Updated 23/11/2024
Our website address is https://scaf.org.ng/.
Sickle Cell Aid Foundation (SCAF) (“we”, “us”, “our”) manages this website and prioritises protecting your privacy and security as our visitors. Our publishers are highly sensitive about our content and images (we rarely use images, but ensure they are ours when we do), particularly in terms of how the information affects our audience. This privacy statement provides details about the types of information we collect from you, how it is collected, and the measures we take to protect the security of this information. It also explains how you can contact us regarding our privacy practices.
We encourage our website visitors to read and understand this privacy policy. Please note that this statement is periodically updated to address new issues or reflect changes on our website. This statement is also written in simple grammar for you to understand.
Please review this privacy statement regularly if you have any doubts about using any part of this website. We reserve the right to amend our privacy policy, which will be effective upon posting the updates on this website.
By using SCAF after the policy revision and its publication on this website, you are considered to have accepted the revision.
Information We Collect from You
SCAF may collect personal information from you, including your IP address, email address (upon request), browser type, and network. When you comment on our website, you may be asked to provide personal information that can identify you, either directly or indirectly, such as your name and email address. We may also request your website URL if it’s necessary. However, to avoid spam, we have automated a system to filter out or block URL entries using the comment form on this website for spam.
Our website features blogs and comment sections where form entry is allowed. On the page sections, you won’t find any comment form. We strongly advise against posting personal information in these areas. Your email address, when entered in the comment form, is only visible to us. However, if you choose to publish personal information in the comment box, it will be publicly visible. We will moderate and remove sensitive information from public view as necessary. For example, some of our users often enter their phone numbers or other personal information. We manually hide a section of such information using asterisks to replace some of the numbers. This way, the user is safe from unknown contacts. We may also use the original information to respond to the user if they need to speak with us.
We also collect anonymous information from your computer or device, including browser type, operating system, referring pages, pages visited, time spent on a particular page, and IP address. An IP address is a unique number assigned to your computer whenever you access the Internet.
How We Collect Your Information
SCAF collects personal and anonymised information in many different ways.
Information is collected when you interact with our website, such as filling out a form or commenting on our articles.
We use technologies like cookies, web beacons, and server logs to collect anonymous information. Cookies are text files sent to a visitor’s computer to identify the browser or store information or settings in the browser. You can manage cookie settings through your browser, but disabling cookies may affect your ability to use all features of the website. For more information on managing cookies, visit allAboutCookies.org.
Our website may use single-pixel images, web beacons, and similar technology to track your usage of the website, track response rates to activities and promotions, and identify certain information like browser type, operating system, domain names, IP addresses, and network provider.
How We Use Your Information
SCAF and its affiliates may use the information collected for purposes such as advertisements and marketing our services (with your permission), communicating with you, improving our website, and protecting against fraud.
Information collected through automated means (cookies and/or similar technologies) may be used to customise your site visit, analyse your interaction with our site, and manage our website and business.
The anonymous information we track with cookies is not used to identify individual visitors. Visitors can disable cookies through their browser settings, although this may affect their experience on our website.
We may share your personal information with third-party vendors who provide services related to our website, under the condition that they do not use the information for any other purpose.
We will not share your personal information with third parties, except as described in this Privacy Statement or under certain circumstances, such as in response to legal processes or to protect our website’s integrity.
Do Not Track
SCAF may respond to “do-not-track” signals or similar mechanisms. This policy may change in the future, so please refer to it frequently.
About Our Advertisers
We do not control the privacy practices of advertisers or sponsors and are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of their websites.
Our ad partners collect personal data for purposes disclosed through our cookie consent management. When you click on an advertisement, you should read the privacy policy of the advertiser or sponsor to understand how your information will be handled.
Security
SCAF has implemented security measures to protect against the loss, misuse, and alteration of information under our control. We encrypt sensitive data transmissions and secure our data repositories, although we cannot guarantee perfect security. This website always uses SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to make sure that data sent between this website and your browser is protected.
Cross-Border Transfer of Data
Your personal information may be stored or processed in countries other than your own, including the United States, the European Union, and India. We take measures to protect your information in accordance with this privacy statement, subject to foreign legal requirements.
Common ID Cookie and Advertising Privacy Settings
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking technologies for advertising purposes. Nigerian users can manage their consent choices at any time.
How to Contact SCAF
If you have questions about our privacy statement or your dealings with our website, or if you wish to update your information or preferences, please send an email to contact@scaf.org.ng.