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Privacy Policy
Your privacy matters to us. This policy explains what personal data we collect, why we collect it, and the rights you have over it.
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This Privacy Policy describes how Blue Spring Foundation (“we”, “us”, “our”) handles personal data collected through our website and our activities. We are committed to protecting your data and processing it lawfully, fairly and transparently.
- 1. Data we collect
- 2. How we use your data
- 3. Legal basis for processing
- 4. Consent & marketing
- 5. Cookies
- 6. Sharing your data
- 7. Data retention
- 8. How we protect your data
- 9. Your rights
- 10. Children's privacy
- 11. Changes to this policy
- 12. Contact us
1. Data we collect
We collect only the information we need to operate as a non-profit and to keep you informed:
- Contact details you provide (name, email address, phone number) when you donate, subscribe to our newsletter, volunteer or contact us.
- Donation details such as amount, frequency and payment method. Card and Mobile Money payments are processed by our payment providers; we do not store full card numbers.
- Technical data such as your IP address, browser type and pages visited, collected automatically to keep the site secure and working well.
- Any messages or information you choose to send us directly.
2. How we use your data
We use your personal data to:
- Process and acknowledge your donations and issue receipts.
- Send newsletters, impact updates and appeals where you have consented.
- Respond to your enquiries and provide support.
- Meet our legal, accounting and reporting obligations.
- Improve the security, performance and content of our website.
3. Legal basis for processing
Where data-protection law applies, we rely on one or more of the following: your consent (for example, newsletter sign-ups), the performance of a contract (processing a donation you requested), our legitimate interests (running and improving our work), and compliance with legal obligations.
4. Consent & marketing
We send marketing communications only to people who have opted in. You can withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link in any email or by contacting us. Withdrawing consent does not affect processing carried out before withdrawal.
7. Data retention
We keep personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes described here, or as required to meet legal, accounting and reporting obligations, after which it is securely deleted or anonymized.
8. How we protect your data
We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorized access. Payments are handled over encrypted connections by recognized payment providers.
9. Your rights
Subject to applicable law, you have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Ask us to correct inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Ask us to erase your data where there is no overriding reason to keep it.
- Object to or restrict certain processing, including direct marketing.
- Request a copy of your data in a portable format.
- Lodge a complaint with a data-protection authority.
10. Children's privacy
Our website is not directed at children, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided us data, please contact us so we can remove it.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page with its revision date.
12. Contact us
If you have any questions about this policy or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us:
- Organization
- Blue Spring Foundation
- Phone
- +237 6 00 00 00 00
- Address
- Bonanjo, Douala, Littoral Region, Cameroon