Privacy Statement

Uganda National Association Computer Members Privacy Statement

Your privacy is important to us. This privacy statement explains what personal data UNACU collects from you, through our interactions with you and through our services, and how we use that data.

UNACU offers a wide range of services, from services used to help develop members.

Please read the service-specific details in this privacy statement, which provide additional information about some of UNACU services. This statement applies to UNACU’s interactions with you and the UNACU services listed below, as well as other UNACU services that display this statement.

Personal Data We Collect

UNACU collects data to operate effectively and provide you the best experiences with our services. You provide some of this data directly, such as when you’re registering for membership, administer your organization’s licensing, register for a UNACU events or contact us for support. We get some of it by recording how you interact with our services.

You have choices about the data we collect. When you are asked to provide personal data, you may decline. But if you choose not to provide data that is necessary to provide a product or feature, you may not be able to use that product or feature.

The data we collect depends on the context of your interactions with UNACU, the choices you make, including your privacy, and the services and events you use. The data we collect can include the following:

Name and contact data. We collect your first and last name, email address, postal address, phone number, and other similar contact data.

Credentials. We collect security information used for authentication and membership access.

Demographic data. We collect data about you such as your age, gender, country, and preferred language.

Payment data. We collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number (such as a credit card number), and the security code associated with your payment instrument.

Interests and favorites. We collect data about your interests and favorites, such as the teams you follow in

Contacts and relationships. We collect data about your contacts and relationships if you use a UNACU services to manage contacts, for example Outlook.com, or to communicate or interact with other people or organizations, for example Visual Studio Team Services.

Location data. For services with location-enhanced events, we collect data about your location, which can be either precise or imprecise.

Content. We collect content of your files and communications when necessary to provide you with the services you use.

Video. If you enter UNACU Store locations or other facilities, or attend a UNACU event, your image may be captured by our security cameras.

If you use Spend, at your direction, we may also collect payment card information, receipt data, or financial transaction data, to provide the service.

We also collect information you provide to us and the content of messages you send to us, such as feedback and product reviews you write, or questions and information you provide for member support. When you contact us, such as for member support, phone conversations or chat sessions with our representatives may be monitored and recorded.

Product-specific sections below describe data collection practices applicable to use of those services.

How We Use Personal Data

UNACU uses the data we collect for three basic purposes, described in more detail below: (1) to operate our service and provide (including improving and personalizing) the services we offer, (2) to send communications, including promotional communications, and (3) to show advertising, whether in our own services supported by advertising or in services offered by third parties.

In carrying out these purposes, we combine data we collect to give you a more seamless, consistent and personalized experience. We store data we collect from you when you are unauthenticated (not signed in) separately from any membership information that directly identifies you, such as your name, email address or phone number.

Providing and improving our services. We use data to provide and improve the services we offer and perform essential services operations. This includes operating the services, maintaining and improving the performance of the services, developing new events, conducting research, and providing member support. Examples of such uses include the following:

Providing the Services. We use data to carry out your transactions with us and to provide our services to you. Often, those services include personalized events and recommendations that enhance your productivity and enjoyment, and automatically tailor your product experiences based on the data we have about your activities, interests and location.

Member support. We use data to diagnose problems and provide other member care and support services.

Service Improvement. We use data to continually improve our services, including adding new events or capabilities. For example, we use error reports to improve security events, search queries and clicks in Bing to improve the relevancy of the search results, usage data to determine what new events to prioritize, and audio recordings from voice input events to improve speech recognition accuracy.

Security, Safety and Dispute Resolution. We use data to protect the security and safety of our members, to detect and prevent fraud, to resolve disputes and enforce our agreements.

UNACU Operations. We use data to develop aggregate analysis and UNACU intelligence that enable us to operate, protect, make informed decisions, and report on the performance of our services.

Communications. We use data we collect to communicate with you and personalize our communications with you. For example, we may contact you by phone or email or other means to inform you when a subscription/membership is ending, update you or inquire about a service or request, invite you to participate in a survey

Advertising. UNACU does not use what you say in email, chat, video calls or voice mail, or your documents, photos or other personal files to target ads to you.

