Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to User Privacy

Pious Projects of America (“Pious Projects,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) provides this Privacy Policy to inform users (“you” or “user”) of our policies and procedures regarding the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of information received from users of our site www.Gazakicks.org& Gazakicks.com (the “Sites”).

Kindly read the following terms to learn more about your privacy, as this Privacy Policy will help you understand how we collect and use personal information from those who access and use our Site and our services.

By using or accessing the Site, you acknowledge that you accept the policies and practices described in this Privacy Policy, and you hereby consent to the collection, use, disclosure, and protection of your information as further detailed in this Privacy Policy.

What Does This Privacy Policy Cover?

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected through the Site and not to any other information collected by us offline or through any other Sites, applications, or services, and it governs any and all data collection and usage by us in compliance with applicable regulations. By using our Site, you consent to the data collection procedures expressed in this Policy.

We gather various types of information from our users, as explained in more detail below, and we use this information internally in connection with our Services, including to personalize, provide, and improve our Services, to allow you to communicate with us, and to analyze how you use the Services. In certain cases, we may also share some information with third parties, but only as described below.

Please note that this Privacy Policy does not govern the collection and use of information by companies or individuals we do not control, employ, or manage. If you visit a site made available via the site or link, review its privacy policy before providing the site with your information.

What Information Do We Collect?

Our site provides a convenient way for you to access our campaigns, opportunities and other services that we are invloved in. When you make use of our site to start a campaign, make a donation or request of any sort, we may collect and process a variety of personal information about you and from various sources which may include but are not limited to the following as described below:

A.Information you provide:

“Personal Information” means any information which, either alone or in combination with other information we hold about you, identifies you as an individual or an organization, including, for example, your contact information such as your name, email address, telephone, location information, demographic information, as well as any other non-public information about you that is associated with or linked to any of the foregoing data which you may be required to provide when using the site. We collect this information when you engage our interactive services, make inquiries, provide feedback and survey responses, request service support, or otherwise communicate with us.

“Anonymous/Aggregated Data”means data that is not associated with or linked to your Personal Information; Anonymous Data does not, by itself, permit the identification of individual persons. We collect, use, and share Anonymous Data, such as statistical or demographic data, for any purpose. Anonymous Data may be derived from your personal information but is not considered personal information in law as such data does not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. For instance, Pious Projects may aggregate or anonymize your usage data to calculate the percentage of users accessing a specific Service feature. However, if Pious Projects combines or connects Aggregated Data with your personal information so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, Pious Projects treats the combined data as personal information which will be used in accordance with this privacy notice. Pious Projects does not collect any Special Category of information about you such as your race, ethnicity, philosophical or religious beliefs, sexual orientation, political opinions, information about your health and genetic and biometric data).Please note that you can choose not to provide us with certain information, but this may limit the features of the Services you can use.

B.Information we collect automatically

We may collect certain information (which does not identify you as an individual) about your use of the Site through the use of tracking technologies or by other passive means and other relevant statistics, including the following:

Usage Data:When you access and/or make use of our Site, through third party partners, we may collect details of your visit such as traffic data, date and time of your visit to the Site, logs, location, error tracking information, and other usage data and resources that you access and use on or in the Site.
Device and location information: Through third-party partners, we may also collect information about your mobile, computer device, and internet connection, such as your operating system, IP address, or browser type. For example, we make use of Google Analytics to track and collect these kinds of information. We may also collect location information through the use of geolocation technology.
Cookies: When you access and/or make use of our Site, through third-party partners like Google Analytics, we may send one or more cookies (small text files containing a string of characters) to your device that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of the software and service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends. A pop-up requesting your consent may be displayed to you before Cookies are placed on your browser or device. By consenting to the placement of Cookies on your device, you enable us to offer you the best possible experience when you make use of our website. You may refuse permission to the placement of Cookies if you so desire; however, certain aspects of Our website may not work properly or as intended.
You can also adjust cookie settings in your browser, including blocking or deleting cookies. Settings vary by browser, so check your browser’s help function to learn more. The type of cookies we use can generally be categorized under one of the four categories below. These are cookies required for our website’s operation and to provide you with the best browsing experience, and they fall into the following categories:

Cookie Settings
- Operational cookies (Also known as Necessary Cookies):These cookies are essential, as they enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as keeping you locked in during your visit to the website and accessing certain areas of the website and the services that we make available to you. You can decline these cookies by changing your browser settings, but because they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, we cannot provide you with the website services without them.
- Performance cookies: We use performance cookies to assess how visitors interact with our website, including page response times, download errors, length of visits, page interaction data, etc. This cookie helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily. The information we collect using these cookies does not gather information about your identity. All information collected using these cookies are anonymous and is only used to improve how the website works.
- Functional cookies: We use functional cookies to remember your preferences, such as language selection, so we can enhance and customize your experience.
- Advertising cookies: We use advertising cookies to deliver relevant ads to you more effectively, improve campaign performance reports, and avoid showing ads you have already seen.
- Social media cookies: We use social media cookies to allow you to share or like content relevant to our website directly on social media platforms.
- Analytics: We use web analytics services like Google Analytics to help us understand the use of our website, identify performance issues, and improve your experience.
- Third-party cookies: We partner with third parties who also set cookies when you visit our website to allow them to deliver the services they are providing. For example, third-party analytics services that help us understand the use of our website.
Links: The site or contents made available on the Site may include links in a format that enables us to keep track of whether these links have been followed by IP addresses. We use this information to improve the quality of our products and design.
Analytics services: We may use third-party analytics services (“Analytics Services”), such as Google Analytics, to help monitor, visualize, report, integrate, and analyze how users use our Services. Google Analytics also makes use of cookies, which are text files placed on your computer, to help our Services analyze how users use the Services. You can learn more about how Google uses data when you visit our Services by visiting “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services” (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites). Furthermore, the information generated through cookies or other technologies about your use of the Pious Projects Service (the “Analytics Information”) may be transmitted to the Analytics Services. The Analytics Services use Analytics Information to compile reports on user activity. The Analytics Services may also transfer the Analytics Information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process Analytics Information on their behalf. Each Analytics Service’s ability to use and share Analytics Information is restricted by such Analytics Service’s terms of use and privacy policy.
Payment transaction information: Through the use of a third-party payment processor, certain financial information you used for making donations on our site may be collected. Donation amount, date and time of the transaction, donation instrument expiration date and billing postcode, user’s address, and other transaction details may also be collected.

C.Information automatically collected by third parties about you

Third-party service providers may serve some embedded content on the Site. Please note that these companies may also use cookies or similar technologies to collect data about you on the Site and the internet. Data collection and use by those third parties are subject to their privacy policies.Please rest assured that this Site will only collect personal information that you knowingly and willingly provide us through surveys, completed forms, and emails. Pious Projects intends to use personal information only for the purpose for which it was requested and for any additional uses specifically provided for on this Policy.

Correspondence

Any communication you send to Pious Projects via email or posted on the Site, including information submitted for publication on the Site, may be retained by Pious Projects. Please do not send Pious Projects any confidential or proprietary information through the Site or by email.

What We Use Your Personal Information For

Pious Projects uses the information collected from you to provide, improve, and develop the services we provide to you, communicate with you, offer you a better service, and protect us and our users. When you interact with or use the Pious Projects Site, we use various technologies to collect information about you for various reasons

To provide the Site and perform any obligations under our Terms and Conditions. This includes administering, hosting, and operating the Site. The personal information we process when doing so includes your contact information, device data, and online activity and usage data.
Conducting research and analysis to help build a profile about you when you make use of our site and make automated decisions based on your interaction with our Site to generate better answers to your questions and effectively communicate relevant information with you.
Managing our relationship with you, including opening an account (where necessary) or entering into a relationship at your request, and performing anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism, sanctions, fraud and other background checks in accordance with our legal obligations and to further our legitimate interests. The personal information we process for this includes your contact information, professional information, identification information, and information from public sources.
For communication purposes: We may send emails, newsletters, service updates and related emails to the email address you provide to us and text messages to any cellphone number you provided to us, and for informational and operational purposes, such as account management, customer support service, system maintenance, and other Service-related purposes. We use personal information that we gather from you to communicate with you in relation to your use of the Pious Projects Service via different channels (e.g., by email, chat, phone).
Fraud detection and prevention: Increase and maintain the safety and security of our site and services and prevent misuse. We use personal information to detect and prevent fraud and abuse in order to protect the security and ensure the safety of our users, Pious Projects, and others. We also use collected information to protect against, identify and prevent fraud and other criminal activity, claims, and other liabilities.
Provide, troubleshoot, and improve Pious Projects Site: We use your personal information to understand, diagnose, troubleshoot, and fix issues with the Pious Projects Site. We also use such information to operate, evaluate, develop, manage and improve our Services (including operating, administering, analyzing and improving our services; developing new features and services; managing and evaluating the effectiveness of our communications; performing accounting, auditing, billing reconciliation and collection activities and other internal functions.)
Comply with and enforce applicable legal requirements: in certain cases, we collect your personal information to stay in compliance with laws and relevant industry standards and policies, including this Privacy Notice and our Terms and Conditions of use.

