PRIVACY POLICY

This notice describes how we use your personal information.

This Privacy Notice last changed on July 23, 2019.
We are MISS AFRICA WORLD INC and we respect your privacy.

Your personal information is collected by MISS AFRICA WORLD INC [and its affiliates] (“we”/”us”/”our”).

Contact details are as follows:

MISS AFRICA WORLD INC
8383 Wilshire Blvd Beverly Hills California 90211

If you have questions, please contact the Privacy Counsel, at: info@missafricaworld.org

Please note: that when information is shared with a third party, it is also necessary to explain the legitimate interests relied on by the third party, when that is the relevant legal basis for processing .If you would like to have more information about our legitimate interests to process your personal data, please contact us as set out below.We will also receive information about you (including your personal information) if you use any other websites or apps operated or other services provided by us or our group companies. In this case, that information will be shared within the group and combined with information collected on this website. We will also receive and display information and content which you make publically available on your social media accounts.

Some information is processed because you’ve given your consent to that (where consent is required). You can withdraw your consent at any time (in your account preferences or settings) or by contacting info@missafricaworld.org

Sources of data

Your personal information is either (a) provided by you (e.g. via our website / platform / App /social media pages); (b) obtained from third parties (such as other entities in our group; (c) obtained from publicly available sources (e.g. the Internet, Companies House).In particular, data may be obtained from the following third parties: galleries, social networks, payment processing companies, data brokers, ticketing companies, Google Adwords, Linkedin, Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, display partners, social networks, 3rd party site plugins.

Legal and Other Requirements

In some cases we need to collect or retain personal information for legal reasons.

Some of the personal information we request is required to provide the services and if it is not provided, we may not be able to provide the relevant products and services to you or provide information you have requested from us. If the personal information is needed to participate in an activity on our website, you may not be able to do so if you do not provide that personal information to us.

In other cases, for example, when we request your personal data to send you marketing and promotional communications or to personalise your experience with our services, the lack of such information will mean it is impossible to send you these communications or to personalise your experience, but it will not have any consequence to the primary purpose of the data collection (to provide the services).

Your personal information may also be processed if it is necessary on reasonable request by a law enforcement or regulatory authority, body or agency, or in order to investigate, prevent or take action regarding suspected illegal activities or fraud, to enforce or apply our Terms of Use and other agreements, , to protect the rights, property or safety of group companies, customers, clients and others or in the defence of legal claims. We will not delete personal information if relevant to an investigation or a dispute or until applicable law allows for it to be deleted. It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved and it can be lawfully deleted.

How long we keep your information

We generally keep information as needed to provide services and to deal with legal claims.

We will keep your information for as long as it is reasonably necessary and to deal with claims. It will depend on factors such as whether you’ve got an account with us, have interacted with recent offers or have attended our recent events. We will also retain your information as necessary to comply with legal, accounting or reporting requirements.We will also retain a copy of your contact details if you object or opt-out of receiving direct marketing communications from us. We will add your details to our suppression list to ensure you do not receive any future marketing communications from us. Also, we will not delete personal data if relevant to an investigation or a dispute. It will continue to be stored until those issues are fully resolved.

Information we share

There are certain circumstances where we transfer your personal data to employees, contractors and to other parties.

We share information about you with other members of our group of companies so we can provide the best service across our group. They are required to keep and use your information in accordance with this Privacy Notice.

We will: share aggregated, anonymised or other de-identified data with advertisers, advertising networks and social networks that require the data to select and serve relevant adverts to you and others. We will also use aggregate information to help advertisers reach the kind of audience they want to target.

Make use of the personal information we have collected from you to help our advertisers display their advertisements to a target audience and to present our promotional messages to you including using Facebook Custom Audience. This means you will be presented with advertisements that are more relevant to you as a result of the personal information we hold about youmake use of the personal information we have collected from you to help our advertisers display their advertisements to a target audience and to present our promotional messages to you including using Facebook Custom Audience. This means you will be presented with advertisements that are more relevant to you as a result of the personal information we hold about you.

We share your information with certain contractors or service providers. They may process your personal data for us, for example, if we use a marketing agency. Other service providers include advertising agencies, IT suppliers, database providers, backup and disaster recovery specialists, email providers and outsourced call centres. Our suppliers and service providers will be required to meet our standards on processing information and security. The information we provide them, including your information, will only be provided in connection with the performance of their function. They will not be permitted to use your information for any purposes other than those outlined in this Privacy Notice.

