1. Overview: Privacy Statement

This statement explains how Smile Givers International uses the personal information we collect from you when you visit the website www.smilegivers.ngo. It explains how we comply with the standards of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). By accessing or using Our Service, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

2. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you:

• Personal Data: Data about a living individual who can be identified from those data.
• Usage Data: Data collected automatically, generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself.
• Cookies: Small files stored on your device.

We use the collected data to provide and maintain our Service, notify you about changes, provide customer support, and gather analysis to improve our Service.

3. Your Rights Over Your Personal Data

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA) or California, you have certain data protection rights. Your rights include:

• The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
• The right of rectification: To have your information rectified if it is inaccurate.
• The right to object & restriction: To object to or restrict our processing of your Personal Data.
• The right to data portability: To be provided with a copy of the information we have on you.
• The right to withdraw consent: At any time where SGI relied on your consent.

4. Retention of Personal Data

SGI will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

5. Transfer of Personal Data

If you use a debit or credit card to make a donation or purchase, your personal data will be processed by a payment processing partner that may require some of your personal data to be transferred outside of the EEA including in the USA. We only use payment processing partners that have appropriate standards and safeguards in place.

6. Disclosure of Your Personal Data

SGI may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

• Comply with a legal obligation.
• Protect and defend the rights or property of SGI.
• Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service.
• Protect the personal safety of users or the public.

7. Use of Cookies

Our website uses cookies to provide you with a seamless experience and improve our services. We use cookies to enable donations, analyze site usage, and customize content. You can adjust your browser settings to reject cookies if desired.

8. Security of Your Personal Data

We strive to implement and maintain reasonable, commercially acceptable security procedures and practices. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure; while we strive to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

9. Children’s Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 16. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 16 without verification of parental consent.

10. Links to Other Websites

Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.

11. 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 and update the "Effective Date" at the top.