Personal Information That We Share

Except as described below, we do not sell, rent, trade, or otherwise share personal information collected through the Service because we are committed to maintaining your trust:

Service providers: We work with third-party service providers to make our site and services available to you for use on or through the Site or engage the services of other service providers to perform certain functions on our behalf. Such services may include email services, campaign development and monitoring, Site hosting, payment processing, support service, and marketing. We may share personal information or any information collected through the site with these third parties to enable them to provide these services. They may have controlled and limited access to the database of user information.
Subsidiaries, charity partners, and affiliates:We may share personal information or any information collected through your use of the Site with our subsidiaries and affiliates for the purposes for which you provided the information or as reasonably necessary for our internal administrative and charity purposes. We may share your Personal Information with our charity partners. Some of these charity partners may use your personal information to facilitate the offering of services or products that may be of interest to you. We may also share your Personal Information as otherwise described to you at the time of collection.
Analytics Partners: When you provide your personal information to us, we may make certain personal information available to certain third parties for analytics purposes, including but not limited to leveraging third-party tools and services to host, track, integrate, manage user’s interests, usage pattern, and/or functionality available through our Site. We will only share your personal information with analytics partners to improve our service and/or to deliver the Pious Projects services to you. We do not in any way sell your personal information to advertisers.
Merger and acquisition: We may disclose or transfer personal information or any information collected through your usage of our Site to third parties who acquire all or a portion of Pious Projects, whether such acquisition is by way of merger, consolidation, or purchase of all or a portion of our assets, or in connection with any bankruptcy or reorganization proceeding brought by or against us.
Compliance with laws: We may disclose personal information or any information collected through your usage of the Pious Projects Site if we are required to do so by law or pursuant to legal process, in response to a request from government officials, law enforcement authorities or a valid subpoena, or as necessary or appropriate in connection with an investigation of illegal activity, including without limitation to prevent, investigate, detect or prosecute any criminal offense or attack.
Consent: We may share personal information in accordance with any consent you provide.
Aggregate Information: We share aggregate statistical data for the improvement of our Site. We may also share aggregated or de-identified information with third parties at our discretion.

International Transfers

Information collected through or in connection with this Site may be stored and processed in the United States or any other country in which Pious Projects maintains facilities. By using the Site or providing information to us, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside your country of residence, including the United States, which may have different and less stringent data protection rules than required under the laws of your country. If you object to your information being transferred or used in this way, please do not use the Site.

How Long Do We Retain Your Information?

We retain your personal information only as long as necessary to provide you with the Pious Projects Site and for legitimate and essential organizational purposes, such as maintaining the Site’s performance, making data-driven decisions about new features and offerings, complying with our legal obligations, and resolving disputes. We keep some of your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected and processed.

If you request, we will delete or anonymize your personal information so that it no longer identifies you, unless we are legally allowed or required to maintain certain personal information, including situations such as the following:

If there is an unresolved issue relating to your use of the Site, such as an unresolved claim or dispute, we will retain the necessary personal information until the issue is resolved;
Where we need to retain the personal information for our legal, tax, audit, and accounting obligations, we will retain the necessary personal information for the period required by applicable law; and/or,
3.Where necessary for our legitimate organization interests, such as fraud prevention or to maintain the security of our users.

