Albanian-American Development Foundation (hereinafter referred to as “AADF” “us” “we” or “our”) is committed to respecting your privacy and to complying with all applicable data protection and privacy laws.
The objective of this policy is to inform you how we handle your personal data. Our goal is to protect the personal information you provide us whenever you contact us, visit or use our AADF Scholarship Program (“AADF Scholarship”) website. By visiting or using this website, you agree to these policies and practices.
AADF may amend or update this Privacy Policy in the future. Any amendment to our Privacy Policy will become effective upon its publication on AADF Scholarship website.
We collect and process personal data from individuals only as necessary in the exercise of AADF’s legitimate interests, functions and responsibilities as a private, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Trustees, whose mission is to facilitate the development of a sustainable private sector economy and a democratic society in Albania.
When visiting our website, the browser automatically transmits data that is saved in a log file. AADF itself processes only the data that is technically required in order to display the website correctly and to ensure its stability and security. We only process data as follows: IP address, Page you visited on the website, how long you stayed on a specific Page.
We also may collect information about your online activity on our website. This statistical and analytical information is collected on an aggregate and non-individual specific basis of all browsers who visit the website, unless you choose to provide to us your individual information. No personal data shall be collected by AADF without visitors’ consent. One of our goals in collecting the above information is to help us monitor traffic on the website so that we can manage the website’s capacity and efficiency, for security purposes as well as to customize your user experience. This type of non-personal information and data can be collected through the standard operation for Internet servers and logs, and other technical mechanisms.
When users of our website contact us for a relevant request, personal data provided through the following options are processed for purpose of being able to contact or respond the enquiry:
Website contact form (full name, e-mail, phone);
Email;
Phone;
Letter.
AADF will store and process such personal data only to the extent necessary for contacting the user and processing his/her request.
For accessing other online services through our website, such as application for scholarship, it is necessary to enter personal data for further processing. In case of an application for scholarship, the corresponding data privacy policy shall apply.
AADF will not collect or keep your personal data unless it is necessary for the purpose(s) outlined above, nor will we keep your personal data for longer than is necessary.
Where you have created an account, which you may access through a password you have chosen, to access certain parts of this website, you are responsible for keeping this password safe and confidential. You must not share a password with anyone.
Protection of secrecy and confidentiality of your personal data is of crucial importance to AADF. For this reason, we have implemented the necessary organizational, technical and physical security procedures to protect the personal data you provide to us. Only authorized employees are permitted to access personal information, and they may do so only for permitted functions as explained to you above. We use encryption when transmitting your sensitive personal information between your system and ours, and we employ firewalls and intrusion detection systems to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your information.
We do not and will not, at any time, request your login name or password in an insecure or unsolicited e-mail or telephone communication. We will only call or e-mail you in response to your inquiry or application.
AADF does not give, sell or disclose your personal information to any third parties for purposes or services you have not requested or for marketing purposes without your consent. For online services we provide on our Website, the corresponding data privacy policies shall apply for that respective service.
We may share statistical aggregate or anonymous information (such as the number of visitors of our website etc.) with third parties. This information does not contain any personal information and is used to develop and improve AADF Scholarship website and its content.
We reserve the right to share your personal data with other companies and organizations in response to any claims or legal proceedings to establish or exercise our legal rights, to defend against any claims or as may be otherwise required by the law, as well as for the purposes of fraud protection.
Your rights in relation to your personal data provided to us include but are not limited to the following:
You may exercise these rights at any time by sending a written request to AADF at the address: Kubi A17, Piramida e Tiranës, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit, Tirana, Albania. If you make a request, we have 30 days to respond to you. This period may be extended by 60 (sixty) further days where necessary, taking into account the complexity and number of the requests. We will inform you of any such extension within 30 days of receipt of the request, together with the reasons for the delay.
We will retain your data for as long as is necessary to fulfil the purposes for which it was collected for, as well as to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, except for personal data collected and processed under other online services, for which the respective policies apply. Thereafter, your personal data identifying you shall be automatically deleted or anonymized.
Cookies are small data files that a website can use in order to recognize visitors who revisit a website, for example by assigning a unique number to the visitor, so as to facilitate their ongoing access to and use of the website.
We use cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:
Keeping you signed in, when applicable;
Understanding how you use our website;
Understanding where you access the website from;
AADF Scholarship website uses only necessary and preference cookies which are essential for providing necessary website functionality, improve your experience and analyze our traffic.
You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as well.
For further information, visit our Cookies Policy [http://aadfscholarship.org/cookies-policy/]
If any part of our website links you to other websites, those websites do not operate under this Privacy Policy. We recommend you examine the privacy statements posted on those other websites to understand their procedures for collecting, using, and disclosing personal information.
AADF is member of several third-party community and social networks. It manages a presence on their platforms and our website contains links to these networks. These companies also process personal data, and you should check their privacy policies before sharing personal information:
Twitter;
Facebook;
LinkedIn;
Instagram;
YouTube.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please e-mail us at [info@aadfscholarship.org] or write to us at the address: [Kubi A17, Piramida e Tiranës, Bulevardi Dëshmorët e Kombit, Tirana, Albania].
