Privacy Policy
Catholic TT Connect ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to respecting and protecting your privacy and to comply with applicable data protection and privacy laws. This Privacy Policy applies to information collected in connection with your access to and use of our Services and explains how your personal information is collected, used, protected and disclosed by Catholic TT Connect.
This Privacy Policy applies to our website, https://catholicttconnect.org, and its associated subdomains (collectively, our "Service"). You acknowledge that by accessing or using our Service, and providing your information to Catholic TT Connect, you consent to the processing of your data in accordance this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service. You also acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agreed to our collection, storage, use, and disclosure of your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.
This Privacy Policy complies with the Trinidad and Tobago Data Protection Act, 2011, and covers all our Services.
Definitions and key terms
To help explain things as clearly as possible in this Privacy Policy, every time any of these terms are referenced, are strictly defined as:
· Cookie: Small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify your browser, provide analytics, remember information about you such as your language preference or login information.
· Company: When this policy mentions "Company," "we," "us," or "our," it refers to Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain, 27 Maraval Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago that is responsible for your information under this Privacy Policy.
· Country: Where Catholic TT Connect or the owners/founders of Catholic TT Connect are based, in this case is Trinidad and Tobago.
· Donor: Refers to the company, organization or person that signs up to use the Catholic TT Connect Service
· Device: Any internet connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer or any other device that can be used to visit Catholic TT Connect and use the services.
· IP address: Every device connected to the Internet is assigned a number known as an Internet protocol (IP) address. These numbers are usually assigned in geographic blocks. An IP address can often be used to identify the location from which a device is connecting to the Internet.
· Personnel: Refers to those individuals who are employed by Catholic TT Connect or are under contract to perform a service on behalf of one of the parties.
· Personal Data: any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information including a personal identification number - allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.
· Data controller: Any entity who determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data, alone or jointly. As a general rule, every organization is a controller for its own data.
· Data processor: Any entity who processes data on behalf of a data controller.
· Service: refers to the service provided by Catholic TT Connect as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this platform.
· Third-party service: refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
· Website: Catholic TT Connect's site, which can be accessed via this URL: https://catholicttconnect.org.
· You: a person or entity that is registered with Catholic TT Connect to use the Services.
What Information Do We Collect?We collect information from you when you visit our service, register, make a donation, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
Types of Information Collected
The types of information the Catholic TT Connect may collect include, but not limited to:
• Contact information:Name / Username
• Phone Numbers
• Email Addresses
• Mailing Addresses
• Password
• * BIR Number
How Do We Use The Information We Collect?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
• To process transactions
o When you donate on www.catholicttconnect.org, as part of the transaction process, we collect the personal information you give us such as your name, address, phone number and email address. When you browse our site, we also automatically receive your computer’s internet protocol (IP) address in donation to provide us with information that helps us learn about your browser and operating system.
• To prepare Documentation
o When you complete a Deed of Covenant (DoC) form on www.catholicttconnect.org, the data collected is used to prepare the DoC legal documents required by the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, as well as to identify the various benefactors and related donation values.
• To send periodic emails, administer campaigns, promotions, surveys or other site features.
o Email marketing (if applicable): With your permission, we may send you emails about our store, new products and other updates.
Do we share the information we collect with third parties?
We engage trusted third-party service providers, such as cloud hosting services and customer support centers, to perform functions and provide services to us. to perform functions and provide services to us, such as hosting and maintaining our servers and our service, database storage and management, e-mail management, storage marketing, credit card processing, donor service and fulfilling donations for products and services you may donate through our service. We will likely share your personal information, and possibly some non-personal information, with these third parties to enable them to perform these services for us and for you.
We may share portions of our log file data, including IP addresses, for analytics purposes with third parties such as web analytics partners, application developers, and ad networks. If your IP address is shared, it may be used to estimate general location and other technographics such as connection speed, whether you have visited the service in a shared location, and type of device used to visit the service.
We may also disclose personal and non-personal information about you to government or law enforcement officials or private parties as we, in our sole discretion, believe necessary or appropriate in donation to respond to claims, legal process (including subpoenas), to protect our rights and interests or those of a third party, the safety of the public or any person, to prevent or stop any illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity, or to otherwise comply with applicable court donations, laws, rules and regulations.
Where and when is information collected from donors and end users?
We will collect personal information that you submit to us.
How Do We Use Your Email Address?
