1. Introduction
ARGA (website url address: https://argageorgia.org/) appreciates your business and trust. At ARGA Guinean Association in Atlanta, we are committed to protecting the privacy and personal information of our website users. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the information you provide to us when accessing and using our website. By using our website, you consent to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Information Collection:
Data Storage Location
1.1. Personal Information: We may collect personal information, such as your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you voluntarily provide to us through contact forms, registration forms, or other interactive features on our website.
1.2. Non-Personal Information: We may also collect non-personal information, such as your browser type, IP address, referring website, and browsing preferences, through the use of cookies or similar technologies. This information is used to enhance your website experience and improve our services.
Use of Information
2.1. Personal Information: We may use the personal information you provide to respond to your inquiries, provide requested services or information, communicate with you about our activities, events, and updates, and fulfill any other purposes for which the information was provided.
2.2. Non-Personal Information: Non-personal information may be used to analyze website usage trends, administer the website, gather demographic information, and personalize your website experience.
Disclosure of Information
3.1. We may disclose your personal information to third-party service providers, contractors, or volunteers who assist us in operating our website, conducting our activities, or providing requested services. These third parties are obligated to maintain the confidentiality and security of your information and are prohibited from using it for any other purpose.
3.2. We may disclose your personal information if required by law, in response to a legal process, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.
Data Security
4.1. We implement appropriate security measures to protect against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of your personal information. However, please note that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Links to Third-Party Websites:
5.1. Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of these websites. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those third-party websites before providing any personal information.
Children’s Privacy:
6.1. Our website is not intended for individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe we may have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, please contact us, and we will take appropriate steps to delete the information.
Updates to the Privacy Policy:
7.1. We reserve the right to update or modify this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice. Any changes will be effective immediately upon posting the revised Privacy Policy on our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Contact Information:
8.1. If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the handling of your personal information, please contact us at info@argageorgia.org.
By using the ARGA Guinean Association in Atlanta website, you acknowledge that you haveread and understood this Privacy Policy and agree to its terms and conditions.
3. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you 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. Below you can find a list of the services we use:Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.4. Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary Cookies (Additional for Logged in Customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
5. Who Has Access To Your Data
If you are not a registered client for our site, there is no personal information we can retain or view regarding yourself. If you are a client with a registered account, your personal information can be accessed by:- Our system administrators.
- Our supporters when they (in order to provide support) need to get the information about the client accounts and access.
6. Third Party Access to Your Data
We don’t share your data with third-parties in a way as to reveal any of your personal information like email, name, etc. The only exceptions to that rule are for partners we have to share limited data with in order to provide the services you expect from us. Please see below:
Envato Pty Ltd
For the purpose of validating and getting your purchase information regarding licenses for the our theme, we send your provided tokens and purchase keys to Envato Pty Ltd and use the response from their API to register your validated support data. See the Envato privacy policy here: Envato Privacy Policy.
Ticksy
Ticksy provides the support ticketing platform we use to handle support requests. The data they receive is limited to the data you explicitly provide and consent to being set when you create a support ticket. Ticksy adheres to the EU/US “Privacy Shield” and you can see their privacy policy here: Ticksy Privacy Policy.
7. How Long We Retain Your Data For
When you submit a support ticket or a comment, its metadata is retained until (if) you tell us to remove it. We use this data so that we can recognize you and approve your comments automatically instead of holding them for moderation.
If you register on our website, we also store the personal information you provide in your user profile. You can see, edit, or delete your personal information at any time (except changing your username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
8. Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
9. Your Data Rights
General Rights
If you have a registered account on this website or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we retain, including any additional data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any of the personal data we have stored. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes. In short, we can not erase data that is vital to you being an active customer (i.e. basic account information like an email address). If you wish that all of your data is erased, we will no longer be able to offer any support or other product-related services to you.GDPR Rights
Your privacy is critically important to us. Going forward with the GDPR we aim to support the GDPR standard. ThemeREX permits residents of the European Union to use its Service. Therefore, it is the intent of ThemeREX to comply with the European General Data Protection Regulation. For more details please see here: EU GDPR Information Portal.10. Third Party Websites
ThemeREX may post links to third party websites on this website. These third party websites are not screened for privacy or security compliance by ThemeREX , and you release us from any liability for the conduct of these third party websites.
All social media sharing links, either displayed as text links or social media icons do not connect you to any of the associated third parties unless you explicitly click on them.
Please be aware that this Privacy Policy, and any other policies in place, in addition to any amendments, does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any personal information relating to members of the Service or Site. Themerex bears no responsibility for the information collected or used by any advertiser or third party website.
Please review the privacy policy and terms of service for each site you visit through third party links.
11. Release of Your Data for Legal Purposes
At times it may become necessary or desirable to ThemeREX , for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.