Privacy Policy

Osogbo Progressive Union, USA Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how your personal information is collected, used, and shared when you visit or make a purchase from www.opu-usa.org (the “Site”).

PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

When you visit the Site, we automatically collect certain information about your device, including information about your web browser, IP address, time zone, and some of the cookies that are installed on your device. Additionally, as you browse the Site, we collect information about the individual web pages or products that you view, what websites or search terms referred you to the Site, and information about how you interact with the Site. We refer to this automatically-collected information as “Device Information.”

We collect Device Information using the following technologies:

• “Cookies” are data files that are placed on your device or computer and often include an anonymous unique identifier. For more information about cookies, and how to disable cookies, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
• “Log files” track actions occurring on the Site, and collect data including your IP address, browser type, Internet service provider, referring/exit pages, and date/time stamps.
• “Web beacons,” “tags,” and “pixels” are electronic files used to record information about how you browse the Site.

Additionally, when you make a payment or attempt to make a payment through the Site via Paypal, we collect certain information from you, including your name, billing address, payment information (including credit card numbers, email address, and phone number). 

When we talk about “Personal Information” in this Privacy Policy, we are talking about both Device Information and payment Information.

HOW DO WE USE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION?

We use the payment Information that we collect generally to fulfill any payment made through the Site (including processing your payment information, and providing you with invoices and/or order payment confirmations).  Additionally, we use this payment Information to:

• communicate with you;
• screen our payments for potential risk or fraud;
• and when in line with the preferences you have shared with us, provide you with information or advertising relating to our organization.

We use the Device Information that we collect to help us screen for potential risk and fraud (in particular, your IP address), and more generally to improve and optimize our Site (for example, by generating analytics about how our members and public browse and interact with the Site, and to assess the success of our publicity and advertising campaigns if any.

SHARING YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

We share your Personal Information with third parties to help us use your Personal Information, as described above.  We might deploy Google Analytics to help us understand how our members and general public use the Site–you can read more about how Google uses your Personal Information here:  https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.  You can also opt-out of Google Analytics here:  https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Finally, we may also share your Personal Information to comply with applicable laws and regulations, to respond to a subpoena, search warrant or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.

DO NOT TRACK

Please note that we do not alter our Site’s data collection and use practices when we see a Do Not Track signal from your browser.

YOUR RIGHTS

If you are a European or African resident, you have the right to access personal information we hold about you and to ask that your personal information be corrected, updated, or deleted. If you would like to exercise this right, please contact us through the contact information below.

Additionally, if you are an European resident, we note that we are processing your information in payment to fulfill contracts we might have with you (for example if you make a payment/donation through the Site), or otherwise to pursue our legitimate business interests listed above.  Additionally, please note that your information will be transferred outside of Europe, including to Canada and the United States.

DATA RETENTION

When you make a payment/donation through the Site, we will maintain your payment Information for our records unless and until you ask us to delete this information.

MINORS

The Site is not intended for individuals under the age of eighteen (18)

CHANGES

We may update this privacy policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to our practices or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons.

CONTACT US

For more information about our privacy practices, if you have questions, or if you would like to make a complaint, please contact us by e-mail at admin@opuusa.org or by mail using the details provided below:

  P O Box 768146, Roswell, GA 30076.