PRIVACY POLICY

BAHRAIN ANIMAL RESCUE CENTRE

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PRIVACY NOTICE

 

Last updated July 11, 2022

 

This privacy notice for Bahrain AnimalRescue Centre ('Company', 'we', 'us', or 'our',),describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and/or share ('process')your information when you use our services ('Services'), such as whenyou:

  • Engage with us in other related ways,     including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help youunderstand your privacy rights and choices. If you do not agree with ourpolicies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have anyquestions or concerns, please contact us at animalshelterbarc@gmail.com.

 

 

SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS

 

This summary provides key points from ourprivacy notice, but you can find out more details about any of these topics byclicking the link following each key point or by using our table of contentsbelow to find the section you are looking for. You can also click here to go directly to our table of contents.

 

What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate ourServices, we may process personal information depending on how you interactwith Bahrain Animal Rescue Centre and the Services, the choices youmake, and the products and features you use. Click here to learn more.

 

Do we process any sensitive personalinformation? We may processsensitive personal information when necessary with your consent or as otherwisepermitted by applicable law. Click here to learn more.

 

Do we receive any information from thirdparties? We do notreceive any information from third parties.

 

How do we process your information? We process your information to provide,improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security andfraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your informationfor other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when wehave a valid legal reason to do so. Click here to learn more.

 

In what situations and with which typesof parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specificsituations and with specific categories of third parties. Click here to learn more.

 

How do we keep your information safe? We have organisational andtechnical processes and procedures in place to protect your personalinformation. However, no electronic transmission over the internet orinformation storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so wecannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, orother unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat oursecurity and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.Click here to learn more.

 

What are your rights? Depending on where you are locatedgeographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rightsregarding your personal information. Click here to learn more.

 

How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rightsis by filling out our data subject request form available here, or by contacting us. We will consider andact upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

 

Want to learn more about what BahrainAnimal Rescue Centre does with any information we collect? Click here to review the notice in full.

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOURINFORMATION?

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHAREYOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHERTRACKING TECHNOLOGIES?

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOURINFORMATION?

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATIONSAFE?

7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

9. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THISNOTICE?

10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THISNOTICE?

12. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, ORDELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

 

1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT?

Personal information you disclose to us

 

In Short: We collect personal information that youprovide to us.

 

We collect personal information that youvoluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaininginformation about us or our products and Services, when you participate inactivities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.

 

Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information that we collectdepends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, thechoices you make, and the products and features you use. The personalinformation we collect may include the following:

  • names
  • phone numbers
  • email addresses
  • contact preferences
  • debit/credit card numbers
  • billing addresses

Sensitive Information. When necessary, with your consent or asotherwise permitted by applicable law, we process the following categories ofsensitive information:

  • health data
  • financial data

Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to processyour payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number(such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with yourpayment instrument. All payment data is stored by BenefitPay. You may findtheir privacy notice link(s) here: https://benefit.bh/privacypolicy/.

 

All personal information that you provide tous must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changesto such personal information.

 

Information automatically collected

 

In Short: Some information — such as your InternetProtocol (IP) address and/or browser and device characteristics — is collectedautomatically when you visit our Services.

 

We automatically collect certain informationwhen you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not revealyour specific identity (like your name or contact information) but may includedevice and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and devicecharacteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, devicename, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services,and other technical information. This information is primarily needed tomaintain the security and operation of our Services, and for our internal analyticsand reporting purposes.

 

Like many businesses, we also collectinformation through cookies and similar technologies.

 

The information we collect includes:

  • Log and Usage Data. Log and usage data is     service-related, diagnostic, usage, and performance information our     servers automatically collect when you access or use our Services and     which we record in log files. Depending on how you interact with us, this     log data may include your IP address, device information, browser type,     and settings and information about your activity in the Services (such as the date/time stamps associated with your usage,     pages and files viewed, searches, and other actions you take such as which     features you use), device event information (such as system activity,     error reports (sometimes called 'crash dumps'), and hardware     settings).
  • Device Data. We collect device data such as     information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to     access the Services. Depending on the device used, this device data may     include information such as your IP address (or proxy server), device and     application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware     model, Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, operating system,     and system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We collect location data such as     information about your device's location, which can be either precise or     imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and     settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may     use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us     your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of     allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the     information or by disabling your Location setting on your device. However,     if you choose to opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of     the Services.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security andfraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent.

