Overview
What this policy covers
This privacy policy applies to our collection and use of personal data in conjunction with any of the Bee websites. This policy also applies to any of our non-public systems used by partners, applicants, and employees.
All references in this policy to “the Bee”, "our", "us" or "we" refer to The Child Plus Africa Spelling Bee.
What is personal data?
Generally, the terms personal data or personally identifiable information
mean information relating to an identifiable person. In some cases, the
terms may include information that identifies a household. An identifiable
person is an individual who can be singled out by using information such as
their name, address, or telephone number. For example, Ms. Ijeoma Dagogo who
lives at 123 Bee Street with a telephone number of 080 123 456 78 is an
identifiable person. Ijeoma’s name, address, telephone number, and even her
choice of pronoun are examples of her personal data.
What's not covered in this policy?
Products and services provided by any other company are not covered by this policy. In some instances, we provide links on our sites and apps for products and services offered by other companies. Companies providing those products or services will have their own terms and policies, so remember that any information they collect will follow their rules and not ours. Make sure to check their privacy policy so you know how they will use your information.
Quick links: This privacy policy describes the following important topics relating to your information:
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What Personal Data We Collect and How We Collect It
- Why We Collect Personal Data
- Legal Basis For Using Your Personal Data
- Data We Share And Who We Share It With
- Data Transfer
- Your Rights
- Storage, Risks, And Security
- Tracking technology and Interest Based Advertising
- Children
- Contact
What Personal Data We Collect and How We Collect It
The personal data we collect can be divided into two categories:
- Personal data you give us directly.
- Personal data we collect automatically through our websites
Personal data you give us directly may include your:
The personal data we collect can be divided into two categories:
- Full name.
- Preferred pronoun.
- Job title.
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Contact or mailing address.
- Image.
You have the opportunity and choice to provide us this personal data at various times and for various reasons including:
- Using the online forms provided on our websites to do things such as create an account, request help, provide feedback, enter a contest.
- Registering for or attending in-person or online events hosted by us.
Contacting us by phone, post, or email.
- Interacting with us on platforms and technologies through which we communicate, such as messaging apps.
- If you are a supplier or partner, you may give us personal data about you when you are offering or providing services to us.
Personal data we collect automatically may include:
- Information about your device(s).
- Information about your Internet browser.
- Your IP address.
- Location information based on your IP address.
- Usage behavior and history.
- Time spent at our premises.
Some of the technical data listed above is collected when you interact with us online. This could mean using a smartphone or a computer.
Personal data we obtain from other sources.
We may receive personal data about you from third parties such as your school, your employer, Bee sponsors, public websites (such as Facebook and Twitter) and public agencies.
Sensitive categories of personal data.
In limited circumstances, personal data that you provide us may fall into sensitive categories such as information about your physical and mental health, sexual orientation, racial or ethnic origin, veteran status and biometric data. Unless required by law (such as COVID-19 testing or some employment related information), providing these categories of personal data will always be your choice.
We take extra precautions with personal data in sensitive categories in order to minimize its collection, limit access to it, protect it, and whether and with whom we share it.
Why We Collect Personal Data
Like all organizations, we use the personal data we collect in multiple ways. Examples include:
- To allow you to access our website.
- To receive and respond to questions from you about our website.
- To improve, maintain, and provide technical support for our websites.
- To aid the security of our websites and facilities.
- To allow you to participate in contests.
- To store information about your preferences and to allow us to customize our websites and according to your individual interests.
- To conform to the requirements of the law or legal process.
- To protect or defend your rights, our rights, or the rights of other users.
- To protect the health and safety of our users, our employees, or the general public.
- To enable us to purchase, receive, and manage services from you or your employer.
We may use your personal data to send you certain mandatory service communications such as welcome letters, information on technical service issues, and other support announcements. If you choose to receive promotional materials from us, we may use your personal data to confirm that choice where necessary and to promote and market products, services, and special offers.
Legal Basis for Using Your Personal Data
Some jurisdictions require that we have a legal basis for collecting and processing your personal data. Where that is required, we consider those legal bases to be:
- To perform our obligations with you.
- To comply with our legal obligations.
- For our legitimate interests and the legitimate interests of others which include:
- Delivering our content to our viewers via websites
In the cases where you choose to provide us your personal data via one of our websites, we process your personal data, at least in part, on the basis of your consent. You may withdraw this consent at any time by contacting us.
Where we are relying on our (or another person’s) legitimate interests, we will always consider the categories or types of personal data in question in order to balance our use against the possibility of any action that might be counter to your rights. We will never purposefully violate the rights you have in your personal data and ask that you please contact us with any concerns.
Data We Share and Who We Share It With
In order to meet the ‘why’s’ of Why We Collect Personal Data discussed above, we may share the personal data we collect with the categories of organizations listed below. In selecting the third parties that we employ, we carefully consider the service they provide, the categories of personal data concerned, and the protections and governance we are able to put in place. The third parties with whom we share your personal information are always subject to privacy and security obligations consistent with this privacy policy and applicable laws.
The categories of organizations with which we share personal data are:
Our partners and service providers that perform professional services, technical services or handle ICT on our behalf.
Government agencies when required.
Data Transfer
By visiting and using our websites the personal data you share with us or that we collect automatically will be collected, stored, processed, or transferred in and to the our data base,
By using our websites and apps or providing any of your data, you consent to your information being transferred to and stored or processed in our facilities and the facilities of the third parties described in this policy.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us.
Your Rights
Your rights related to your personal data may vary by where you live or are located.
Your rights may include:
- The right to be informed of what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and whether we transfer or share your personal data.
- The right to access your personal data and correct or update any errors.
- The right to erasure.
- The right to notification.
- The right to restrict the use or sale of personal data.
- The right to object to some forms of processing.
- The right to lodge a complaint with the competent authority.
We encourage you to research and understand your rights relative to your personal data and recommend the following links as good sources of information. We will never discriminate against anyone for exercising their rights or inquiring about their personal data.
Storage, Risks, and Security
The risk to the personal data in our care is that, despite our security precautions, it may be lost, stolen or misused.
Although we take steps to protect the personal data which you provide to us, the transmission of information over the internet is never completely secure. We cannot guarantee the security of your personal data while in transit to us. Once we have received your personal data, our security team will use industry standard procedures and security features to secure it.
We keep your personal data for no longer than we need it to meet the ‘why’ of Why We Collect Personal Data or as long as we have another valid reason to keep it (the legal basic discussed above). If you have an account with us, you may delete it or request that it be deleted at any time.
Children
If you are the parent or guardian of a child and believe that we have somehow collected the personal data of your child without your consent, please contact us.
Contact
If you would like to contact us with a specific request, we ask that you use our contact form located at the Privacy Centre link provided on our web sites or apps.
You may also contact us with any questions about this Privacy Policy, our practices, or anything related to your personal data by any of the following means:
Email: letstalk@childplusafrica.org
Phone: +234 8032677201, +234 8033415500
Mail: 20 Holy Ghost Avenue
School-to-Land, Iriebe
Rivers State.
Changes to This Policy
We will post any changes we may make to this policy on this page. If the changes materially alter how we use or treat your personal data we will notify you by email to the email address specified in your account (if you have an account with us) and/or through a notice on the website home page.
