Privacy Policy

Taking care of your information and data is important for UNICEF.  This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use and store your personal information and what steps we take to protect your information.  

Please read our Privacy Policy carefully before using the Laaha website and refer back to it regularly to check for updates. Remember, by accessing and using this site, you agree to all provisions of this Privacy Policy.  

If you are under 16 years old, we encourage you to discuss your use and engagement on this site with your parents or guardian and make sure that they are agreeing to your sharing of information with us through this website.    

What Information Does UNICEF Collect About You on Laaha? 

This policy is in line with UNICEF Policy on Personal Data Protection. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data” means any information that enables us to identify an individual, directly or indirectly, by reference to an identifier such as name, identification number, location data, online identifier or one or more factors specific to the individual.  

Laaha has been designed to minimize the use of your personal data. Laaha does not collect ANY Personal information such as your name or email address. On Laaha, UNICEF collects the following information from its users:  

Information We Collect Automatically From Your Use of the Site 

When you use our site, we and our third-party service providers may collect non-identifying information about your device through automated means, such as cookies and web server logs. Cookies are small text files which identify your computer, phone, and other devices to our server. By using this site, you consent to the placement of cookies and similar technologies in your browser in accordance with this Privacy Policy.  

The information collected in this manner includes your IP address, network location, what browser you are using, device IDs and characteristics, operating system version, language preferences, referring URLs, and information about the usage of our site. 

We use this information, for example, to ensure that the site functions properly, to determine how many users have visited certain pages, or to prevent fraud. We use IP address information to derive your approximate location. We also work with analytics providers, such as Google Analytics which use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the site and report on activities and trends.  You can learn more about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.  

To explain how cookies work: When you visit a website, it may ask your web browser (like Chrome or Firefox) to store a small file called a cookie on your computer or device. This cookie contains information like your preferences, or what you've done on that website. 

Later, when you visit the same website again, your browser sends the cookie back to the website. The website can then use that information to remember your device and provide a more personalized experience. The table below identifies the cookies we may use on this site and explains the purposes for which they are used.  Please note that we may update the information contained in this table from time to time.  

If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers allow you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. You may also wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for more general information about cookies.  If, however, you do not accept our cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of this site. For example, you may not be able to submit content or comments on the site.   

User-Generated Content 

We collect any information that you provide to us when you write or comment or post on our forum or submit feedback. 

Communications 

If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you. For example, when you contact our Laaha Team, we may receive your name, email address, phone number, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. 

Legal 

We may use your Personal Information to enforce our Terms of Use, to defend our legal rights, and to comply with our legal obligations and internal policies.  

How Does Laaha uses your non identifying Information?

We disclose information that we collect through the site to third parties in the following circumstances: 

• To third-party service providers who provide services to us, such as website hosting, data analysis, information technology and related infrastructure provisions, analytics providers to deliver content targeted to your interests and to help us to better understand how you use our site, email delivery, and other services. We will never, however, sell your information to a third party.  

• To the UNICEF National Committee in your country to support local projects, initiatives and campaigns.  

We will only transfer your non identifying Information to trusted third parties who provide sufficient guarantees in respect of the technical and organizational security measures governing the processing to be carried out and who can demonstrate a commitment to compliance with those measures. We do not allow our third-party service providers to use your non identifying Information for their own purposes and only permit them to process it for specified purposes and in accordance with our instructions. 

Some of the third parties mentioned in this Privacy Policy may be located in countries outside your country of residence. Where we transfer your non identifying Information outside of your country, we take steps to ensure that your information is treated securely. You agree to us handling your information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy and that the obligations imposed by privacy laws in other countries may be less stringent than the requirements established by the privacy laws in your country.  Where we transfer your information internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your information is treated securely and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards. 

Controlling Your Information 

All users are able to delete cookies by adjusting their web browser settings.  

How long does Laaha keep your information?

We will only use and store information for so long as it is required for the purposes it was collected for and as specified in UNICEF’s retention policy. We use your non identifying Information as necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically and reasonably feasible to remove it.  

We also retain the right to store your non identifying Information with parties outside of UNICEF’s direct control, such as with the servers or databases of a third-party organization. Otherwise, we will seek to delete your non identifying Information within a reasonable timeframe upon your request. 

Security 

We use many reasonable measures – physical and electronic – to prevent your non identifyig Information against unauthorized access and disclosure. However, it is always a possibility that third parties may unlawfully intercept or access this data or private communications.  

So, although we work extremely hard to safeguard your non identifying Information, we cannot guarantee that your information or communications will always remain private.  

We also ask that you do your part to safeguard your Information. Select and protect your password appropriately. Limit access to your account and sign out of your account once you have finished using our site. Also, be careful about connecting to the Site using an insecure Wi-Fi. Public Wi-Fi, for example, is inherently insecure — so be cautious. 

Third Parties Websites 

Our site may contain links to other websites that are not covered by this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies only to the processing of your non identifying Information by UNICEF. It does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which the site links.  

The inclusion of a link on this site does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us or by UNICEF. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of data after you click on links to such outside websites. 

Notifications of changes to the Privacy Policy 

We review our security measures and our Privacy Policy and we may modify our policies as we deem appropriate. If we make changes to our privacy practices, we will post a notification to our site alerting that the Privacy Policy has been amended. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting them to our site. For this reason, we encourage you to check our Privacy Policy frequently.  The “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Your continued use of our site following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy. 

Contact Us 

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or Laaha please contact us at laaha@unicef.org.