Your personal information may be transferred to other third party organisations in certain scenarios:

If we discuss selling or transferring part or all of our business the information may be transferred to prospective purchasers under suitable terms as to confidentiality;
if we are reorganised or sold, information may be transferred to a buyer who can continue to provide services to you;
if we’re required to by law, or under any regulatory code or practice we follow, or if we are asked by any public or regulatory authority for example the Police;
if we are defending a legal claim your information may be transferred as required in connection with defending such claim

Your personal data may be shared if it is made anonymous and aggregated, as in such circumstances the information will cease to be personal data.

Your rights

You have certain rights in relation to your information. The availability of these rights and the ways in which you can use them are set out below in more detail.

Some of these rights will only apply in certain circumstances. If you would like to exercise, or discuss, any of these rights, please contact us via email.

Access: you are entitled to ask us if we are processing your information and, if we are, you can request access to your personal information. This enables you to receive a copy of the personal information we hold about you and certain other information about it.

Correction: you are entitled to request that any incomplete or inaccurate personal information we hold about you is corrected.

Erasure: you are entitled to ask us to delete or remove personal information in certain circumstances. There are also certain exceptions where we may refuse a request for erasure, for example, where the personal data is required for compliance with law or in connection with claims.

Restriction: you are entitled to ask us to suspend the processing of certain of your personal information about you, for example if you want us to establish its accuracy or the reason for processing it.

Transfer: you may request the transfer of certain of your personal information to another party.

Objection: where we are processing your personal information based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) you may challenge this. However, we may be entitled to continue processing your information based on our legitimate interests or where this is relevant to legal claims. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

Consent: where we are processing personal data with consent, you can withdraw your consent

Right to object

You have a right to object to us processing your information in certain circumstances.Objection: where we are processing your personal information based on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) you may challenge this. However, we may be entitled to continue processing your information based on our legitimate interests or where this is relevant to legal claims. You also have the right to object where we are processing your personal information for direct marketing purposes.

Direct Marketing

As described above, you can opt-out of receiving direct marketing from us at any time. We may use the information you give us on our website / App for direct marketing purposes to provide updates; newsletters; events; or other communications that we think may interest you. We will only do this with your consent (where required by law).You can opt-out of receiving direct marketing from us at any time. You can do this by changing your marketing preferences on your online accounts settings page, clicking on the “unsubscribe” link included at the end of any marketing email we send to you, or by contacting us.

Cookies and Similar Technology

We and our advertising agency partners use cookies and “web beacons” that identify your browser.

Cookies collect and store information when you visit our website including information about how you use it through which it is possible to monitor your use of the website, as well as provide you with a better service and experience when browsing the website and for analytics.Web beacons (also known as “single pixel GIFs”, “clear GIFs” or “tags”) are small graphic images that may be included on our website. Web beacons:allow us to optimise our products and services;provide us and third-party partners with analytics information, such as how many visitors our website receives; andare used by us in our email correspondence to determine whether you open them or take any further action.

We also work with other organisations to place our cookies and web beacons on their websites or in their advertisements. We do this to help us develop statistics on how often clicking on an advertisement on our websites results in a purchase or other interaction on the advertiser’s website.For more information about cookies and how we use them, please see our Cookie Notice.

Security

The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will take reasonable measures to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through our website and any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your personal information, we will use procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access.

Links to third party websites

Our website, newsletters, email updates and other communications may, from time to time, contain links to and from the websites of others including our partner networks, advertisers and other group companies and/or social networks as offered to you and supported by your browser.
The personal data that you provide through these websites is not subject to this privacy notice and the treatment of your personal data by such websites is not our responsibility. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy notices which will set out how your information is collected and processed when visiting those sites. For more information about the purpose and scope of data collection and processing in connection with social sharing features, please visit the privacy notices of entities through which you choose to share.

Children

We do not knowingly collect information from children or other persons who are under 18 years old. If you are under 18 years old, you may not submit any personal information to us or subscribe for the services. If you believe we might have any personal information from or about a person under the age of 18, please contact missafricaworld@hotmail.com