Privacy policy
Welcome to the official website of Joshua Phoho Setipa, candidate for Secretary-General of the Commonwealth. Protecting the privacy and security of our visitors’ information is a top priority for us.
This privacy policy details how we collect, use, store, and protect the personal information of our visitors. It applies to personal data collected through our website.
Information collection and use
We collect information from you when you visit our site and fill out a form. The types of personal information we may collect include:
- Name
- Contact information including phone number and email address
This information is used to understand your needs and provide you with a better service, and specifically for the following reasons:
- Internal record keeping.
- Improving our services.
- Responding to your inquiries or requests.
- Tailoring the website to your interests.
- Information Sharing.
We do not sell, trade, or transfer your personal information to direct marketing companies or external parties.
What is Personal Data?
Personal data, or personal information, means any information about an individual from which that person can be identified. It does not include data where the identity has been removed (anonymous data).
We may collect, use, and store different kinds of personal data about you which we have grouped together as follows:
- Identity Data includes first name, maiden name, last name.
- Contact Data includes email address and telephone number.
We do not collect any Special Categories of Personal Data about you (this includes details about your race or ethnicity, religious or philosophical beliefs, sex life, sexual orientation, political opinions, trade union membership, information about your health, and genetic and biometric data). Nor do we collect any information about criminal convictions and offences.
How we use your Personal Data
We will only use your personal data when the law allows us to. Most commonly, we will use your personal data in the following circumstances:
- Where it is necessary for our legitimate interests (or those of a third party) and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
- Where we need to comply with a legal obligation.
Your rights
Under certain circumstances, you have rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data. These include:
- Request access to your personal data (commonly known as a “data subject access request”).
This enables you to receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you and to check that we are lawfully processing it.
- Request correction of the personal data that we hold about you.
This enables you to have any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you corrected.
- Request erasure of your personal data.
This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it.
Data Retention
We will only store your personal information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes we collected it for, including the purposes of satisfying any legal, or reporting requirements.
Data security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. We have implemented suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure.
Cookie Policy
We may use cookies and/or similar technologies to analyse customer behaviour, administer our website, track users’ movements, and to collect information about users. You can choose to set your web browser to refuse cookies or alert you when cookies are being sent. If you do so, some parts of the site may not function as intended.
Information about our use of cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and also allows us to improve our site. By continuing to browse the site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
We use the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website, for example, to save your cookie preference.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Links to other websites
Our site may include links to other websites of interest. However, once you use these links to leave our site, please note that we do not control these other websites. We are not responsible for the protection of any information you provide while visiting such sites, as they are not governed by this privacy policy.
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our website’s privacy policy.
Changes to our privacy policy
We reserve the right to update or change our privacy policy at any time. Any changes will be posted on this page. This policy was last updated on 29 March 2024.
Contact Us
If you have questions or concerns about this privacy policy or our data handling practices, please contact us at info@setipa.com