Your Privacy Choices and Rights

General DataProtection Regulations grant you certain rights (‘information rights’) which provide you with:

Right of rectification or erasure – if you feel that any data that we hold about you is inaccurate, you have the right to ask us to correct or rectify it. You also have a right to ask us to erase information about you where you can demonstrate that we no longer need the data we hold if you withdraw the consent upon which our processing is based, or if you feel that we are unlawfully processing your data. Your right of rectification and erasure extends to anyone we have disclosed your personal information to and we will/shall take all reasonable steps to inform those with whom we have shared your data about your request for erasure. Note that we may have a legal obligation to retain some or even all personal information about you under relevant laws. We may also have the legal right to retain the information you have requested to be erased.
Right to restriction of processing – you have a right to request that we refrain from processing your data where you contest its accuracy, or the processing is unlawful and you have opposed its erasure, or where we don’t need to hold your data anymore but you need us to in order to establish, exercise or defend any legal claims, or we are in dispute about the legality of our processing your personal information.
Right to data portability: In certain circumstances, you may have the right to request that data which you have provided to us be made available to you so that you can transfer this to another data controller.
Right to object – you have a right to object to our processing of your personal information where the basis of the processing is our legitimate interests including but not limited to direct marketing and profiling.
Right to withdraw consent – you have the right to withdraw your consent for processing your personal information where the processing is based on consent. To withdraw consent, please specify what you wish to withdraw consent for, by emailing us at support@piousprojects.org.
Right of complaint – if you are unhappy with the way we have used or are handling your personal information you have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority for data protection issues. We would, however, appreciate the chance to deal with your concerns before you approach the Supervisory Authority. So, please contact us first by emailing us at support@piousprojects.org.

Keeping Your Data Safe

As a matter of policy, we are committed to protecting your data, so we take precautions to protect your information. We adopt commercially reasonable measures to secure Personal Information by using physical and electronic measures designed to ensure the integrity and security of the Personal Information we hold. When you submit sensitive information via the Site, your information is protected.

However, please note that no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage method is 100% secure. Although we will do our best to protect the personal information that we gather about you, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure and as such, we cannot guarantee the absolute security of your data transmitted to the Site; any transmission is at your own risk. We have implemented various policies, including encryption, access, and retention policies to guard against unauthorized access and unnecessary retention of personal information in our systems.

Children Guidelines

Our site is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from, children under the age of thirteen (13). As a parent or guardian, if it is determined that such information has been inadvertently collected about anyone under the age of thirteen (13), please email us at support@piousprojects.org, and we shall immediately take the necessary steps to ensure that such information is deleted from our system’s database. Also, for users between the ages of thirteen (13) and eighteen (18), you must have your parent’s or legal guardian’s permission to be able to use our site and our services.

Your Choices: Unsubscribe or Opt-Out

Emails and newsletters: If you have subscribed to our email and electronic newsletter communications, you will always have the opportunity to unsubscribe from future communications. You will also have the opportunity to “opt-out” of commercial email from the applicable Pious Projects Service by following the unsubscribe instructions provided in the email you receive or by contacting us directly. We will continue to adhere to this Policy with respect to any personal information previously collected.

Interest-based advertising: We may also make use of the information we gather about you to provide you with advertisements and offers that are more relevant to your interest. These advertisements may be based on the information we collect through cookies and other tracking technologies that we use on our Site, emails and through other third-party sites you visit.

Do not track: Some browsers have “Do Not Track” features that let you send a request to Sites to not track your online activities. We, like many other Sites, do not honor those requests.

Links to Other Sites

We do not claim nor accept responsibility for any privacy policies, practices and/or procedures of other third-party Sites or resources. Therefore, we encourage all users and visitors to be aware when they leave our Site and to read the privacy statements of every site that collects personally identifiable information. This Privacy Policy Agreement applies only and solely to the information collected by our Site.

Acceptance of Terms

By using this Site, you are hereby accepting the terms and conditions stipulated within the Privacy Policy Agreement. If you do not agree with our terms and conditions, you should refrain from further use of our Site. In addition, your continued use of our Site after posting any updates or changes to our Terms shall mean that you agree and accept such changes.

How Can You Raise Concerns or Ask Questions?

If you have additional inquiries or reservations regarding our privacy policies or data utilization, or if you desire to modify your preference, please contact us at support@piousprojects.org.