Effective: May 5, 2024

We at Garaadsiin Consulting Limited (“Garaadsiin”, “we”, “our”, or “us”) are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This privacy policy describes how we collect, use, and disclose your personal information when you visit our website https://www.garaadsiin.com (the “Website”) and how we safeguard your privacy.

For purposes of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Information” means information that can be used to personally identify you, such as your name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, contact preferences, and similar information.

  1. PERSONAL INFORMATION WE COLLECT

We collect Personal Information relating to you as follows:

  • Name
  • Phone Number
  • Email Address
  • Usage Data: We may collect information about your activity on the Website, such as pages visited, the dates and times of access, user agent and version, type of computer or mobile device, and your computer connection. This may be collected through cookies and similar technologies.
  1. HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION

We collect Personal Information through various methods on the Website, including:

  • Directly from you: When you contact us through forms on the Website, you may provide us with your name, email address, phone number, and other information.
  • Automatically: We may use cookies and similar technologies to collect usage data and improve your experience. A “cookie” is a piece of information sent to your browser by a website you visit. You can set your browser to accept all cookies, to reject all cookies, or to notify you whenever a cookie is offered so that you can decide each time whether to accept it. However, refusing a cookie may in some cases preclude you from using, or negatively affect the display or function of, a website or certain areas or features of a website. For more details on cookies, please visit All About Cookies.
  1. HOW WE USE PERSONAL INFORMATION

We may use Personal Information for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your inquiries and requests;
  • To provide you with information about our services;
  • To send you marketing communications, such as email newsletters (you can opt-out at any time);
  • To develop new services and conduct research;
  • To improve the Website and your user experience; and
  • To comply with legal obligations and legal process and to protect our rights, privacy, safety, or property, and/or that of our affiliates, you, or other third parties.
  1. DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL INFORMATION

In certain circumstances we may provide your Personal Information to third parties without further notice to you, unless required by the law:

  • Vendors and Service Providers: To assist us in meeting business operations needs and to perform certain services and functions, we may provide Personal Information to vendors and service providers, including providers of hosting services, cloud services, and other information technology services providers, email communication software, and web analytics services, among others. Pursuant to our instructions, these parties will access, process, or store Personal Information only in the course of performing their duties to us.
  • Legal Requirements: We may share your Personal Information, including information about your interaction with our Website, with government authorities, industry peers, or other third parties (i) if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, (ii) to protect and defend our rights or property, (iii) if we determine, in our sole discretion, that there is a violation of our terms, policies, or the law; (iv) to detect or prevent fraud or other illegal activity; (v) to protect the safety, security, and integrity of our products, employees, or users, or the public, or (vi) to protect against legal liability.
  1. YOUR RIGHTS

Depending on location, individuals may have certain statutory rights in relation to their Personal Information. For example, you may have the right to:

  • Access your Personal Information and information relating to how it is processed.
  • Delete your Personal Information from our records.
  • Rectify or update your Personal Information.
  • Transfer your Personal Information to a third party (right to data portability).
  • Restrict how we process your Personal Information.
  • Withdraw your consent—where we rely on consent as the legal basis for processing at any time.
  • Object to how we process your Personal Information.
  • Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

You can exercise some of these rights by contacting us at info@garaadsiin.com

  1. LEGAL BASIS FOR PROCESSING

Our legal bases for processing your Personal Information include:

  • Your Consent: when we ask for your consent to process your Personal Information for a specific purpose that we communicate to you. You have the right to withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Contract: We may need to process your Personal Information to fulfill a contract with you.
  • Legitimate Interests: We may process your Personal Information for our legitimate interests, such as improving the Website and sending you marketing communications, provided that these interests do not override your rights and freedoms.
  • Compliance with Our Legal Obligations: When we use your Personal Information to comply with applicable law.
  1. SECURITY AND RETENTION

Transmissions over the Internet are never 100% secure or error-free. However, we take reasonable steps to protect your Personal Information from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy unless a longer retention period is required by law.

  1. CHILDREN

Garaadsiin understands the importance of protecting children’s privacy, particularly in their online interactions. This Website is not designed for and does not intentionally target or solicit children 18 years of age and younger.

  1. CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post an updated version on this page, unless another type of notice is required by applicable law. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how we are protecting your information.

  1. HOW TO CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns not already addressed in this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

 

Garaadsiin Consulting Limited

Mogadishu, Somalia

privacy@garaadsiin.com

+252619333143