Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Tanzania Health Environment and Development Initiatives (THEDI) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy will inform you about how we look after your personal data when you visit our website and tell you about your privacy rights and how the law protects you.

2. Information We Collect

2.1 Personal Information

We may collect, use, store and transfer different kinds of personal data about you:

• Identity Data: Name, title, date of birth, gender
• Contact Data: Address, email address, telephone numbers
• Technical Data: Internet protocol (IP) address, browser type and version, time zone setting, operating system and platform
• Usage Data: Information about how you use our website and services
• Marketing Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing communications from us

2.2 How We Collect Information

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:

• Direct interactions when you fill out forms on our website
• Automated technologies or interactions as you interact with our website
• Third parties or publicly available sources

3. How We Use Your Information

We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:

• To provide and maintain our services
• To notify you about changes to our services
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our services
• To monitor the usage of our services
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues

4. Data Security

We have put in place appropriate security measures to prevent your personal data from being accidentally lost, used or accessed in an unauthorized way, altered or disclosed. We use industry-standard encryption and security protocols to protect your data.

5. Data Retention

We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

6. Your Legal Rights

Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data:

• Request access to your personal data
• Request correction of your personal data
• Request erasure of your personal data
• Object to processing of your personal data
• Request restriction of processing of your personal data
• Request transfer of your personal data
• Withdraw consent at any time

7. Cookies

Our website uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website. We use cookies to:

• Remember your preferences and settings
• Analyze website traffic and usage patterns
• Provide personalized content and advertisements

8. Third-Party Services

We may use third-party services for analytics, advertising, and other purposes. These services may collect information about your use of our website. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services.

9. International Data Transfers

Some of our external third parties are based outside Tanzania so their processing of your personal data will involve a transfer of data outside Tanzania. We ensure appropriate safeguards are in place for such transfers.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us: