PRIVACY POLICY

This privacy policy is specific to SADAKA network online platform presented at the website www.sadakanetwork.com (the “website / web site”) and/or by accessing Services online and/or offline through your mobile device and/or other distribution channels that SADAKA network may from time to time operate (the “platform”) and supersedes any other privacy policy appearing elsewhere.

By using this Website, you are agreeing to the practices set out in this statement.

USERNAME & PASSWORD 
Where you have registered on the SADAKA network Website and have been provided with a username and password, you agree not to make available your username and/or password to anyone. If there has been a disclosure of your username and/or password, you agree and require to notify us (through Contact Us) promptly of such disclosure so that we can take appropriate security measures and provide you with a new username and password.  

REGISTRATION & SIGN UP & EXPOSURE TO DATA

If you are a  leader and/or institution and/or any other entity appearing at SADAKA network platform under section such as but not limited to;  Ambassador, Media, Partners (considered by SADAKA network as “Content Provider/s” and/or “Entity”) who will be registered to the system by a SADAKA network representative and/or you are a user who signs up to any of SADAKA network services only to receive content (mainly via SMS and/or email), and/or you are a user who is registered to SADAKA network services as a member and/or follower, you may only use the material and/or data presented and/or sent to you by SADAKA network for non-commercial use.   

As a user who register as a member/follower to any of the entities presented under SADAKA network platform (such as but not limited to; Ambassador, Media, Partners) the phone number (for local users) and the email (for international users) provided by you at the registration process will be used by SADAKA network system to recognize you and grant you access and/or information and/or any other as part of the services provided to user/s by SADAKA network platform.

You may not: 
1. remove and/or alter any means of identification and/or disclaimers as they appear in the material sent to you; 
2. systematically make printed and/or electronic copies of multiple extracts of the material-content for any purpose except as permitted by law and/or as authorised by SADAKA network in writing; 
3. display and/or distribute any part of the material-content on any electronic network, including without limitation the Internet and the World Wide Web; 
4. permit anyone to access and/or use the material-content;
5. use all or any part of the material-content for any commercial use.

Any material, data, information and/or any other, that was collected and/or provided and/or presented by SADAKA network in any way and/or in any form shall be and remain the sole property of SADAKA network.

SADAKA network, in order to protect the users and/or any other entity using SADAKA network services, shall decide on its sole desecration if and what information/data to provide and to which entity.

Some information/data is prohibited to be provided by SADAKA network to any entity due to restriction of regulations and/or agreements that SADAKA network is obligated to.

In some cases, SADAKA network will make such information available indirectly via SADAKA network system. 

Should any Content Provider, Entity, User and/or any other decide to stop using SADAKA network services and/or to cooperate with SADAKA network directly then such entity will not be able to use that material, data, information and/or any other in any way and/or in any form.

PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED ON THIS WEBSITE

We at SADAKA network do not collect personal information about you, unless you provide us that information voluntarily (mainly online).

Examples of when we collect personal information include when a user chooses to support one of the SADAKA network Charity initiatives and/or buying an item and/or anything sells online, user registration, when a user adds their name to one of our mailing lists etc.

SADAKA network may use information collected through its services and website for research and development purposes. However, such usage will not include any personally identifiable information in such research or analysis. We only use your information for its intended purposes.

In no case, will we sell, rent, license or provide that information to any third party unless; a) the purpose that you provided your personal information is to be transferred to a third party as part of the service and/or product that you have chosen; b) you as a user register under and/or in relation to a certain leader and/or institution where in this case they will be entitled to your information; c) we are required to do so by judicial, legal or other regulatory proceedings.

If you wish to change personal information that is out of date, inaccurate or incomplete at any time please Contact Us.

If you wish to have your personal information deleted, please let us know and we will delete that information wherever practicable. 
We may refuse your request to access, amend or delete your personal information in certain circumstances.

MORE SPECIFIC USE OF YOUR PROVIDED INFORMATION

SADAKA network will mainly use and disclose your personal information as follows:

• To establish and maintain your involvement and connectivity with your leader and/or institution and/or any other entity;
• To provide information in regarding to the product/s and/or service/s you have requested from SADAKA network;
• To answer your inquiry;
• To keep you informed of any events, developments, product/s, service/s and/or promotions;
• To transfer to a third parties as part of the service/s and/or product/s that you have requested;

SIGN UP, REGISTRATION AND ONLINE PURCHASE

On certain parts of SADAKA network website (mainly during registration, support contribution of Charity, giving donation, online orders for products and/or services), users are required to provide contact information (such as names, phone number and e-mail addresses) and in some cases  unique identifiers (such as username and passwords).

The contact information may also be used to contact the user when necessary.

Unique identifiers (such as username and passwords) are collected for our record.

Account information submitted by users may be used to verify and protect users' identity when they are conducting online activity through our website.

SADAKA network may use the contact information to distribute SADAKA network related information.   

You may Contact Us at any time through the website to stop receiving any specific communication.

COMMUNICATION WITH USER AND/OR THIRD PARTY VIA SMS

Once a user provides his contact information, the user approves and accepts the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and grants authorization to SADAKA network to send him SMS and/or email messages at any given time (day, night, weekend, public holidays and at any other) to any of the contact information provided.

The messages sent shall mainly be: a) Content and/or information and/or data as part of the service that the user has requested; b) Messages that the User is entitled to, due to any of his actions such as contribution- support to any of the initiatives presented under the platform ; c) Informative messages regarding the User and/or SADAKA network.

If a User provides third party contact details, they understand that by doing so the information and/or data as part of SADAKA network services will be sent to this third party, it shall be the User’s sole responsibility to notify the third party and get his/her approval to do so prior to providing the third party contact details as part of SADAKA network services.

As required in certain situations, in some of the times a preliminary message will be sent to the User, this informative message will contain the following:

• The Identity of the sender.
• The purpose.
• Explanation of the opt-out option to reject further communication.
• An ability to approve or reject the receipt of current message content.

The User will have the ability to approve or reject the receipt of the current message content by pressing ACCEPT or DECLINE.

(By pressing ACCEPT the User approves that he/she agrees to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use).

In the case that a user or any other third party is entitled to a certain benefit (such as content messages and/or any other) and the addressee has DECLINED the receipt of that benefit, there will be no refund and/or transfer of that benefit to any other addressee.

SADAKA network can make exceptions upon receiving such a request from the User. 

At any time, the User can view the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use by sending an SMS message according to the instructions indicated in the preliminary message that the user should receive (prior to agreeing to accept the content of the message).

The addressee will have the ability to stop the communication by sending a message with the word “STOP” to the number indicated in the preliminary message that he/she should receive once requesting and/or they are entitled to SADAKA network information and/or data to be send to them.  

Or you may Contact Us at any time through the website to stop receiving any specific communication.   

USE OF COOKIES AND SCRIPTS

SADAKA network websites collect aggregated and anonymous site-visitation statistics using cookies and scripts. We do this in order to improve content and services offered to our website visitors and to ensure that our website users have the best possible online experience.

Our cookies do not contain any personal identifying information.

When a user visits our website, a cookie is placed on the visitor’s computer, if the user has visited the website previously, the cookie is read.

Most Web browsers automatically accept cookies but the user can change this setting through their browser to prevent that.

MAINLY COLLECT BY OUR WEBSITE THROUGH COOKIES AND SCRIPTS:

• The total number of visitors/users to our website
• The pages visited
• How long visitors/users remained on the site
• The domain name and IP address from which visitors/users are connecting
• Shopping cart information for visitors using our online store
• Web browser type and version, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape

Addition information collected through server and/or browser and/or side scripting: types of browsers, available plug-ins, platforms (Windows, Macintosh, etc.), connection speeds, monitor resolutions etc.

EMAIL AND IP ADDRESS
SADAKA network uses your e-mail address and IP address to help diagnose problems with our server and to administer our website. Your IP address provides information about how you and other users navigate through and use our site. Your IP address may also be used to gather broad demographic information, such as your physical location.

An IP address that is collected on our site becomes the property of SADAKA network and we does not sell, market or distribute these addresses to any other organizations and will not use it for purposes other than indicated in this policy.

HYPERLINKS TO OTHER SITES

SADAKA network provide links to other websites and/or any other online platforms not owned, controlled or affiliated with SADAKA network website.  We are not responsible for the privacy practices and/or material provided by these other websites/platforms.

It is up to you to take precautions to ensure that whatever you select for your use is free of such items as viruses, worms, Trojans and other items of a destructive nature.

INTERNET SECURITY

SADAKA network strives to protect your personal information; however, we urge you to take every precaution to protect your personal data when you are on the Internet.

Change your passwords often and use a combination of letters, numbers and special characters.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

SADAKA network may occasionally, at its own discretion, update this privacy policy statement.

We recommend that visitors and/or users and/or content provider/s should revisit this page periodically to learn of any changes to our privacy policy and practices.

For any additional information about our Privacy Policy you may Contact Us.

COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 
All Content is Protected by Copyright & Intellectual Property Rights Laws.

SADAKA network and/or our register content provider/s (only of their owned, directly posted material) are the owners of all intellectual property rights in the Website.

The Website and the materials-content on it and/or as part of it, such as but not limited to; Images, text, software, documentation, electronic text and/or image files, audio and/or video clips, illustration, and/or any other materials are protected by copyright laws, intellectual property laws, trade mark laws, proprietary rights laws and may be covered by other restrictions as well.  

Subject to this Privacy Policy, all such rights are reserved and no materials-content may otherwise be copied, modified, published, broadcast and/or otherwise distributed without SADAKA network prior written permission.

SADAKA network expressly prohibits the copying of any protected materials on this website, except for the purposes of fair use as defined in the copyright laws and/or by SADAKA network in writhing.

DISCLAIMER  
SADAKA network makes no warranties and/or representations of any kind concerning the accuracy and/or suitability of the information contained on the Website and/or at any other location for any purpose.

SADAKA network provides a platform to allow entities to communicate, all such information is provided "as is" and with a specific disclaimer of any warranties of merchant ability, fitness for purpose, title and/or non-infringement.

SADAKA network makes no warranties or representations of any kind that the services provided by this Website (and/or in any other way) will be uninterrupted, error-free or that the Website and/or the server that hosts the Website are free from viruses and/or other forms of harmful computer code.

SADAKA network will not be liable for any delayed messages and/or content (sent via email and/or SMS) and/or for any messages and/or content that do not arrive at all and/or for any messages and/or content that the addressee did not receive due to failure of a third party.

In any case that as part of SADAKA network services, an addressee (user, content provider/s and/or a third party) is entitled to a certain benefit (such as messages, content and/or any other) and the addressee has DECLINED receiving that benefit, there will not be any refund and/or transfer of that benefit to any other addressee.

You are solely responsible for your choice in selecting SADAKA network products and/or services via this Website and/or SMS and/or in any other way provided by SADAKA network.

In no event shall SADAKA network, its managements, its employees, its agents and/or any on its behalf (directly and/or indirectly) be liable for any direct, indirect and/or consequential damages, loss of opportunity, loss of data, loss of goodwill, loss of anticipated savings and/or loss of profits resulting from the use of the Website (and/or any other method presented by SADAKA network) even if SADAKA network has been advised of such loss.

Without prejudice to the foregoing paragraph, SADAKA network’s liability arising out of or in connection with your use of the Website and/or any other method presented by SADAKA network and/or this legal notice whether in contract, tort, misrepresentation, under statute or otherwise will not exceed the price you have paid for any of the products and/or services offered by SADAKA network.

Neither party's liability for personal injury and/or death caused by negligence and/or for fraud is excluded and/or limited.

The exclusion and limitation set out in this Privacy Policy only applies to the extent permitted by law and is without prejudice to any express provisions to the contrary in any written registration and/or any agreement which you have with SADAKA network in respect of the use of any service provided by SADAKA network.

