
Uwezo Microfinance (“we," “us," or “our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, uwezomicrofinance.com, and use our services. Please read this policy carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
Information We Collect
1. Personal Information
We may collect personal information that you provide to us directly, such as:
Name
Address
Email address
Phone number
Financial information
Identification documents
2. Non-Personal Information
We may also collect non-personal information about you automatically when you visit our website, such as:
IP address
Browser type
Operating system
Access times
Pages viewed
The website you visited before navigating to our site
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect in the following ways:
To provide, operate, and maintain our website and services
To process and manage your loan applications and accounts
To communicate with you, including responding to your inquiries and providing customer support
To send you promotional information, such as newsletters, offers, and updates
To improve our website and services through analysis and feedback
To comply with legal obligations and protect our rights and interests
How We Share Your Information
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
With Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers who perform services on our behalf, such as payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, and marketing.
With Affiliates: We may share your information with our affiliates, in which case we will require them to honor this Privacy Policy.
For Legal Reasons: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.
Cookies and Tracking Technologies
We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our website and hold certain information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our website.
Data Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure. However, no internet or email transmission is ever fully secure or error-free. Therefore, you should take special care in deciding what information you send to us in this way.
Your Data Protection Rights
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:
Access: You have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you.
Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any inaccuracies in your personal data.
Erasure: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data under certain conditions.
Restriction: You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Objection: You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data under certain conditions.
Data Portability: You have the right to request that we transfer the data we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy