Privacy Policy for Conventual Franciscan Friars - Kenya
Last Updated Date: January 19, 2025
The Conventual Franciscan Friars-Kenya (“we,” “our,” or “us”) values your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you visit our website Conventual Franciscan Friars Kenya, engage with our services, or interact with us. By using our website or services, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
1. Definition of Terms
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Personal Data: Refers to any information that identifies, relates to, describes, or can reasonably be associated with an individual.
- Processing: Any operation performed on personal data, such as collection, storage, use, or sharing.
- GDPR: General Data Protection Regulation, a legal framework governing data protection and privacy in the European Economic Area.
- CCPA: California Consumer Privacy Act, a data privacy law applicable to California residents.
- CPRA: California Privacy Rights Act, an amendment to the CCPA that enhances privacy protections for California residents.
- CalOPPA: California Online Privacy Protection Act, a law requiring websites to post a privacy policy.
- Cookies: Small data files stored on your device to improve user experience and track website usage.
2. Information We Collect
We collect the following types of information:
2.1 Personal Information You Provide:
- Name, email address, phone number, and other contact details (e.g., when you subscribe to our emails or make a purchase).
- Other details you voluntarily provide (e.g., through forms, donations, or event registrations).
2.2 Automatically Collected Information
- IP address, browser type, operating system, and device information.
- Usage data such as pages visited, time spent on our website, and clickstream data, collected using tools like Google Analytics.
- Cookies and similar tracking technologies (see Section 8 for details).
2.3 Information from Third Parties We may receive information from third parties, such as advertising networks, payment processors, or analytics providers.
3. How We Use Your Information
We use your information to:
- Provide and manage our services, including fulfilling purchases and subscriptions.
- Communicate with you, including sending newsletters, updates, and promotional materials.
- Monitor website performance, improve user experience, and analyse website traffic.
- Comply with legal obligations and protect our legal rights.
- Show personalized ads through third-party advertising platforms.
4. Sharing Your Information
We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share it in the following circumstances:
- Service Providers: With third parties that perform services on our behalf, such as payment processors, email marketing services, and analytics providers.
- Legal Compliance: When required by law or to comply with a legal obligation.
- Advertisers: To facilitate targeted advertising through tools like Google Ads.
5. Your Rights and Choices
5.1 General Rights Depending on your location, you may have the following
rights:
- Access and receive a copy of your personal data.
- Request correction or deletion of your personal data.
- Object to or restrict processing of your personal data.
- Withdraw your consent at any time.
To exercise these rights, contact us at kenprovincial@gmail.com
5.2 GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have additional rights:
- Right to data portability.
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
- Know what personal information we collect, use, disclose, and sell.
- opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information.
- Request deletion of personal information.
- Access specific pieces of personal information we have collected about you.
To exercise these rights, submit a request to kenprovincial@gmail.com. We will
verify your identity before processing your request.
5.4 CalOPPA (California Online Privacy Protection Act) As required by
CalOPPA, we:
- Display a conspicuous Privacy Policy on our website
- Notify users of any material changes to our Privacy Policy.
- • Honor “Do Not Track” signals from your browser (to the extent supported).
6. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy or as required by law.
7. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard
your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, or misuse. However, no system is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
8. Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Improve website functionality and performance.
- Analyse user behaviour via tools like Google Analytics.
- Deliver targeted advertisements
You can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings.
9. Third-Party Services
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for their privacy practices. Please review their privacy policies before interacting with them.
10. Children’s Privacy
Our website is not directed at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe we have collected data from a child, please contact us immediately.
11. Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date. We encourage you to review our Privacy Policy periodically.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Email: kenprovincial@gmail.com
Website: https://kenyafriars.org/
3. Embedded Content
Pages on this site may include embedded content, like YouTube videos, for example. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. Below you can find a list of the services we use:
The Facebook page plugin is used to display our Facebook timeline on our site. Facebook has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from Facebook and your IP is not sent to a Facebook server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Facebook Privacy Policy .
We use the Twitter API to display our tweets timeline on our site. Twitter has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. Your IP is not sent to a Twitter server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: Twitter Privacy Policy .
Youtube
We use YouTube videos embedded on our site. YouTube has its own cookie and privacy policies over which we have no control. There is no installation of cookies from YouTube and your IP is not sent to a YouTube server until you consent to it. See their privacy policy here: YouTube Privacy Policy.
4. Cookies
This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like shopping carts, and provide anonymised tracking data to third party applications like Google Analytics. Cookies generally exist to make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the help section of your browser.
Necessary Cookies (all site visitors)
- cfduid: Is used for our CDN CloudFlare to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. See more information on privacy here: CloudFlare Privacy Policy.
- PHPSESSID: To identify your unique session on the website.
Necessary Cookies (Additional for Logged in Customers)
- wp-auth: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_logged_in_{hash}: Used by WordPress to authenticate logged-in visitors, password authentication and user verification.
- wordpress_test_cookie Used by WordPress to ensure cookies are working correctly.
- wp-settings-[UID]: WordPress sets a few wp-settings-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
- wp-settings-[UID]:WordPress also sets a few wp-settings-{time}-[UID] cookies. The number on the end is your individual user ID from the users database table. This is used to customize your view of admin interface, and possibly also the main site interface.
8. Security Measures
We use the SSL/HTTPS protocol throughout our site. This encrypts our user communications with the servers so that personally identifiable information is not captured/hijacked by third parties without authorization.
In case of a data breach, system administrators will immediately take all needed steps to ensure system integrity, will contact affected users and will attempt to reset passwords if needed.
11. Release of Your Data for Legal Purposes
At times it may become necessary or desirable to Conventual Franciscan Friars, for legal purposes, to release your information in response to a request from a government agency or a private litigant. You agree that we may disclose your information to a third party where we believe, in good faith, that it is desirable to do so for the purposes of a civil action, criminal investigation, or other legal matter. In the event that we receive a subpoena affecting your privacy, we may elect to notify you to give you an opportunity to file a motion to quash the subpoena, or we may attempt to quash it ourselves, but we are not obligated to do either. We may also proactively report you, and release your information to, third parties where we believe that it is prudent to do so for legal reasons, such as our belief that you have engaged in fraudulent activities. You release us from any damages that may arise from or relate to the release of your information to a request from law enforcement agencies or private litigants.
Any passing on of personal data for legal purposes will only be done in compliance with laws of the country you reside in.