SAE — PRIVACY STATEMENT

Thank you for visiting Southern Africa Embrace Foundation at www.sae-foundation.org and for taking time to review and oblige to our privacy Statement. Your privacy is important to SAE Foundation.  This privacy statement provides information about the personal information that SAE Foundation collects, and the ways in which SAE Foundation uses that personal information.

Personal information collection

SAE Foundation may collect and use the following kinds of personal information:

• Information about your use of this website.
• Information that you provide SAE Foundation for the purpose of registering with our organization and our  website.
• Information about transactions carried out over this website.  i.e. contact information: first and last name, street address, city, province or state, postal or zip code, country, telephone number, e-mail address and other contact information. Please note that this information is NEVER to be used for any other purposes other than processing your kind donations, federal tax receipt as well as sending you a thank you letter for donating to our causes.
• Information that you provide for the purpose of subscribing to the website services and those of our partners and affiliates.
• Potential volunteers who complete our online application forms should trust that their personal Information is secure on our website and shall not be used for solicitation or any other purposes apart from processing the online application. Please note that your information shall remain confidential to our volunteer recruitment team and will NEVER be shared with any other outside organizations or teams.
• Any other information that you send to SAE Foundation in relation to our services to the public

Using personal information

SAE may use your personal information to:

• Administer this website
• Personalize the website for easy access to those who use it and to personalize your experience (Your information helps us to better serve and respond to your needs)
• Send you statements and invoices, collect payments from you and send you marketing communications.*** Please note, we DO NOT keep your credit card Information on our site
• SAE may occasionally contact our partners, agents, donors, volunteers and affiliates via this website, email, telephone and or other media sources on various initiatives including advocacy, seeking donations, conducting surveys and feedback. If you do not wish to be contacted, we will honor this request. Simply contact us using our contacts link and or telephone. Please also be aware that you may restrict the use of your contact information and involvement with SAE Foundation by contacting us using the above mentioned avenues at any time.
• Where SAE Foundation discloses your personal information to its agents, partners or sub-contractors for these purposes, the agent, partner or sub-contractor in question will be obligated to use that personal information in accordance with the terms of this privacy statement.
• We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you access our websites therefore, we DO NOT use cookies.
• In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere above, SAE Foundation may disclose your personal information to the extent that it is required to do so by law, in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings, and in order to establish, exercise or defend its legal rights.
• For federal reporting purposes with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), we maintain records of all contributions to SAE Foundation. Personal information is private and confidential. Additionally, all information is stored in a secure location accessible only by authorized staff and volunteers.

Securing your data

SAE Foundation will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. SAE Foundation will store all the personal information you provide on its secure servers.

Cross-border data transfers

Information that SAE Foundation collects may be stored and processed in and transferred between any of the countries in which SAE Foundation operates to enable the use of the information in accordance with this privacy policy. In addition, personal information that you submit for publication on the website will be published on the internet and may be available around the world. You agree to such cross-border transfers of personal information.

Updating this statement

SAE Foundation may update this privacy policy by posting a new version on this website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are familiar with any changes.

Other websites

This website contains links to other websites in which we do not have control over.  SAE Foundation is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of any third party. SAE Foundation is not responsible for the contents of any linked website, any link contained in a linked website or any changes or updates to such websites. The inclusion of any link does not mean that SAE Foundation endorses the website or organization.

Contact SAE

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or SAE Foundation’s treatment of your personal information, please write to: info@sae-foundation.org or by post to: SAE Foundation, 7 Larande Court. Brampton, L6Y0N1, Ontario.