We use data we collect through our interactions with you, through some of our services and on third-party web properties, to show advertising. For example:

UNACU may use your data to select and deliver some of the ads you see on web.

We may share data we collect with third parties so that they can select and deliver some of the ads you see in our services, their services, or other sites and apps serviced by these partners.

The ads that you see may be selected based on data we process about you, such as your interests and favorites, your location, your transactions, how you use our services, your search queries, or the content you view.

The ads that you see may also be selected based on other information learned about you over time using demographic data, location data, search queries, interests and favorites, usage data from our services and sites, as well as the sites and apps of our advertisers and partners. We refer to these ads as "interest-based advertising" in this statement.

Health-Related Ad Targeting. In Uganda, we provide interest-based advertising based on a limited number of standard, non-sensitive health-related interest categories, including allergies, arthritis, cholesterol, cold and flu, diabetes, gastrointestinal health, headache / migraine, healthy eating, healthy heart, men’s health, oral health, osteoporosis, skin health, sleep, and vision / eye care. We will also target ads based on custom, nonsensitive health-related interest categories as requested by advertisers.

Children and Advertising. We do not deliver interest-based advertising to children whose birthdate in their UNACU documents identifies them as under 13 years of age.

Data Retention. For interest-based advertising, we retain data for no more than 13 months, unless we obtain your consent to retain the data longer.

Data Sharing. In some cases, we share with advertisers reports about the data we have collected on their sites or ads.

Data Collected by Other Advertising Companies. Advertisers sometimes within their advertisements that we display, enabling them to set. Additionally, UNACU partners with third-party ad companies to help provide some of our advertising services, and we also allow other third-party ad companies to display advertisements on our sites.

Reasons We Share Personal Data

We share your personal data with your consent or as necessary to complete any transaction or provide any product you have requested or authorized. For example, we share your content with third parties when you tell us to do so.

In addition, we share personal data among UNACU -controlled affiliates and subsidiaries. We also share personal data with vendors or agents working on our behalf for the purposes described in this statement. For example, companies we've hired to provide member service support or assist in protecting and securing our systems and services may need access to personal data to provide those functions. In such cases, these companies must abide by our data privacy and security requirements and are not allowed to use personal data they receive from us for any other purpose. We may also disclose personal data as part of a corporate transaction such as a merger or sale of assets.

Finally, we will access, transfer, disclose, and preserve personal data, including your content, when we have a good faith belief that doing so is necessary to:

1. comply with applicable law or respond to valid legal process, including from law enforcement or other government agencies;
2. protect our members, for example to prevent spam or attempts to defraud members of our services, or to help prevent the loss of life or serious injury of anyone;
3. operate and maintain the security of our services, including to prevent or stop an attack on our computer systems or networks; or
4. protect the rights or property of UNACU, including enforcing the terms governing the use of the services - however, if we receive information indicating that someone is using our services to traffic in stolen intellectual or physical property of UNACU, we will not inspect a member's private content ourselves, but we may refer the matter to law enforcement.

How to Access & Control Your Personal Data

You can view, edit, or remove your personal data for many UNACU services. You can also make choices about UNACU's collection and use of your data. How you can access or control your personal data will depend on which services you use.

If you cannot access certain personal data collected by UNACU via the links above or directly through the UNACU services you use, you can always contact UNACU. We will respond to requests to access or remove your personal data within 30 days.

Your Communications Preferences

You can choose whether you wish to receive promotional communications from UNACU by email, SMS, physical mail, and telephone. If you receive promotional email or SMS messages from us and would like to opt out, you can do so by following the directions in that message.

Your Advertising Choices

You may opt out of receiving interest-based advertising from UNACU by signing our opt-out form.

Because the data used for interest-based advertising is also used for other necessary purposes (including providing our services, analytics and fraud detection), opting out of interest-based advertising does not stop that data from being collected. Nor does it mean you will stop getting ads or see fewer ads. However, if you do opt out, the ads you receive will no longer be interest based and may be less relevant to your interests.

