HerVenture
Privacy Policy
What this means if you are a HerVenture user
HerVenture is a
mobile learning app that supports women entrepreneurs to access the skills,
confidence and networks they need to grow their businesses. It is currently available
in Vietnam, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa and Guyana and personal data
provided in the app will be processed by the Foundation in the UK.
What personal information do we collect about HerVenture users?
The personal information
we collect from you may include your:
We also automatically collect information about
your equipment and your use of the app.
What about special
category data?
Certain categories of
personal information are recognised in law as sensitive, including health
information and information regarding race, religious beliefs, and political
opinions (‘special category data’) and personal data relating to criminal
convictions and offences. We do not routinely collect such information about
HerVenture app users unless that information has been manifestly made public by
you (for example, where you have published your political
opinions/affiliations).
How do we collect your personal information as a HerVenture user?
When we
collect it as you use the app
We collect personal
information that you may provide to us including when you:
How do we use your information as a HerVenture user, and what is
our legal basis for processing it?
We will only
process your information if we have a legal basis for doing so, including: -
To fulfil a
contractual obligation, for example: -
· To
administer your use of the app
Where you
have granted us consent, for example: -
· To
send you app notifications and emails
Where we have
a legitimate interest, for example: -
·
To
administer our internal operations, including the administration of activities
involving our partners; or
·
To
improve our services to ensure that any content is presented to you in the most
effective manner for you.
We also use the information you provide in an anonymised form for
the following purposes: -
·
Monitor
and evaluate the impact of HerVenture
·
Refine
and improve our services
·
Produce
reports such as our annual report or reports for donors
·
To
advocate for women entrepreneurs around the world
Our communications with you as a HerVenture user
We are committed to communicating with HerVenture
users in line with their preferences.
You can turn off
HerVenture app in-app notifications and/or app email notifications from the
Profile section of the app. Please note that from time to time, our app may
contain links to and from the websites of our partner organisations or others.
If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that they have their
own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability
for these policies. Please check those third-party policies before you submit
any personal information to those websites.
What other organisations do we share your information with?
We may share
your personal information with our service providers/data processors so that
they can carry out work on our behalf. Whenever we engage a third party to act
on our behalf we ensure that the contract we enter
into with them require them to comply with UK data protection laws, to process
your information only for the purposes we specify and to make sure they have
the appropriate controls in place to protect the security of your information.
Examples of
service providers/data processors include: -
·
Providers
that develop and maintain any of our digital offerings, Amazon Web Service,
WP-Engine, Google Analytics and SurveyMonkey.
·
Local
delivery partners, such as the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Nigeria.
We will also
share your personal data with the R2G local delivery partners such as the
Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) in Nigeria to deliver a service you have
signed up for. Donors such as the ExxonMobil Foundation and Qualcomm Wireless
Reach will only receive anonymised and/or statistical information from your personal
data as part of programme reporting.
How long do we keep your information?
We only keep
your data for as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy
Policy to fulfil our contractual obligations to you, to comply with legal requirements,
tax and accounting rules, or for other reasonable legal purposes.
The retention
period will vary according to the nature of the purpose under which the
information is held, for example
·
We
may retain your data for up to one year after the completion of the programme
that you are participating in for statistical and analytical purposes to inform
our reporting. After this date, we may retain anonymised data for ongoing data
analysis.
You can request
further information about our retention policy by contacting us.