African Council for Accreditation & Accountability (AfCAA) values your privacy and takes great care to protect any information you provide us with. Please read our Privacy Policy carefully to understand how we treat your personal information. By visiting our website either over a browser or over a mobile app, you accept and consent to our Privacy Policy. If you do not consent to our Privacy Policy, kindly do not access our Website or provide us with any of your personal information.

• We only ask for personal or organizational information that we require to serve you.
• We will only use this information to for the purposes for which it was collected, such as the accreditation process or communication purpose
• We’ll tell you what information we have recorded about you.
• If you would like any personal information changed or deleted, just ask.
• If you’d like to cease receiving communication from us, you are able to ‘unsubscribe’

USE OF COOKIES

Our Website uses cookies. A cookie is a file of information which is sent by a web server to a web browser and stored in your browser or your computer’s hard drive. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Using cookies helps us provide you with a better experience by enabling us to recognise you and save your preferences, provide customised content and service, an enhanced experience of the Website and to improve our Website. Most browsers allow you to reject cookies. Blocking cookies will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of the Website.

We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the Website. Session cookies are deleted from your computer on closing your browser. Session cookies typically store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user. Persistent cookies on the other hand remain stored on your computer until deleted or until they reach the expiry date. Persistent cookies allow our Website to recognise you when you return, track your preferences and customise content or services for you.

First party cookies are employed on our Website to enable us to recognise you and to personalise and manage how you experience our Website.

Third party cookies that are employed on the Website are largely for advertising, statistical or add-in functionalities.

In order to understand the use of the Website, we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics generates statistical information about website use by means of cookies.

Our payment services providers/online booking solution providers and loyalty program solution providers may also send you cookies.

Our advertising services providers may also send you targeting cookies.

We may use add-in functionalities for enhanced user experience through third party software plug-ins. These plug-in software may also send you cookies.

We have no control over third party cookies.

By continuing to use the Website, you agree to our use of cookies.

INFORMATION WE COLLECT

Active Information

You may voluntarily give us your personal information that identifies who you are by :

• filling up and submitting forms on our Website, or
• filling up email newsletter subscription forms on our Website, or
• filling up forms at a trade fair in which we participated, or
• by corresponding with us over phone, email, online chat or other means,
• entering an online contest, or
• participating in an online survey, or
• enquiring about our services

Passive Information

When you visit our website, our web server automatically records some information about your visit but does not recognise or record individual information that identifies who you are unless you actively give us personal information voluntarily that identifies who you are.

The information we record and use for statistical purposes include but is not limited to:

• The date and time of visit
• Duration of visit
• Number of pages viewed
• The pages accessed and documents downloaded
• Type of device visited from
• Type of browser used
• Language preference
• And other such analytical information

HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION

Personal data submitted on the Website may be used for

• enhancing the use of services available on the website;
• tracking the website usage and effectiveness;
• improving your Website experience;
• sending you quotations and invoices, and collecting payments from you;
• sending you general marketing and non-marketing communications and notifications through email, sms and mobile app notifications. You can inform us at any time if you no longer require communications over email. Mobile app notifications can be deactivated from your mobile phone;
• responding to your enquiries and complaints;
• publishing information on our website or other marketing collaterals that you voluntarily shared, such as testimonials
• processing any enquiries or applications regarding job vacancies

By using our Website, you consent to us processing your information for the purposes for which this information was collected and contacting you by SMS, email, phone, mobile app notification or any other means.

DISCLOSURE

We do not disclose or sell your personal information to others for use in their mailing lists or databases. We use your personal information internally and share it with other people or organisations who need to know it as part of working with us in our normal business activities (e.g. partners). We may need to share your personal information with a number of trusted parties, with or without obtaining your consent, that help us provide our services. These include:

• Law enforcement agencies or governmental organisations where disclosures are required by applicable law
• Banks and payment gateway service providers
• Any successors to our organization

SECURITY OVER INTERNET

We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, alteration or misuse of your personal information. Data relayed over the internet is inherently insecure, and we do not guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY & COOKIE POLICY

We reserve the right to change and/or update our Privacy Policy at any time and post the revised copy on this page of the Website. If we post changes and you continue to use the Website, you will be deemed to have agreed to the revised terms of the Privacy Policy.

GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Kenya. If any of the provisions, or portions thereof, of this Privacy Policy are found to be invalid as per the laws of the Republic of Kenya, then, that provision notwithstanding, this Privacy Policy shall remain in full force and effect and such provision or portion thereof shall be deemed omitted.

YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS

By visiting this Website, you agree to our Privacy Policy.

QUESTIONS & CONTACTS

For any questions concerning our Privacy Policy, please contact by emailing us at info@afcaa.org  or call: +254 797663787