Fondation l’Excellence de Dessalines Inc.
1. Introduction
The privacy of our visitors is of fundamental importance to us. This policy details how the Dessalines Excellence Foundation Inc. handles your personal information.
2. Collection of Personal Information
Types of information collected:
- First and last name
- Phone number
- Billing address
- IP address
Means of collection:
- Contact forms
- Registration forms
- Password reset forms
- Cookies
3. Use of your information
The personal information collected is used for:
Contractual purposes: To fulfill a contract or take steps at your request before entering into a contract.
Legal obligations: Compliance with legal obligations, particularly in terms of accounting and data protection.
Before disclosing information about a third party, you must obtain their prior consent.
4. Disclosure of Your Information
We may disclose your personal information:
Internally:
- To our employees, officers, insurers, professional advisors, agents, suppliers, or subcontractors, to the extent necessary for the purposes set out in this policy
Legal obligations:
- When required by law
- In connection with legal proceedings
- To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights
- To any potential buyer of the business or assets
- To any competent authority when necessary
Unless otherwise specified, we do not share your personal information with third parties.
5. Data Retention
Personal information is only retained for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
Standard retention period: 2 years
We retain certain documents for longer when:
- Required by law
- Relevant to potential legal proceedings
- Necessary to establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights
Comments: Comments and metadata are retained indefinitely to facilitate automatic moderation.
User accounts: Profile data is stored for as long as the account is active. Users can view, edit, or delete their information at any time.
6. Information Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against:
- Loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Unauthorized access
Security measures:
- Storage on secure servers (protected by passwords and firewalls)
- Encryption of electronic financial transactions
- Restricted access to personal data
Important: Internet transmission is never completely secure. We cannot guarantee the absolute security of transmitted data.
You are responsible for the confidentiality of your password. We will never ask you for it by email.
7. Your Rights Regarding Your Data
If you have an account or have left comments, you can:
- Request a file containing all your personal data
- Request the deletion of your personal data
These requests do not apply to data retained for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Contact DPO: For any requests concerning your data:
- Via the website contact form
- By mail: Fondation l’Excellence de Dessalines Inc. – 11332 SW 73rd Lane, Miami, Florida 33173
8. Third-party websites
Our website contains links to third-party websites over which we have no control. We are not responsible for their privacy policies.
Embedded content (videos, images, articles) from other sites may collect data, use cookies, and track your interactions if you are logged into their services.
9. Cookies
Definition
A cookie is a file containing an identifier sent by a web server and stored by your browser. It can be “persistent” (kept until it expires) or “session” (deleted when you close your browser).
Use of cookies:
- Recognition of your computer
- Tracking your browsing on the site
- Operation of the shopping cart
- Improving the user experience
- Analysis of site usage
- Site administration
- Fraud prevention
- Enhanced security
- Content personalization
- Targeted advertising
10. Policy Changes
This policy may be updated by publishing a new version on our website. We encourage you to check this page regularly.
We may notify you of significant changes by email or through our internal messaging system.
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Contact: If you have any questions about these terms or our privacy policy, please contact us via our contact form or at the address above.