WEBSITE ACCESS 
SADAKA network endeavours to ensure that the Website is normally available 24 hours a day, we shall not be liable if for any reason the Website is unavailable at any time or for any period. 

Access to the Website may be suspended temporarily and without notice in the case of system failure, maintenance and/or repair and/or for reasons beyond our control.

MONEY COLLECTION, MONEY DISBURSEMENT, COMPENSATION

SADAKA network provides various services online via its web site and/or by SMS communication and/or by any other method.

Some of the services, such as but not limited to; Changia-Donate, Baraka, Muongozo, Maombi, Store involve money transfer for but not limited to; charity, Support initiatives, purchase of goods.

SADAKA network collects the money transfer through its system and disburses it to all content provider/s and/or to the initiative implementation service provider.

Funds transfer fee deduction will be done by the merchant service provider as per the user chosen of payment method (Via Payment card, cellular method and/or other) and in some cases by SADAKA network to be transferred to the merchant service provider.

In order to maintain its operations, high level of services and additional developments required with respect to it’s provided services, SADAKA network shall collect a fee from each money transfer in accordance with the services it provides except in the case of Changia-Donation service (Suporting community initiatives).

Once a user transferring funds to any of the services provided by, SADAKA network via any method made available by SADAKA network, the user approves and accepts the SADAKA network's Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

RETURN & REFUND POLICY 

Purchase of physical product:

Returns; You have ​30 (thirty)​ calendar days to return an item from the date you received it.  To be eligible for a return, your item must be unused and in the same condition that you received it. Your item must be in the original packaging. Your item needs to have the receipt or proof of purchase. 

Refund; Once we receive your item, we will inspect it and notify you that we have received your returned item. We will immediately notify you on the status of your refund after inspection of the item by the manufacture and/or seller. 

If your return is approved, we will initiate a refund to your credit card (or original method of payment). You will receive the credit within a certain amount of days, depending on your merchant service provider's policies. 

Shipping; You will be responsible for paying for your own shipping costs for returning your item. Shipping costs are nonrefundable. 

Purchase of digital product / content / service:

Refund for any of the digital product and/or content and/or service will be available only if specified at the product page as per the seller consent.

Supporting initiative.

Once supporting any initiative presented under the SADAKA network platform, the funds will be disbursed in very short time to its designated purpose as per your request and cannot be refunded. 

INFORMATION AT PUBLIC COMMUNICATION SUCH AS FORUMS, BLOGS AND OTHERS.

At SADAKA network website there are some services (mainly free) allowing to share comments and other information about a wide variety of issues.

Only individuals older than 18 years of age may participate, and by participating you are certifying that you are indeed above the age of 18

years and accepts the SADAKA network’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

We ask that participants refrain from including profanity, obscenities, hateful, and/or defamatory language.

Please remember that any information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to disclose your personal information.

SADAKA network RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ANY INFORMATION POSTED AND/OR ANYONE FROM THE LIST WHO VIOLATES THESE PROCEDURESAS PER SADAKA network OWN DISCRETION.

LEADER, INSTITUTION AND ENTITIES COLABORATION

If you are a leader and/or institution and/or any other entity collaborating with SADAKA network under agreement signed directly and/or indirectly through a third party (Velvet Events Consultants Ltd) you will appear at SADAKA network platform under sections such as but not limited to; Ambassador, Media, Partners.

By signing such agreement, you approve, accepts and will comply with the SADAKA network’s Privacy Policy and Terms of Use and with any additional and/or extended information, data and/or any other that appear here.

AGREEMET MAIN POINTS

1) Obligations of the Parties under the agreement:

• The Ambassador and/or Media and/or Partner and/or Service Receiver (from one side);

1. represents that it is free to contract with the other party to promote the VAS and that the agreement will not violate any agreement or restriction to which he may be subject.
2. Agrees to promote exclusively the VAS under the Agreement in a strictly ethical and legal manner in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations of the country it’s operating at.
3. shall not delegate and/or assign all or any part of its obligations and/or functions and/or rights under the agreement without first obtaining the other side to the agreement written consent thereto.
4. will provide to the other party all support, assistance and cooperation required to allow it to better provide the VAS.
5. undertakes that he will not seek to compete with and/or circumvent the other party and will obey with the “Confidential Information” terms appear at the Terms of Use at the SADAKA network web site.

• The Service Provider and/or SADAKA network and/or NGO (from the other side);

1. will furnish from time to time to the other side promotional materials such as, catalogs, brochures and others sales information and/or material.
2. shall provide to the best of its effort to the other party all services and information in regarding to the VAS during the terms of this agreement.
3. has the right to add and/or remove any service/s in regarding to the VAS on its sole discretion, the other party will approve which of the VAS services he will promote under him.
4. has the right to contract (before and/or after the Effective Date of the Agreement) with any third parties in order to provide to them the VAS (enter into new contractual relationships) provided that no such action relieve the service provider from its obligations herein.

2) Relationship

Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed as creating a joint venture and/or partnership between the Parties. Neither Party is by virtue of this Agreement authorized as an agent, employee and/or legal representative of the other Party and the relationship of the Parties is and at all times will continue to be that of independent contractors. Neither Party shall be liable to any third party in any way for any engagement, obligation, contract, representation and/or transaction and/or for any act and/or omission to act of the other. Each Party shall indemnify the other and hold it harmless against and from any liabilities as aforesaid.

3) Information & Data.

Any material, data, and/or any other information in regarding, that was collected and/or provided and/or presented by service provider via the web site and/or in any other way and/or in any form shall be and remain the sole property of the service provider.

The service provider in order to protect the users and/or any other entity using the VAS, shall decide on its sole desecration if and what information/data to provide and to which entity.

Some of the information/data is prohibited to be provided by service provider to any entity due to restriction of the regulation and/or agreements that the service provider is obligated to.

In some cases, the service provider will make available the use of such information indirectly via its web site and/or any other system.

The service provider will have the exclusive right to promote and/or sell and/or distribute the Ambassador products agreed upon and indicated in annex C.  

The Ambassador agree to take part in photography and/or videography being conducted by the service provider or any one on his behalf that will be used locally and/or internationally as part of the service provider promotional and publicity materials including advertising.

 4) Each party shall not have the authority to bind the other party to any legal obligation and shall not make any promises, representations and/or warranties on behalf of the other party.

 5) Money collection & Compensation.

1. The service provider provides various services online mainly via its web site and/or by SMS communication and/or by any other method. Some of the services such as but not limited to; Donate, Baraka, Muongozo, Maombi, Store, involves money transfer for but not limited to; charity, donation, initiative support, purchase of goods and/or services (the “money transfer”).
2. The service provider will collect that money transfer through its system/s and if required to, first will disburse it to cover all cost involved, such as but not limited to; Government entities, cellular providers, aggregators and others in regarding such money transfer (the “money transfer cost”).
3. The money transfer remains after the disbursement of the money transfer cost (the “net money transfer”) will be transferred to the service receiver after the service provider collected his fee/commission (if applicable).
4. In order to maintain its operation, high level of services, additional developments and all additional that require in regarding to its VAS and/or additional provided services, the service provider shall keep a certain fee from the money transfer its collects as part of the VAS its provide for the service receiver (hereinafter: the "Fee” and/or “Commission").
5. The money transfer cost, the fee/commission of the service provider and service receiver, the term of transfer to the service receiver and additional will be indicated at the Annex to the agreement.
6. The fees provided for under this Section and under the annex shall constitute the total and exclusive compensation transfer by service provider to service receiver.
7. Each of the parties shall assume full responsibility for payment of all taxes, withholdings, and any other sums that may be due to any governmental authority.

 6) Notice.

All notices and other communications required and/or desired to be communicated by one Party to the other Party shall be in writing, in English and shall be deemed given when sent by manual delivery with return confirmation requested, email with return confirmation, or ten (10) days after express mailing by registered airmail (postage prepaid) to the respective addresses set forth below or to such other addresses as may be designated in writing by a Party to the other Party: provided, however, that any notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt and confirmation of receipts by the other Party.

