AdvocatesConnect, Uganda Privacy Policy
Effective Date: January 06, 2025
Who we are
We Are AdvocatesConnect, Uganda – a central listing directory of legal practitioners in the Republic of Uganda, as from time to time verified by the state regulatory body, the Secretariat of the Law Council, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs. AdvocatesConnect, Uganda (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal data collected from users of our website, https://www.advocates-connect.com (the “Website”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal data obtained through our Website’s contact forms.
In This Section, we advise as to the nature of personal data we collect and why we collect it.
1. Types of Personal Data Collected
When you submit a contact form on our Website, we collect the following personal data:
– Your name
– Email address
– Phone number
– Comments, Messages or inquiries
1.1. Name and Contact Information (Email and Phone Number) – Collectively known as personally identifiable information (PII):
We collect PII to:
– Respond to your inquiries and provide assistance
– Communicate with you about our services and events
– Improve our Website and services
1.1.(i). Media
If and when you upload images to this website, we advise that you avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to this website, can download and extract any location data from images on this and any affiliated websites.
1.2. Comments, Messages, or Inquiries:
Essentially, when visitors leave comments on this website and any such affiliated sites, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
2. Disclosure of Personal Data
We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with third-party organizations for their marketing purposes. However, we may disclose your personal data to:
– Our employees, agents, or contractors who require access to process your inquiry
– Third-party service providers (e.g., email marketing platforms) to facilitate communication
– Law enforcement agencies or regulatory bodies, as required by law.
3. Data Protection and Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction. These measures include:
– Encryption of data in transit and at rest
– Secure servers and data centers
– Access controls and authentication mechanisms
– Regular security audits and testing
4. Data Retention
To the extent permitted by law, AdvocatesConnect, Uganda retains your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes pertaining to the purpose for its collection. We may also retain your data for a longer period if required by law or to resolve disputes.
5. Cookies
If and when you leave a comment on our sites you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. Cookies enabled on this and affiliated websites, are only expected to last for one year.
If and when you have an account and you log in to this website, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. Our cookies have a 24hour lifeline after which, they expire.
6. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in much the same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website. In such cases, your access to such resources is subject to these third party websites’ terms of use and privacy policies.
7. Your Rights:
You have the right to:
– Request access to your personal data
– Correct or update your personal data
– Request deletion of your personal data
– Object to or restrict processing of your personal data
– Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority (e.g., National Information Technology Authority, Uganda)
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy:
We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time. Changes will be effective immediately upon posting on our Website. Your continued use of our Website after the effective date of the revised Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of the changes.
9. Contact Us:
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our handling of your personal data, please contact us at:
[email protected]
+256.700516832
Annex 2, Plot 62 Salaama Road, Makindye,
P.O. Box 36505,
Kampala, Uganda.
By submitting a contact form on our Website, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.