Notice to End Members

Many UNACU services are intended for use by organizations and are administered to you by your organization. Your use of UNACU services may be subject to your organization's policies, if any. If your organization is administering your use of the UNACU services, please direct your privacy inquiries to your administrator. When you use social events of such services, other members in your network may see some of your activity. To learn more about the social events and other functionality, please review documentation or help content specific to the UNACU services. UNACU is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of our members, which may differ from those set forth in this privacy statement.

UNACU membership

With a UNACU membership, you can sign into UNACU services, as well as those of select UNACU partners. When you create your own UNACU membership.

Creating and using your UNACU membership.

When you create a UNACU membership, you will be asked for certain personal data and we will assign a unique ID number to identify your membership and associated information. While some services, such as those involving payment, require a real name, you can sign into and use some UNACU services without providing your real name. Some data you provide, such as your display name, email address and phone number, can be used to help others find and connect with you within UNACU services. For example, people who know your display name, email address or phone number can use it to search for you and send you an invite to connect with them. Note that if you use a work or school email address to create a personal UNACU membership, and your employer or school that issued that address begins managing that membership, you will need to update the email address associated with your UNACU membership in order to continue accessing UNACU services.

Signing up. When you sign into your UNACU membership, we create a record of your sign-up, which includes the date and time, information about the you signed into, your sign-in name, the unique number assigned to your membership, a unique identifier assigned to your device, your Location, and your operating system and browser version.

Signing into UNACU. Signing into your membership enables improved personalization, provides seamless and consistent experiences across services and devices, permits you to access and use cloud data storage, allows you to make payments using payment instruments stored in your UNACU membership, and enables other enhanced events and settings. When you sign into your membership, you will stay signed in until you sign out. If you add your UNACU membership to a Windows device (version 8 or higher), Windows will automatically sign you into services that use UNACU membership that you access on that device. When you are signed in, some services will display your name or username and your profile photo (if you have added one to your profile) as part of your use of UNACU services, including in your communications, social interactions and public posts.

Signing into third-party services. If you sign into a third-party service with your UNACU membership, you will be asked to consent to share the membership data required by that product. The third party will also receive the version number assigned to your membership (a new version number is assigned each time you change your sign-up data); and whether your membership has been deactivated. If you have consented to share your profile data, the third party may display your name or username and your passport photo (if you have added one to your profile) when you are signed up to that third-party service. If you chose to make payments to third-party merchants using your UNACU membership, UNACU will pass to the third-party information stored in your UNACU membership necessary to process your payment and fulfill your order. The third party can use or share the data it receives when you sign in or make a purchase according to its own practices and policies. You should carefully review the privacy statement for each product you sign up to and each merchant you purchase from to determine how it will use the data it collects.

UNACU memberships received from third parties. If you received your UNACU membership from a third party, like an Internet service provider, that third party may have rights over your membership, including the ability to access or remove your UNACU membership.

You should carefully review any additional terms the third party provided you to understand what it can do with your membership.

Using institution or school memberships. If your employer or school when is a member to issue and manage the membership it provides you, you can use your work or school membership to sign up for UNACU services required. If required by your organization, you will also be asked to provide a phone number or an alternative email address for additional security verification. If you sign into UNACU services with a work or school membership, the owner of the domain associated with your email address may control and administer your membership, and access and process your data, including the contents of your communications and files. Your use of the services may be subject to your organization's policies, if any. UNACU is not responsible for the privacy or security practices of these organizations, which may differ from those of UNACU. If your organization is administering your use of UNACU services, please direct your privacy inquiries to your administrator.

Other Important Privacy Information

Below you will find additional privacy information you may find important.

Security of Personal Data

UNACU is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems that have limited access and are in controlled facilities. When we transmit highly confidential data over the Internet, we protect it through the use of encryption.

Where We Store and Process Personal Data

Personal data collected by UNACU may be stored and processed in your region, in Uganda or in any other country where UNACU or its affiliates, subsidiaries or service providers maintain facilities. UNACU maintains major data centers in Uganda. Typically, the primary storage location is in the member’s region or Uganda, often with a backup to a data center in another region. The storage location(s) are chosen in order to operate efficiently, to improve performance, and to create redundancies in order to protect the data in the event of an outage or other problem. We take steps to ensure that the data we collect under this privacy statement is processed according to the provisions of this statement and the requirements of applicable law wherever the data is located.

We transfer personal data from Uganda to other countries, some of which have not been determined to have an adequate level of data protection. When we do, we use a variety of legal mechanisms, including contracts, to help ensure your rights and protections travel with your data.

UNACU Professional Organisation Limited complies with Uganda and retention of personal information transferred from Uganda. UNACU Professional Organisation Limited has certified that it adheres to the Privacy Principles. If third-party agents process personal data on our behalf in a manner inconsistent with the principles of either Privacy framework, we remain liable unless we prove we are not responsible for the event giving rise to the damage. The controlled Uganda subsidiaries of UNACU Professional Organisation Limited, as identified in our self-certification submission, also adhere to the Privacy Principles.

If there is any conflict between the terms in this privacy policy and the Privacy Principles, the Privacy Principles shall govern.

Our Retention of Personal Data

UNACU retains personal data for as long as necessary to provide the services and fulfill the services you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as complying with our legal obligations, resolving disputes, and enforcing our agreements. Because these needs can vary for different data types in the context of different services, actual retention periods can vary significantly. The criteria used to determine the retention periods include:

How long is the personal data needed to provide the services and operate our UNACU? This includes such things as maintaining and improving the performance of those services, keeping our systems secure, and maintaining appropriate UNACU and financial records. This is the general rule that establishes the baseline for most data retention periods.

Do members provide, create, or maintain the data with the expectation we will retain it until they affirmatively remove it? Examples include a document you store with us. In such cases, we maintain the data until you actively remove it.

Is there an automated control, such as in the UNACU privacy, that enables the member to access and remove the personal data at any time? If there is not, a shortened data retention time will generally be adopted.

Is the personal data of a sensitive type? If so, a shortened retention time would generally be appropriate.

Has UNACU adopted and announced a specific retention period for a certain data type? we de-identify stored queries by removing the entirety of the Location after 6 months and other cross-session identifiers after 18 months.

Has the user provided consent for a longer retention period? If so, we will retain data in accordance with your consent.

Is UNACU subject to a legal, contractual, or similar obligation to retain the data? Examples can include mandatory data retention laws in the applicable jurisdiction, government orders to preserve data relevant to an investigation, or data that must be retained for the purposes of litigation.

Collection of Data from Children

When a UNACU services collects age, it will either block members under 16 or will ask them to provide consent from a parent or guardian before they can use it. We will not knowingly ask children under 16 to provide more data than is necessary to provide the product.

Once parental consent is granted, the child's membership is treated much like any other membership. The child may have access to communication services like email, instant messaging and online message boards and may be able to communicate freely with other members of all ages.

Parents can change or revoke the consent choices previously made, and review, edit or request the deletion of their children's personal data.

Preview or Free of Charge Releases

UNACU offers preview, insider, beta or other free-of-charge services and events ("previews") to enable you to evaluate them while providing feedback, including performance and usage data, to UNACU. As a result, previews can automatically collect additional data, provide fewer controls, and otherwise employ different privacy and security measures than those typically present in our services. If you participate in previews, we may contact you about your feedback or your interest in continuing to use the product after general release.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We will update this privacy statement when necessary to reflect member feedback and changes in our services. When we post changes to this statement, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the statement and describe the changes in the Change History page. If there are material changes to the statement or in how UNACU will use your personal data, we will notify you either by prominently posting a notice of such changes before they take effect or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to periodically review this privacy statement to learn how UNACU is protecting your information.

How to Contact Us

If you have a technical or support question, please send us an email to mitpauganda@gmail.com or +256(0)756589757 to learn more about UNACU Support offerings.

Unless otherwise stated, UNACU is a data controller for personal data we collect through the services subject to this statement.