7) Force Majeure.

Neither Party will be liable for delays or failure to perform its obligation if due to any cause or conditions beyond its reasonable control, including delays or failures due to acts of God, natural disasters, acts of civil or military authority, fire, flood, earthquake, strikes, wars, or utility disruptions (shortage of power).

8) Term & Termination.

The term of this Agreement will begin on the Effective date and will continue until terminated by any party.

Each Party may terminate this Agreement in writing thirty (30) days in advance notice to the other party.

9) Choice of Law, Arbitration, Jurisdiction.

The validity, construction, interpretation and enforcement of this agreement and any document or agreement contemplated herein and all rights, remedies, powers, obligations and liabilities hereunder shall be governed by the law of the country you operate. If any dispute occurs between the parties arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its execution or performance which cannot be amicably resolved within sixty (60) days after the date of one party’s notice to the other in relation to the existence of the dispute, whether such dispute is in contract, tort or otherwise, the parties agree to forward the dispute to arbitration who will be acceptable by both parties in accordance with the Arbitration laws of the country you operate. Such arbitration shall be conducted in the English language and shall be held in the country you operate by one arbitrator. The award rendered by the arbitrators shall be final and binding upon the parties.

10) Construction.

The headings of the Sections herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be a part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of the Agreement.  

11) Counterparts.

The Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed to be an original but all of which will constitute one and the same agreement.

12) Parties Obligated and Benefited.

The Agreement will be binding upon the Parties hereto and their respective permitted assigns and successors in interest and will continue solely to the benefit of such Parties and their respective permitted assigns and successors in interest, and no other Person.

MISUSE OF THE WEBSITE/PLATFORM

You are prohibited from posting and/or transmitting to and/or from the Website any material: 
• that is threatening, defamatory, obscene, indecent, seditious, offensive, pornographic, abusive, liable to incite racial hatred, discriminatory, menacing, scandalous, inflammatory, blasphemous, in breach of confidence, in breach of privacy or which may cause annoyance and/or inconvenience; 
• for which you have not obtained all necessary approvals; 
• which constitutes or encourages conduct that would be considered a criminal offence, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise be contrary to the law of or infringe the rights of any third party, in any country in the world;  
• which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, computer viruses, logic bombs, Trojan horses, worms, harmful components, corrupted data and/or other malicious software and/or harmful data).

You may not misuse the Website (including, without limitation, by hacking).

SADAKA network RESERVES THE RIGHT, AT ITS OWN DISCRETION AND WITHOUT ANY NOTICE, TO PREVENT, REMOVE, STOP POSTING AND/OR SENDING INFORMATION-DATA THROUGH THE SADAKA network SYSTEM VIA WEBSITE, SMS MESSAGES AND/OR ANY OTHER METHOD.

ALSO, TO BLOCK AND/OR TERMINATE IMMEDIATELY THE USE OF ANY ENTITY WITH SADAKA network SERVICES AND WITHOUT ANY CLAIM WHATSOEVER BY THIS ENTITY.

GLOBAL WEBSITES 
Information we publish on the Website may contain references or cross-references to our services and/or products offered that are not announced and/or available in your country.

Such references do not imply that we intend to announce such services and/or products in your country.

GOVERNING LAW 
By using SADAKA network website and/or services you agree that all legal issues in related shall be exclusively governed in accordance with the laws of and the courts in England and Wales.

Also, you recognise the global nature of the Website and thus, agree to comply with all applicable local laws in your jurisdiction when using the Website.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Privacy Policy will preclude SADAKA network from applying to any court to bring an action for the infringement of any of the rights as describe in this Privacy Policy.

CONTACT US

For any information required and/or query and/or any concerns about material-content which appears on the Website, please contact at: info@sadakanetwork.com  

Also you may Contact Us through the website at any time if you prefer to stop receiving any future information from us.

SADAKA network aims to respond within approximately 72 hours to any requests and/or any other correspondence that requires a response and that are in line with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.