Política de Privacidade

Última Atualização: 1 January 2025

Holy Cross Assistance and Social Service Centre ("HCASSC", "we", "our", "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect personal information that you voluntarily provide when:

• Submitting our contact form
• Completing the volunteer application form
• Subscribing to our newsletter

This information may include your name, email address, phone number, country of residence, and any message you provide.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Respond to your inquiries and messages
• Process volunteer applications
• Send newsletter updates (only with your explicit consent)
• Improve our website and services
• Comply with legal obligations

3. Cookies

Our website may use session cookies to remember your language preference. These cookies are strictly necessary for the website to function and do not track you across other websites. By using our website, you consent to these session cookies.

4. Third-Party Services

Our website embeds maps from Google Maps. Google may collect certain data through these embeds. We encourage you to review Google's Privacy Policy.

We load fonts from Google Fonts and icons from Cloudflare CDN. These services may collect limited technical data as part of normal CDN operation.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personal information to third parties. We may share information with trusted country office representatives of HCASSC for the purpose of responding to your inquiry or processing your volunteer application.

6. Data Security

We implement reasonable technical and administrative measures to protect your personal information, including the use of PDO prepared statements for database interactions, CSRF token protection on all forms, and server-side input validation.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Request access to the personal information we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate information
• Request deletion of your information
• Withdraw consent for newsletter communications at any time

To exercise these rights, please contact us at info@hcass-foundation.org.

8. Children's Privacy

Our website does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such information, please contact us immediately.

9. External Links

Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those sites and encourage you to review their privacy policies.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

Holy Cross Assistance and Social Service Centre
12 Rue de la Solidarité, Avenue Hycinth Thiandoum Fandene Thies Region, Senegal
Email: info@hcass-foundation.org
Phone: +221 70 778 4556