Privacy policy

We are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy is designed to help you understand how amphealth.org (“the website”) collects information about you when you visit the website and how it uses and discloses that information. This privacy policy applies to data that personally identifies you (“personal information”) that is collected on the website. Your use of the website constitutes your agreement to this privacy policy.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy, please contact: info@amphealth.org  

What information do we collect about you?

When you visit the website, you may provide us with two types of information:

1.     personally identifiable information that you knowingly choose to disclose, which is collected on an individual basis, and

2.     general user information that does not contain personally identifiable information, which is collected on an aggregate basis as you browse the website.

Personally identifiable information you choose to provide:

We may ask for certain personal information from you for the purpose of providing to you content that you request and for the purpose of future communications. For example, if you indicate an interest in receiving our newsletter, you are asked to submit your email address, which we retain on file for as long as necessary, so that we may send you the information that you requested. We also request your name and email address each time you contact us by filling in the contact form. We may retain a record of users who have contacted us in order to respond properly to questions or concerns and for purposes of future communications. We may also request your name, title and email address each time you download a report so that we can send you related information or communications in the future.

Contact form: By filling in the contact form with their information, you authorise us to use these details to reply to requests for information or any other kind of request as indicated by the contents of the form. Personal data collected: company name, country, email address, first name and last name.

Mailing List or Newsletter: By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, your email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning this application. Personal data collected: email address, first name and last name.

Reports: By clicking to download a report on the website and filling in the contact form with your data, you authorise us to use these details to reply to requests for information, or any other kind of request as indicated by the form. You may also opt-in to be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning the report downloaded. Personal data collected: name, job title and email address.

Non-personally identifiable information we collect

Cookies / web server logs: The website uses standard technology commonly called “cookies” and web server logs to collect information about how the website is used. Cookies are a feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognise the computer used to access a website. Cookies are small pieces of data that are stored by a user’s web browser on the user’s hard drive. Information gathered through cookies and web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent at the website, and the websites visited just before and just after our website. This information is collected on an aggregate basis. None of this information is associated with you as an individual.

You can disable cookies on your computer by indicating this in the preferences or options menus in your browser. However, it is possible that some parts of our website will not operate correctly if you disable cookies.

Third Party Services: We may use services hosted by third parties, such as Google Analytics, to assist in providing our services and to help us understand how the website is used. These services may collect information sent by a browser as part of a web page request, including IP addresses or cookies. If these third party services collect information, they do so anonymously and in the aggregate to provide information helpful to us such as website trends, without identifying individual visitors.

Google Analytics (Google Inc.) Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”). Google uses the data collected to track and examine the use of this service, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services. Google may use the data collected to contextualise and personalise the advertisements of its own advertising network. Personal data collected: cookies and usage data.

Google Tag Manager (Google Inc.) Google Tag Manager is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. Personal Data collected: Cookies and Usage data.

How do we use the information we collect?

We use your personally identifiable information to provide you with the information or content that you have requested, and, in some cases, to contact you about our programmes or reports. If you no longer wish to receive press releases, newsletters, or any other type of information from us, you may send us an email through our content form; or follow the “unsubscribe” link provided in the email that you receive.

We use non-identifying information collected on the website in the aggregate to better understand your use of the website and to enhance your enjoyment and experience. For example, we may use the information to improve the design and content of the website or to analyse the programs and services that we offer.

We may employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. Our employees, agents and contractors who have access to personally identifiable information are required to protect the information in a manner that is consistent with this privacy policy.

We may provide access to your personally identifiable information when legally required to do so, to cooperate with police investigations or other legal proceedings, to protect against misuse or unauthorised use of the website, to limit our legal liability and protect our rights, or to protect the rights and safety of visitors to the website or the public. In those instances, the information is provided only for that limited purpose.

We will not share your personally identifiable information in ways unrelated to those described above without providing you with an opportunity to opt-out of such use or otherwise prohibit such unrelated uses.

Accessing and/or modifying your information

If you visit the website and volunteer personally identifiable information, you may modify, update or request that we delete this information by filling out the contact form or sending an e-mail to infor@amphealth.org.  You should be aware, however, that it is not always possible to completely remove or modify information in our databases.

Data Security: We take reasonable steps (including physical, technical and organisational measures) to maintain the security of the personally identifiable information that we collect and to protect it against accidental, unlawful, or unauthorised destruction, loss, alteration, disclosure, or access, whether it is processed in your local jurisdiction, the United States or elsewhere. However, no data transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Accordingly, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information that you transmit to us, so you do so at your own risk.

Links: The website contains links to third-party sites as well as to other sites owned and/or operated by AMP Health. Please be aware that AMP Health is not responsible for the privacy practices of any third-party sites.

For users in the EEA, UK and Switzerland

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (“EEA”), the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the following information applies.

Purposes of processing and legal basis for processing personal information: As explained above, we process personal information in various ways depending upon your use of the website. We process personal information on the following legal bases: (1) with your consent; (2) as necessary to perform our agreements; and (3) as necessary for our legitimate interests in providing services where those interests do not override your fundamental rights and freedom related to data privacy.

Transfers: Personal information we collect may be transferred to, and stored and processed in, the United States, South Africa, or any other country in which we or our affiliates, partners, or service providers maintain facilities. We will take appropriate steps to make sure that such recipients act in accordance with applicable law. To the extent that we transfer personal information to recipients which are located outside the European Union or the EEA, including the United Kingdom, we will provide an adequate level of protection of personal information, including appropriate technical and organisational security measures and through the implementation of appropriate contractual measures to secure such transfer, in compliance with applicable law.

Individual Rights: If you are a resident of the EEA, United Kingdom or Switzerland, you are entitled to the following rights. Please note: In order to verify your identity, we may require you to provide us with personal information prior to accessing any records containing information about you.

•       The right to access. You have the right to obtain information about our processing of personal data and a copy of your personal data that we store.

•       The right to rectify your data. You have the right to request that we update your personal data if it is inaccurate or incomplete.

•       The right to request data erasure. You have the right to have your personal information erased from our files if the data is no longer necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, you withdraw consent and no other legal basis for processing exists, or you believe your fundamental rights to data privacy and protection outweigh our legitimate interest in continuing the processing.

•       The right to restrict or object to our processing. You have the right to restrict or object to our processing if we are processing your data based on legitimate interests or the performance of a task in the public interest as an exercise of official authority (including profiling); using your data for direct marketing (including profiling); or processing your data for purposes of scientific or historical research and statistics.

•       The right to lodge a complaint. You have the right to lodge a complaint about our data collection and processing actions with your data protection authority.

Retention

We will retain your personal information no longer than is necessary to carry out the purposes listed in this privacy policy or that is required by law.

Use of the Site by Children

We comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of the United States and similar laws around the world where applicable. Our Site is not specifically targeted to children, we do not actively solicit information from children, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children without proper parental consent. If you believe that we may have collected personal information from someone under the applicable age of consent without parental consent, please email info@amphealth.org and we will promptly address the issue.

Information collected under “careers”

When you provide information in response to career opportunities posted on the website, we use that information to evaluate your candidacy for employment and to track and evaluate our hiring practices generally. We may disclose your information to recruiters and other third parties who help us review applicants. When uploading a submitting a curriculum vitae, please do not provide us with sensitive information such as identity numbers, social security numbers, dates of birth, health and financial information.

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This privacy policy was updated on 10 March, 2022.