By submitting your email address on our service, you agree to receive emails from us. You can cancel your participation in any of these email lists at any time by clicking on the opt-out link or other unsubscribe option that is included in the respective email. We only send emails to people who have authorized us to contact them, either directly, or through a third party. We do not send unsolicited commercial emails, because we hate spam as much as you do. Email addresses submitted only through the donation processing page will be used for the sole purpose of sending you information and updates pertaining to your donation. If, however, you have provided the same email to us through another method, we may use it for any of the purposes stated in this Policy. Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, click on the opt-out link or other unsubscribe option that is included at the bottom of the email.
Could my information be transferred to other countries?
We are incorporated in Trinidad and Tobago. Information collected via our website, through direct interactions with you, or from use of our help services may be transferred from time to time to our offices or personnel, or to third parties, located throughout the world, and may be viewed and hosted anywhere in the world, including countries that may not have laws of general applicability regulating the use and transfer of such data. To the fullest extent allowed by applicable law, by using any of the above, you voluntarily consent to the transfer and hosting of such information.
Is the information collected through our service secure?
We take precautions to protect the security of your information. We have physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to help safeguard, prevent unauthorized access, maintain data security, and correctly use your information. However, neither people nor security systems are foolproof, including encryption systems. In addition, people can commit intentional crimes, make mistakes or fail to follow policies. Therefore, while we use all reasonable efforts to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. If applicable law imposes any non-disclaimable duty to protect your personal information, you agree that intentional misconduct will be the standards used to measure our compliance with that duty.
Can I update or correct my information?
Users/Donors may update or correct their information if required. Donors also have the right (see section on GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) compliance) to request the restriction of certain uses, deletion and disclosures of personally identifiable information as follows.
You can contact us in order to request action on any of the rights identified in GDPR such as updates, corrections, changes and deletions will have no effect on other information that we maintain, or information that we have provided to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy prior to such update, correction, change or deletion. To protect your privacy and security, we may take reasonable steps (such as requesting a unique password) to verify your identity before granting you profile access or making corrections. You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times.
You should be aware that it is not technologically possible to remove each and every record of the information you have provided to us from our system. The need to back up our systems to protect information from inadvertent loss means that a copy of your information may exist in a non-erasable form that will be difficult or impossible for us to locate. Promptly after receiving your request, all personal information stored in databases we actively use, and other readily searchable media will be updated, corrected, changed or deleted, as appropriate, as soon as and to the extent reasonably and technically practicable. If you are an end user and wish to update, delete, or receive any information we have about you, you may do so by contacting the organization of which you are a donor.
Personnel
If you are one of our workers or applicants, we collect information you voluntarily provide to us. We use the information collected for Human Resources purposes in donation, to administer benefits to workers and screen applicants. You may contact us in donation to (1) update or correct your information, (2) change your preferences with respect to communications and other information you receive from us, or (3) receive a record of the information we have relating to you. Such updates, corrections, changes and deletions will have no effect on other information that we maintain, or information that we have provided to third parties in accordance with this Privacy Policy prior to such update, correction, change or deletion.
Affiliates
We may disclose information (including personal information) about you to our Corporate Affiliates. For purposes of this Privacy Policy, "Corporate Affiliate" means any person or entity which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by or is under common control with us, whether by ownership or otherwise. Any information relating to you that we provide to our Corporate Affiliates will be treated by those Corporate Affiliates in accordance with the terms of this Privacy Policy
How Long Do We Keep Your Information?
We keep your information only so long as we need it to provide service to you and fulfill the purposes described in this policy. This is also the case for anyone that we share your information with and who carries out services on our behalf. When we no longer need to use your information and there is no need for us to keep it to comply with our legal or regulatory obligations, we'll either remove it from our systems or depersonalize it so that we can't identify you.
How Do We Protect Your Information?
We take reasonable measures, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect your personal information when you make a donation or enter, submit, or access your personal information. We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Payment gateway providers database only to be accessible by those authorized with special access rights to such systems and are required to keep the information confidential. After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) is never kept on file. We cannot, however, ensure or warrant the absolute security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that your information on the Service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered, or destroyed by a breach of any of our physical, technical, or managerial safeguards.
Governing Law
The laws of Trinidad and Tobago, excluding its conflicts of law rules, shall govern this Agreement and your use of our service. Your use of our service may also be subject to other local, state, national, or international laws.
Your Consent
By using our service, registering an account, or making a donation, you consent to this Privacy Policy
Links to Other Websites
This Privacy Policy applies only to the Services. The Services may contain links to other websites not operated or controlled by us. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or opinions expressed in such websites, and such websites are not investigated, monitored or checked for accuracy or completeness by us. Please remember that when you use a link to go from the Services to another website, our Privacy Policy is no longer in effect. Your browsing and interaction on any other website, including those that have a link on our platform, is subject to that website's own rules and policies. Such third parties may use their own cookies or other methods to collect information about you.
