Action Ethiopia’s Privacy Policy

Privacy Statement

This privacy statement tells you what to expect when Action Ethiopia collects data from you. Action Ethiopia is committed to protecting your personal information when you use Action Ethiopia services. Whenever you provide such information we are legally obliged to use your information in line with all applicable laws concerning the protection of personal data, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What information will we collect about you?

When you sign up to our newsletters we will collect the following information to help keep you updated about the company and our works:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Email

How will Action Ethiopia use the information it collects about me?

The lawful purpose for collecting and using your personal data is that we have obtained your consent. Your consent is given when you sign up for our newsletters. Action Ethiopia will ONLY use your personal data for to provide you with company updates.

Your information will be handled and may be used by the following recipients in order to provide this service. We will keep information within Action Ethiopia and our trusted third parties (below) except where disclosure is required by law, for example to government bodies and law enforcement agencies:

• WordPress – This is a cloud-based web development platform that has been used to create the Action Ethiopia website.
• Action Ethiopia Communications Team: This team will track the uptake of our followers both using our newsletter sign up and via our Social Media feeds.
• Blue Moon Media Server Host.

Your information will be processed in the EU, however email records may be stored on US based servers, where this occurs this information is protected by the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield agreement.

How long will Action Ethiopia keep my information?

Due to the “opt-in” nature of the newsletter service, Action Ethiopia shall keep your contact information for 10yrs from the point of your “opt-in” or until you choose to “opt-out” of the service.

What rights do I have over my personal data?

Under the General Data Protection Regulation, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Rectification, erasure or restriction of information
• Object to the processing
• Data portability

To exercise you rights please contact the Action Ethiopia Data Protection Officer using the following contact details:

Data Protection Officer
4 Broadway
Fore Street
Hemyock
Devon
EX15 3RF

Or email: Pierslangsdon@sunarma.org

Privacy & Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages. At Action Ethiopia we use cookies to understand how our sites are used which helps us to improve your overall online experience. Some of the cookies we use are necessary for some of our sites to work whilst other cookies are used to provide tailored advertising by trusted third parties. The cookies we and our third parties place on your computer do not collect personally identifiable information like your name, address or payment details. To find out more about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org The privacy of your information is important to us and so we want to keep you well informed about cookies. We shall continue to work on initiatives in relation to recent cookie legislation to ensure you have the best experience when visiting our websites.

The different types of cookies we use

Action Ethiopia use the following categories of cookies on our websites:

Session (Transient) cookies: these cookies are erased when you close your browser, and do not collect information from your computer. They typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user. Without these cookies some services you have asked for cannot be provided.

Persistent (Permanent/Stored) cookies: these cookies are stored on your hard drive until they expire (i.e based on a set expiration date) or until you delete them. These cookies collect anonymous information such as Web surfing behaviour and/or user preferences for this website.

Managing cookies

If you’d prefer to restrict, block or delete cookies from Action Ethiopia and our third party advertisers, or any other website, you can use your browser to do this. Each browser is different, so check the ‘Help’ menu of your particular browser to learn how to change your cookie preferences. If you choose to disable all cookies we cannot guarantee the performance of our websites and some features may not work as expected.

Changes to this privacy notice

We will keep this privacy notice under regular review and we will place any updates here. At the start of this privacy notice we will tell you when it was last updated.