Our Privacy Policy
Hospice Africa is committed to respecting the right to privacy. We protect and maintain the confidentiality and security of personal data in accordance with applicable laws.
We process personal data carefully and with integrity, and protect it against unauthorised and unintended processing.
Hospice Africa primarily needs personal data from job applicants, staff members and other stakeholders in the regular course of business. In addition, Hospice Africa may need to process personal data of other data subjects, such as stakeholders of grantee organisations or consultants.
This privacy policy sets out how Hospice Africa processes personal data in accordance with applicable legal obligations, and explains what rights are available to affected data subjects.
Key Principles
Hospice Africa collects and processes personal data only to the extent reasonably required, and always adheres to applicable local laws and regulations.
Before personal data is collected, Hospice Africa informs data subjects of the purpose of the data collection and how data is processed and stored at Hospice Africa premises or in its systems.
Hospice Africa does not process sensitive personal data (including information relating to race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, political affiliations, trade union memberships, financial situation, medical history) unless this is necessary for legitimate work-related reasons and only to the extent that this is permitted under applicable laws.
Safeguards and controls have been designed and implemented to protect personal and sensitive data against loss, unauthorised copying, modification or disclosure.
Hospice Africa may share personal data with third parties or contractors that deliver services to Hospice Africa. Hospice Africa is committed to ensuring that those third parties receiving personal data will also process and secure the personal data in accordance with this privacy policy and applicable laws and regulations.
When Hospice Africa processes the personal data of EU citizens in a non-EU country, it will ensure that it remains compliant with the applicable privacy regulations. Any relevant data breach will be reported to the relevant data protection authorities within the timelines stipulated by applicable law, in accordance with the internal process for incident management.
Hospice Africa encourages staff members and other Hospice Africa stakeholders to report any violations or suspected violations of this privacy policy to [email protected]
Cookies
This Cookie Policy is intended to inform you how our website uses a technology called “cookies” and web server logs. This Policy is intended to assist you in making informed decisions when using our Website. Please take a minute to read and understand the Policy. This Policy should also be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use.
What are cookies and what do they do?
A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, a computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies.
Information gathered through cookies may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed and the time spent at our Website.
Consent to the use of cookies on this website
By continuing to use our Website, you are deemed to consent to the use of the cookies used by our website. If you do not consent to the use of these cookies then please read the next section of this Policy entitled “Blocking our Use of Cookies”.
Blocking The Use of Cookies On This Website
Most internet browsers are automatically set up to accept cookies, but you can set your browser to refuse a cookie or ask your browser to show you where a cookie has been set up. You can block the use of cookies on our Website by activating the settings in your browser. If you wish to restrict or block the cookies which are set by the Hospice Africa website, or indeed any other website, you can do this through your browser settings. The Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers. You will also find details on how to delete cookies from your computer as well as more general information about cookies. For information on how to do this on the browser of your mobile phone you will need to refer to your handset manual.
What Happens if I Block Cookies?
In order to use certain services offered through our Website, your web browser must accept cookies. If you choose to withhold consent, or subsequently block cookies, some aspects of the Website may not work properly and you may not be able to access all or part of our Website.
How Our Website Uses Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies – Our Website uses cookies where they are essential for the operation of our Website, for example, we may use cookies to determine whether you are logged in to the Website.
Session Cookies – Our Website uses cookies to allow the Website to uniquely identify your browsing session on our Website and which allow us to coordinate this information with data from our Website server.
Analytics – Our Website uses “analytics” cookies which, in conjunction with our web server’s log files, allow us to calculate the aggregate number of people visiting our Website and which parts of our Website are most popular. This helps us gather feedback so that we can improve our Website and better serve our users. We do not generally store any personal information that you provide to us in such cookies.
Translation – We will use cookies to track help you browse the website in the language you require. Blocking these cookies will limit this function.
Targeting – Our Website uses cookies to record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. This information is used to make the advertising on our Website more relevant to your interests.
Local Shared Objects (Flash Cookies) – Our Website may use Adobe Flash Player to deliver video content services, such as Vimeo and YouTube and our own flash player throughout our Website. To improve user experience, Local Shared Objects – or Flash Cookies as they are commonly known – are employed to provide features such as auto-resume and for saving your preferences. Flash Cookies are stored on your device in much the same way as cookies are, however it is not possible to manage them at browser level in the same way.
Third Party Cookies – To enrich our content, we sometimes embed photos and video content from websites such as YouTube. As a result, when you visit a page with content embedded from, for example, YouTube, these sites may set a cookie.
The Cookies Used On Our Website May Change
Please note that the cookies used on our Website may change from time to time. You should check back regularly to see if we have made any changes to this Policy and the cookies referred to in it.
Further Information
You can find more information about the individual cookies used on our Website and the purposes for which they are used in the table below. Please contact us at [email protected] if you require further information about our Website’s use of cookies.