Cookies
We use "Cookies" to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. A Cookie is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser. We use cookies to personalize the Content that you see on our website. Most web browsers can be set to disable the use of cookies. However, if you disable Cookies, you may not be able to access functionality on our website correctly or at all. We never place Personally Identifiable Information in Cookies.
Payment Details
In respect to any credit card or other payment processing details you have provided us, we commit that this confidential information is not stored on our servers and only encrypted token will be used by the payment gateway to identify you in any future transactions.
Changes To Our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change or amend our privacy policy, those changes will be posted on this page, and/or update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
Third-Party Services
We may display, include or make available third-party content (including data, information, applications and other products services) or provide links to third-party websites or services ("Third-Party Services"). You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be responsible for any Third-Party Services, including their accuracy, completeness, timeliness, validity, copyright compliance, legality, decency, quality or any other aspect thereof. We do not assume and shall not have any liability or responsibility to you or any other person or entity for any Third-Party Services. Third-Party Services and links thereto are provided solely as a convenience to you and you access and use them entirely at your own risk and subject to such third parties' terms and conditions.
Tracking Technologies
· Cookies
We use Cookies to enhance the performance and functionality of our service but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality like videos may become unavailable or you would be required to enter your login details every time you visit our service as we would not be able to remember that you had logged in previously.
· Sessions
We also use "Sessions" to identify the areas of our website that you have visited. A Session is a small piece of data stored on your computer or mobile device by your web browser.
Information about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We may be collecting and using information from you if you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), and in this section of our Privacy Policy we are going to explain exactly how and why this data is collected, and how we maintain this data under protection from being replicated or used in the wrong way.
What is GDPR?
GDPR is an EU-wide privacy and data protection law that regulates how EU residents' data is collected, processed and protected by companies and enhances the control the EU residents have, over their personal data .
What is personal data?
Any data that relates to an identifiable or identified individual. GDPR covers a broad spectrum of information that could be used on its own, or in combination with other pieces of information, to identify a person. Personal data extends beyond a person's name or email address. Some examples include financial information, political opinions, genetic data, biometric data, IP addresses, physical address, sexual orientation, and ethnicity. The Data Protection Principles include requirements such as:
• Personal data collected must be processed in a fair, legal, and transparent way and should only be used in a way that a person would reasonably expect.
• Personal data should only be collected to fulfil a specific purpose and it should only be used for that purpose. Organizations must specify why they need the personal data when they collect it.
• Personal data should be held no longer than necessary to fulfil its purpose.
• People covered by the GDPR have the right to access their own personal data. They can also request a copy of their data, and that their data be updated, deleted, restricted, or moved to another organization.
Why is GDPR important?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is a European Union regulation on information privacy in the European Union and the European Economic Area. The GDPR adds some new requirements regarding how companies should protect individuals' personal data that they collect and process. It also raises the stakes for compliance by increasing enforcement and imposing greater fines for breach. Beyond these facts it's simply the right thing to do. At Catholic TT Connect we strongly believe that your data privacy is very important, and we already have solid security and privacy practices in place that go beyond the requirements of this new regulation.
Individual Data Subject's Rights - Data Access, Portability and Deletion
We are committed to helping our donors meet the data subject rights requirements of GDPR.
1. Right to Access - Individuals have the right to know what and how their personal data is being processed, in full transparency.
2. Right to Rectification - Individuals have the right to obtain correction or completion of their personal data;
3. Right to Erasure - Individuals have the right to obtain deletion of their personal data for legitimate reasons (consent withdrawn, no longer necessary for the purpose, etc.);
4. Right to Restriction - Individuals can request that the controller stops processing their personal data, if they do not want or cannot request full deletion;
5. Right to Object - Individuals have the right to object to certain processing of their personal data at any time, for example for direct marketing purposes;
6. Data Portability - Individuals have the right to request that personal data held by a controller be provided to them, or to another controller.
We do store all conversation and personal data for up to 6 years unless your account is deleted. In which case, we dispose of all data in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy once the request does not conflict with existing legislative requirements for document retention and record keeping. If a conflict does arise, any requested actions will be executed after the legislative requirement has been fulfilled.
We do not sell the Personal Information of our users.
Contact Us
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.
• Via Email: Appeal@catholictt.org
• Via Phone Number: 868 622 2691
• Via this Link: https://catholicttconnect.org/contactus
• Via this Address: 27 Maraval Road, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago