Personal Information Protection Policy

Haske Children’s Foundation is committed to safeguarding the personal information entrusted to us by our supporters. We manage your personal information in accordance with the Nigeria data protection bill, and other applicable laws. This policy outlines the principles and practices we follow in protecting your personal information.

 

What is personal information?

Personal information means information about an identifiable individual. This includes an individual’s name, phone number, email address and location.  

 

What personal information do we collect?

We collect only the personal information that we need for the purposes of contacting our supporters, including personal information needed to:

• Answer questions
• Ask for donations
• Send out foundation updates and fundraising

We only collect personal information directly from our supporters.

 

Consent

We ask for consent to collect, use or disclose client personal information, except in specific circumstances where collection, use or disclosure without consent is authorized or required by law. We may assume your consent in cases where you volunteer information for an obvious purpose.

We assume your consent to continue to use and, where applicable, disclose personal information that we have already collected, for the purpose for which the information was collected.

 

We ask for your express consent for some purposes and may not be able to provide certain services if you are unwilling to provide consent to the collection, use or disclosure of certain personal information. Where express consent is needed, we will normally ask clients to provide their consent by accepting terms and conditions of the site.

 

We may collect, use or disclose client personal information without consent only as authorized by law. For example, we may not request consent in an emergency that threatens life, health, finances, or safety.

 

How do we use and disclose personal information?

We use and disclose supporters’ personal information only for the purpose for which the information was collected, except as authorized by law.

 

If we wish to use or disclose your personal information for any new business purpose, we will ask for your consent. We may not seek consent if the law allows this.

 

What information do we provide for employment/volunteer references?

In some cases, after your employment or volunteer relationship with us ends, we will be contacted by other organizations and asked to provide a reference for you.  It is our policy not to disclose personal information about our employees and volunteers to other organizations who request references without consent. The personal information we normally provide in a reference includes:

• Confirmation that an individual was an employee or volunteer, including the position, and date range of the employment or volunteering
• General information about an individual’s job duties and information about the employee or volunteer’s ability to perform job duties and success in the employment or volunteer relationship

 

How do we safeguard personal information?

We make every reasonable effort to ensure that personal information is accurate and complete. We rely on individuals to notify us if there is a change to their personal information that may affect their relationship with our organization. If you are aware of an error in our information about you, please let us know and we will correct it on request wherever possible. In some cases, we may ask for a written request for correction.

 

We protect personal information in a manner appropriate for the sensitivity of the information. We make every reasonable effort to prevent any loss, misuse, disclosure, or modification of personal information, as well as any unauthorized access to personal information.

 

We use appropriate security measures when destroying personal information, including deleting electronic records and shredding paper records when present.

 

We retain personal information only as long as it is reasonable to fulfil the purposes for which the information was collected or for legal or business purposes.

 

Questions and complaints

If you have a question or concern about any collection, use or disclosure of personal information by Haske Children’s Foundation, or about a request for access to your own personal information, please contact Executive Director, Fatima Bello, Fatima Bello, fb****@*****cf.org.