Privacy Policy

Updated February 20, 2023

 

Women in Finance Rwanda (WIFR) values and respects the privacy of the people we deal with. WIFR is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the Nº 058/2021 of 13/10/2021 Law relating to the protection of personal data and privacy and other applicable privacy laws and regulations.

This Privacy Policy (Policy) describes how we collect, hold, use and disclose your personal information, and how we maintain the quality and security of your personal information.

What is personal data?

“Personal data” any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, psychological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person.

What personal data do we collect?

The personal information we collect about you depends on the nature of your dealings with us or what you choose to share with us.

The personal information we collect about you may include:

  1. name;
  2. address;
  3. date of birth;
  4. email address;
  5. phone number.

Consent

Knowledge and consent are required for the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Information except where required or permitted by law. Providing us with your Personal Information is always your choice. However, your decision not to provide certain information may limit our ability to provide you with our products or services. We will not require you to consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of information as a condition to the supply of a product or service, except as required to be able to supply the product or service.

How do we collect your personal information?

We collect your personal information directly from you when you:

  1. interact with us over the phone;
  2. interact with us in person;
  3. interact with us online;
  4. participate in surveys or questionnaires;
  5. attend a WIFR event;
  6. subscribe to our mailing list;
  7. apply for a position with us as a member, partner or volunteer.

How do we use your personal information?

We use personal information for many purposes in connection with our functions and activities, including the following purposes:

  1. provide you with information or services that you request from us;
  2. deliver to you a more personalised experience and service offering;
  3. improve the quality of the services we offer;
  4. internal administrative purposes;
  5. marketing and research purposes.

Disclosure of personal information to third parties

We may disclose your personal information to third parties in accordance with this Policy in circumstances where you would reasonably expect us to disclose your information. For example, we may disclose your personal information to:

  1. our third-party service providers (for example, our web developers or IT providers);
  2. our marketing providers;
  3. our professional services advisors.

How is your personal information protected?

WIFR will take reasonable steps to ensure that the personal information that we hold about you is kept

confidential and secure, including by:

  1. taking measures to restrict access to only personnel who need that personal information to effectively provide services to you;
  2. having technological measures in place such as anti-virus software and fire walls and regularly updated.

Cookies

The WIFR website uses cookies. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers the website puts on your device if you allow it. These cookies recognise when your device has visited our website before, so we can distinguish you from other users of the website. This improves your experience and WIFR website.

We only just to improve your experience on our website and not to identify you. If you do not wish to use the cookies, you can amend the settings on your internet browser so it will not automatically download cookies. However, if you remove or block cookies on your computer, please be aware that your browsing experience and our website’s functionality may be affected.

Retention of personal information

We will not keep your personal information for longer than we need to. In most cases, this means that we will only retain your personal information for the duration of your relationship with us unless we are required to retain your personal information to comply with applicable laws, for example record-keeping obligations.

Links to third party sites

WIFR website may contain links to websites operated by third parties. If you access a third party website through our website, personal information may be collected by that third party website. We make no representations or warranties in relation to the privacy practices of any third party provider or website and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or the content of any third party provider or website. 

Third party providers / websites are responsible for informing you about their own privacy practices and we encourage you to read their privacy policies.