 

We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

  • To deliver and facilitate delivery of     services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the     requested service.
  • To send administrative information to     you. We may process     your information to send you details about our products and services,     changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
  • To enable user-to-user     communications. We     may process your information if you choose to use any of our offerings     that allow for communication with another user.
  • To request feedback. We may process your information when     necessary to request feedback and to contact you about your use of our     Services.
  • To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our     Services that may contain personal information.
  • To protect our Services. We may process your information as     part of our efforts to keep our Services safe and secure, including fraud     monitoring and prevention.
  • To evaluate and improve our Services,     products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information     when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the     effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and to evaluate and improve     our Services, products, marketing, and your experience.
  • To identify usage trends. We may process information about     how you use our Services to better understand how they are being used so     we can improve them.
  • To determine the effectiveness of our     marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to better understand     how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant     to you.
  • To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to     comply with our legal obligations, respond to legal requests, and     exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

 

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONALINFORMATION?

In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following categoriesof third parties.

 

Vendors, Consultants, and Other Third-Party Service Providers. We may share your data with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents('third parties') who perform services for us or on our behalf and require access to such information to do that work. We have contracts inplace with our third parties, which are designed to help safeguard yourpersonal information. This means that they cannot do anything with your personal information unless we have instructed them to do it. They will alsonot share your personal information with any organisation apart fromus. They also commit to protect the data they hold on our behalf and to retainit for the period we instruct. The categories of third partieswe may share personal information with are as follows:

  • Performance Monitoring Tools
  • Website Hosting Service Providers
  • Data Analytics Services

 

We also may need to share yourpersonal information in the following situations:

  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your     information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger,     sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of     our business to another company.

 

4. DO WE USE COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKINGTECHNOLOGIES?

In Short: We may use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect and store your information.

 

We may use cookies and similar tracking technologies (like web beacons and pixels) to access or store information.Specific information about how we use such technologies and how you can refuse certain cookies is set out in our Cookie Notice.

 

5. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION?

In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law.

 

We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than 1 year.

 

When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either deleteor anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives),then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.

 

6. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE?

In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.

 

We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protectthe security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. Youshould only access the Services within a secure environment.

 

7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?

In Short:  You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time.

 

If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also havethe right to complain to your local data protection supervisory authority. Youcan find their contact details here: https://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/bodies/authorities/index_en.htm.

 

If you are located in Switzerland, the contact details for the data protection authorities are available here: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch/edoeb/en/home.html.

 

Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THISNOTICE?' below.

 

However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.

 

Cookies and similar technologies: Most Web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. If you prefer, you can usually choose to set your browser to remove cookies and to reject cookies. If you choose to remove cookies or reject cookies, this could affect certain features or services of our Services. To opt out of interest-based advertising by advertisers on our Servicesvisit http://www.aboutads.info/choices/.

 

If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at animalshelterbarc@gmail.com.

 

8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES

Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature orsetting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have dataabout your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNTsignals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNTbrowser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates yourchoice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adoptedthat we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in arevised version of this privacy notice.

 

9. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE?

In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.

 

We may update this privacy notice from time totime. The updated version will be indicated by an updated 'Revised' date and the updated version will be effective assoon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes or bydirectly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information.

 

10. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?

If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at animalshelterbarc@gmail.com or bypost to:

 

Bahrain Animal Rescue Centre

Flat 1 Building 1850 Road 907 Mazarea highway

Hamala, Block 1009

Bahrain

 

11. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?

Based on the applicable laws of your country, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, change that information, or delete it. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please submit a request.

 

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