Privacy Policy

Terms and Conditions of Use

1. Parties

This  Agreement (the “Agreement”) between THE YCDP and YOU (the “user or visitor of this website”) who agrees to be bound by this Agreement, states the terms and conditions that govern the use of this website. By using this website, YOU accept the terms of this agreement and accept to be bound by Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service which YOU can read at this URL https://policies.google.com/ or wherever it would be moved to.

2. Who we are

In this policy, THE YCDP Ireland, THE YCDP Canada and THE YCDP Togo (referred to as “THE YCDP” or the “Entities”) refers to the nonprofit organization as registered in their respective country as it follows.

THE YCDP Ireland is the registered short common name of  THE YOUTH CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE IRELAND (THE YCDP IRELAND) Company Limited by Guarantee, registered with the CRO under the number 728808 in the Republic of Ireland. It has its registered office in Dublin.

THE YCDP Canada is a federal non-for-profit corporation registered with Corporation Canada under the number 1410907-4 in Canada. His registered office is situated in British Columbia.

THE YCDP Togo is the English version name of CJDP a nonprofit organization registered under the number 0687 with Ministère de l’Administration Territoriale, de la Décentralisation et du Développement des Territoires (Ministry of Territorial Administration, Decentralization and Development of Territories). It has its Office in Hedzranawoe, P/Golfe 2.

Our website address is: https://www.theycdp.org. This website address is a community website URL according to the agreement between the Entities, where events occurring in the life of THE YCDP are shared with the public and the stakeholders.

3. Comments

[When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, it may happen that the website also collects the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection] Deprecated.

[An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment] Deprecated in the cuurent version 6.0 of the website.

4. Contact Form, Newsletter and Donation

When visitors send message or subscribe to newsletter on the site we doesn’t collect the data in the contact form and don’t store the data on this website, instead the data is sent to third-parties website or to our organisational accounts that enable the messaging or newsletter services to operate or that enable us to deliver the requested services. Same for donation, the donation buttons send you to the authorized website were you can donate safely.

5. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Currently you cannot upload any media on this website.

6. Cookies

If you leave a comment, leave your information or sign in to a services on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment or information. These cookies will last for one year.

7. Embedded contents and services from other websites

(a) Embedded Content from other websites:

Articles, pages and buttons on this website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, codes etc.). Embedded contents from other websites behave in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other websites. Donation button content redirects you to other website.

(b) Service from other websites:

This website use Google ReCaptcha to protect you and secure interactions with our website.

(c) These websites (a) and (b) may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with our website and with that embedded contents, including tracking your interaction with the embedded contents and our website if you have an account and are logged in to these websites.

8. Who we share your data with

When you send a message through the contact form, subscribe to our Newsletter or click the donation buttons, your data are sent to our organisational accounts or to third-parties website that provide or enable the services to operate or that enable us to deliver the requested services.

9. How long we retain your data

[If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue] Deprecated. For the contact form we retain your data. For the newsletter, we retain your data unless you unsubscribe. Third-parties may retain your data according to their own terms and conditions of use.

10. What rights you have over your data

Currently we don’t collect any of your data apart from the data you sent to us via the contact forms which are kept by our organisational accounts services including email services or other third-party newsletter provider if any. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you on our providers website as far as it is possible. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

11. Where your data is sent

Your interactions with our website and your messages may be checked through an automated spam detection services and/or safety services.

12. Applicable law

For any legal affairs arisen regarding THE YCDP and its website, the matters will be dealt with under the law and regulations of the country where THE YCDP is registered.

Version 1.0 of December 11th, 2022.

Updated on December 20, 2022: added clarity and details to article 7.

Updated on May 17, 2023: minor grammar corrections.

Update on June 7, 2023. Important updates following the migration from the website version 5.0 to the current version 6.0. Every useless information is mentioned as deprecated.