NWA Nature & Wildlife Foundation (“we” or “us” or “our”) respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our HEC Alert by NWA mobile application and the backend hec.naturewildlifeassoc.org (collectively, the “Site”). Please read this privacy policy carefully.
If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the site.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification.
You are encouraged to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be deemed to have been made aware of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Privacy Policy by your continued use of the Site after the date such revised Privacy Policy is posted.
We track elephant observations, NOT people, but we do collect a minimum level of information about you to make the system work in a variety of ways. The information we collect about you collect on the Site includes:
Personally identifiable information we collect:
The information above you voluntarily give to us when you register with the Site or our mobile application, such as posting elephant observations and viewing observations in your vicinity. You are under no obligation to provide us with personal information of any kind, but refusal to provide us with your location will prevent you from receiving elephant warnings and send us observations. We do NOT store your previous locations, so updating your location will effectively delete your previous location.
IF YOU WANT TO DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA you can proceed to: Login to Request Data Deletion
No questions asked! If you want to use the system after the data request you must change Privacy Mode to OFF to re-enable sending observations. Updating with correct naming details is not required to use the system.
We do not collect any other data other described above, except on web and mobile application failures our error tracking information will automatically follow information when the error occurs: your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access time, and the pages you have viewed directly before the error occurred. If you are using our mobile application, this information may also include your device name and type, your operating system, your country, and other interactions with the application and other users via server log files, as well as any other information you choose to provide.
The Site and our mobile application request access your Google basic account information limited to name, email and avatar that are only visible to the NWA elephant management, not displayed publicly. For more information regarding Google permissions, refer to the Google Permissions Reference page.
The Site and our mobile application request access your Apple basic account information limited to name, email and avatar that are only visible to the NWA elephant management, not displayed publicly. For more information regarding Apple permissions, refer to the Apple Permissions Reference page.
Device information, such as your mobile device ID, model, and manufacturer, and information about the location of your device, if you access the Site from a mobile device for error tracking purposes only.
If you connect using our mobile application:
Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the Site or our mobile application to:
We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:
If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation. This includes exchanging information with other entities for fraud protection and credit risk reduction.
Sentry - We send error reports and profiling data to Sentry.com. For ease of fixing errors we do collect email and IP address on error reports. More information can be found here: https://sentry.io/about/
WE DO NOT USE YOUR PERSONAL DATA FOR MARKETING PURPOSES!
When posting observations in the Site and our mobile application, those users may see your username
When you post contributions or other content to the Site or our mobile applications, your posts may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside the Site and our mobile application in perpetuity, but with all personal information redacted, only the elephant observation is distributed.
We do NOT share your personal information, but we may share your submitted ELEPHANT OBSERVATIONS with our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include our parent company and any subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that we control or that are under common control with us.
We may share your submitted ELEPHANT OBSERVATIONS with our business partners to gain Elephant Human Conflict knowledge
If we reorganize or sell all or a portion of our assets, undergo a merger, or are acquired by another entity, we may transfer your information to the successor entity. If we go out of business or enter bankruptcy, your information would be an asset transferred or acquired by a third party. You acknowledge that such transfers may occur and that the transferee may decline honor commitments we made in this Privacy Policy.
We are not responsible for the actions of third parties with whom you share personal or sensitive data, and we have no authority to manage or control third-party solicitations. If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
We do not use or partner with selected third-party vendors, such as Google Analytics, and others, to allow tracking technologies and remarketing services on the Site and our mobile application through the use of first party cookies and third-party cookies, to, among other things, analyze and track users’ use of the Site and our mobile application, determine the popularity of certain content and better understand online activity. However, if you do not want any information to be collected and used by tracking technologies, you can visit the third-party vendor or the Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out Tool or Digital Advertising Alliance Opt-Out Tool.
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 16. If you become aware of any data we have collected from children under age 16, please contact us using the contact information provided below.
You may at any time review or change the information in your account or terminate your account by:
Upon your request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, some information may be retained in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with any investigations, enforce our Terms of Use and/or comply with legal requirements.
You may request a data deletion of your private data by continue to NWA HEC Alert webpage by using: Login to Request Data Deletion
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from us, you may opt out by:
If you no longer wish to receive correspondence, emails, or other communications from third parties, you are responsible for contacting the third party directly.
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: