Privacy Policy

1. Introduction and Organization Information

Environmental Crew Initiative (“ECI,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or interact with our programs.

ECI is a registered indigenous Ugandan nongovernmental organization headquartered at Agago Town Council, Agago District, Northern Uganda.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide and improve our services:

• Personal Data: information you voluntarily provide, such as your name, email address, and phone number, when you donate, volunteer, pledge, or contact us.
• Communication Data: the content of messages you send us through our contact, volunteer, partnership, and pledge forms.
• Usage Data: basic technical information about how you interact with our website, such as pages visited.

3. How We Use Your Information

• To respond to inquiries and process volunteer, partnership, and donation-related requests.
• To coordinate program activities you have expressed interest in.
• To send updates about ECI’s work, where you have agreed to receive them.
• To improve this website and ECI’s programs.
• To comply with legal obligations under Ugandan law.

4. How Forms on This Website Work

Forms on this website (contact, volunteer, partnership, and pledge forms) are currently configured to send your submission directly to ECI’s email address via your own email client. ECI does not currently operate a database that stores form submissions automatically.

5. Data Retention

We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this Policy, including to comply with our legal and accountability obligations as a registered NGO.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, or request deletion of the information we hold about you, and to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us using the details below.

7. Children’s Privacy

Our services are not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can remove it.

8. Security Measures

We take reasonable steps to protect information shared with us. However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

10. Contact Information