Privacy
Policy
This policy sets out the
terms and conditions regarding the protection of the personal information of
the Visitor to the Internet site Forum Africa and how the Visitor’s personal
information is used, processed and transmitted.
When the Visitor decides to
use the Forum Africa site (hereinafter the “Site”), he accepts the Forum Africa’s
practices regarding the processing of and the measures to safeguard his
personal information (hereinafter the “Policy”). The Visitor agrees, in
particular, to the gathering and use of his personal information by the Forum
Africa in accordance with the Policy, it being understood that Forum Africa
complies with prevailing legislation in personal information matters.
The Visitor agrees and
acknowledges that Forum Africa reserves the right, at any time, to amend,
change or update the Policy and the Visitor agrees to be bound by such
amendments, changes or updates. The Visitor’s use of the Site after any such
amendment constitutes his agreement to accept the Policy thus amended and to be
bound by it. If the Visitor does not accept this Policy, or as the case may be,
the Policy as amended from time to time, he should not use the Site.
Electronic personal information
Even though the
Visitor can visit the Site without informing the Forum Africa who he is and
without revealing information about himself, in accessing the Site there is an
automatic exchange of information between the Visitor’s computer and the Forum
Africa’s server. This exchange of information does not enable the Forum Africa to
identify the Visitor, his name or e-mail address. However, this exchange, among
other things, enables the Forum Africa to obtain the Internet domain name that
the Visitor used to access the Site, the Visitor’s IP address (IP stands for
Internet Protocol, a single number assigned to your computer when it is
connected to the Internet and which enables documents intended for you to be
downloaded without mistake), the type of browser and the operating system used
by the Visitor to access the Site, the date and time the Visitor accessed the
Site, the pages he visited and, where the Visitor accesses the Site from
another site, then, this site’s address (referent site).
The operating system of the
Forum Africa’s Site can automatically gather this information about the
Visitor’s visit to the Site by means of cookies. Cookies are small bits of
information stored by the Visitor’s Internet browser on his computer’s hard
drive that enable the Forum Africa to
recognize the Visitor when he accesses its Site. When the Visitor surfs the
Internet, a cookie is used for the purposes described above.
If the Visitor does not
want the Forum Africa to gather information about his visit, he can, at his
sole discretion, configure his browser so that it warns him when he receives a
cookie or to prevent such cookies from being sent.
The Forum Africa uses this
information to gage the number of Site visits by Visitors as well as the
different pages they view, the average time that Visitors spend on the Site and
to compile other statistics on Visitors to the Site in general. With this
information, the Forum Africa can also verify the Site’s performance for system
administration purposes to make the Site easier and more user-friendly and to
relay certain overall processed information to Representatives for whom the
transmission of such information is necessary to perform their duties.
Other personal information
The Forum Africa only
gathers other personal information about the Visitor if he, at his sole
discretion, decides to provide such information voluntarily. However, if the
Visitor wishes to receive information from the Forum Africa or to have his name
added to the Forum Africa’s mailing list, the Visitor must disclose his e-mail
address so that the Forum Africa’s server can respond to his request or, as the
case may be, send him the requested information. This other information is also
gathered so as to enable and manage the Visitor’s inclusions on the Forum
Africa ’s mailing list (including, in particular, the modification of the
parameters of his inclusion on or deletion of his name from the mailing list),
to facilitate the communication of relevant information to Visitors and for
better knowledge of their profiles. This information is strictly confidential
and will not be used for commercial prospection or solicitation purposes.
A copy of the personal
information the Visitor provides to the Forum Africa and which the Forum Africa
retains is kept on the Forum Africa’s servers in Montréal,
Where it deems it
appropriate, the Forum Africa uses encryption or authentication tools, or both,
as well as other means to protect certain personal information derived from the
Web and kept on its server. The Visitor acknowledges and agrees that the e-mail
messages that he sends to the Forum Africa can be tampered with before they
reach the Forum Africa’s server.
Personal information,
electronic or other, gathered by the Forum Africa is not disclosed to any one, except the Forum
Africa ’s Representatives who need such information to discharge a duty
associated with the fulfillment of the purposes set out in this Policy. The
Visitor agrees and acknowledges that the Forum Africa is also authorized to
use, disclose or communicate the Visitor’s personal information to the extent
provided or required by law, including pursuant to court orders.
Other considerations
Definitions
For the purposes of
this Policy, the word Representatives includes Geram Communication, and
their respective directors, officers, employees, consultants and agents.
For the purposes of this
Policy, the word Visitor means the person who, in fact, browses the
Site as well as the person who authorizes the use of the computer or, as the
case may be, the browsing equipment.
Entire agreement
The Policy covers
the entire agreement between the Visitor and the Forum Africa regarding the Forum Africa ’s processing and
use of the Visitor’s personal information and supersedes the prior written or
verbal agreements between the Visitor and the Forum Africa with regard to the subject matter hereof.
Interpretation
In the event of
discrepancy between the two (2) versions of the Policy, the French version
takes precedence.
The masculine gender is used for easy reading purposes and includes the
feminine.
Applicable law
This Policy is
governed by the laws of the
Specific rules
In the event of
discrepancy between one of the rules set out in the Policy and a specific rule
set out on a page of the Site in relation to particular personal information,
the specific rule shall take precedence.
All rights reserved to the Forum
Africa.