At the Citizen Wellness and Advocacy Foundation (CWAAF), we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy outlines how we handle your personal data collected on our website, https://cwadvocacy.org/. By using our website, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Who We Are
Citizen Wellness and Advocacy Foundation (CWAAF) was founded to address the psychological and mental health challenges many Nigerians face. Our mission is to analyze the societal impacts of traumatic stress and improve the quality of life.
Information We Collect
Comments
When visitors leave comments on our site, we collect the data shown in the comments form, along with the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help with spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (a hash) may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you are using it. You can view the Gravatar service privacy policy here. Once your comment is approved, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website, please avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) as visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from these images.
Contact Forms
We collect data submitted through contact forms to respond to inquiries and provide services. This data may include your name, email address, phone number, and any other information you provide.
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site, you may opt-in to save your name, email address, and website in cookies for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in your details again for future comments. These cookies last for one year.
When you visit our login page, we set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
Upon logging in, we set up several cookies to save your login information and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days, and screen options cookies last a year. If you select “Remember Me,” your login will persist for two weeks. Logging out of your account will remove the login cookies.
If you edit or publish an article, a cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on our site may include embedded content (e.g., videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you have visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content.
Analytics
We may use third-party analytics tools to understand how visitors interact with our website. These tools may collect information about your browsing behavior.
Data Sharing
We do not share your personal data with third parties except as necessary to provide our services or as required by law.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically. For registered users, we store the personal information provided in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except for their username). Website administrators can also view and edit this information.
Your Rights
If you have an account on our site or have left comments, you can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you, excluding data we are required to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Data Security
We take the security of your personal data seriously and implement appropriate measures to protect it against unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.
Data Breach Procedures
In the event of a data breach, we will take appropriate steps to mitigate the breach, notify affected users as necessary, and comply with all relevant regulations.
Third-Party Data
We may receive data from third-party services, such as analytics providers, to help us improve our website and services.
Automated Decision Making and Profiling
We do not engage in automated decision-making or profiling with your personal data.
Compliance with Regulations
We comply with all relevant industry regulations regarding personal data protection.
Policy Updates
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify you of significant changes through our website or via email.
Contact Us
For any privacy-related concerns, please contact us at:
Citizen Wellness and Advocacy Foundation (CWAAF)
Email: support@cwadvocacy.org
Website: https://cwadvocacy.org/