and providing services to you (e.g., payment processors, email service providers)
• To comply with legal obligations or respond to lawful requests from governmental authorities
• With your consent or at your direction

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect the security of your personal information to prevent unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

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.

Your Choices

You have choices regarding the use of your personal information:

• You may opt-out of receiving communications from us at any time by following the instructions provided in such communications.
• You may update or correct your personal information by contacting us using the information provided below.

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 visit our login page, 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.

European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

If you are located in a country that falls under the scope of the GDPR, data protection laws give you certain rights with respect to your personal data, subject to any exemptions provided by the law, including the rights to:

Request access to your personal data;
Request correction or deletion of your personal data;
Object to our use and processing of your personal data;
Request that we limit our use and processing of your personal data; and
Request portability of your personal data.
You also have the right to make a complaint to a government supervisory authority.

Children’s Privacy

NAACA does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information to us, please contact us using the information provided below.

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to modify or update this Privacy Policy at any time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the updated Privacy Policy on our website. Your continued use of NAACA’s services after the effective date of any revised Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the terms of the revised Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us via email: support@naaca.net | web: www.naaca.net