Privacy Policy
ELCG and E.L. Africa Magazine take data privacy seriously. This privacy policy explains who we are, how we collect, share and use Personal Information, and how you can exercise your privacy rights.
We recommend that you read this privacy policy in full to ensure you are fully informed.
We may share and disclose your Personal Information with our Affiliates and to the following types of third parties for the purposes described in this privacy policy (for purposes of this section, "you" and "your" refer to Members, Contacts, and Visitors unless otherwise indicated).
Privacy for Visitors
Use of Personal Information
We may use the information we collect through our website and in connection with our events and marketing activities (alone or in combination with other data we collect) for a range of reasons in reliance on our legitimate interests, including:
To provide, operate, optimize, and maintain the ELCG website.
To send you marketing information, product recommendations and non-transactional communications (e.g., email, telemarketing calls, SMS, or push notifications) about us, in accordance with your marketing preferences, including information about our products, services, promotions or events as necessary for our legitimate interest in conducting direct marketing or to the extent you have provided your prior consent.
For recruitment purposes if you have applied for a role with ELCG or EL Africa magazine.
To respond to your online inquiries and requests, and to provide you with information and access to resources or services that you have requested from us.
To manage the ELCG website and system administration and security.
To manage event registrations and attendance, including sending related communications to you.
To register visitors to our offices for security reasons and to manage non-disclosure agreements that visitors may be required to sign.
To improve the navigation and content of the ELCG site.
To identify any server problems or other IT or network issues.
To process transactions and to set up online accounts.
To compile aggregated statistics about site usage and to better understand the preferences of our Visitors.
To help us provide, improve and personalize our marketing activities.
To facilitate the security and continued proper functioning of the ELCG Site.
To carry out research and development to improve our Mailchimp Sites, products and services.
To conduct marketing research, advertise to you, provide personalized information about us on and off our ELCG site, and to provide other personalized content based on your activities and interests to the extent necessary for our legitimate interests in supporting our marketing activities or advertising our Service or instances where we seek your consent.
To carry out other legitimate business purposes, as well as other lawful purposes, such as data analysis, fraud monitoring and prevention, identifying usage trends and expanding our business activities in reliance on our legitimate interests.
To cooperate with public and government authorities, courts or regulators in accordance with our legal obligations under applicable laws to the extent this requires the processing or disclosure of Personal Information to protect our rights or is necessary for our legitimate interest in protecting against misuse or abuse of our ELCG site and Service,
Protecting personal property or safety, pursuing remedies available to us and limiting our damages, complying with judicial proceedings, court orders or legal processes, or responding to lawful requests.
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of your Personal Information, please contact us.
To the extent we provide you with notice of different or additional privacy policies, those policies will govern such interactions.
Our service providers: Sometimes, we share your information with our third-party service providers working on our behalf for the purposes described in this privacy policy. For example, companies we’ve hired to help us provide and support our Service or assist in protecting and securing our systems and services and other business-related functions.
Other examples include analyzing data, hosting data, engaging technical support for our Service, processing payments, and delivering content.