Privacy Policy

ePareto Information System respects the privacy of everyone visiting our website: RIP Ghana and any of its solutions or tools. This Privacy Policy sets out how RIP Ghana uses and protects any information that you provide on the website.

ePareto is devoted to protecting your privacy and committed to maintaining the accuracy, confidentiality, and security of your personally identifiable information (“Personal Information”).

As part of this commitment, this Privacy Policy governs our actions as they relate to our collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information. Our Privacy Policy is based upon the principles set out in the Data Protection Act of Ghana.

Please read this policy carefully as it provides important information about how we handle your Personal Information. Note that ePareto reserves the right to change this policy at any time.

What is Personal Information?

Personal information is any information or data that identifies you. We may collect personal information from you, including your: name, Telephone number, Email address, etc.

Section 94 of the Data Protection Act 2012 defines personal data to mean data which consists of information that relates to

(a) the race, colour, ethnic or tribal origin of the data subject;

(b) the political opinion of the data subject;

(c) the religious beliefs or other beliefs of a similar nature, of the data subject;

(d) the physical, medical, mental health or mental condition or DNA of the data subject;

(e) the sexual orientation of the data subject;

(f) the commission or alleged commission of an offence by the individual; or

(g) proceedings for an offence committed or alleged to have been committed by the individual, the disposal of such proceedings or the sentence of any court in the proceedings

Collection of Personal Information

The information we collect include but are not limited to your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, the deceased date of birth, date of death, location of birth, gender and name. We keep records of this information, comments, pictures and brochures information on our servers electronically.

How we use Personal information

We use the information to provide you with the service you have requested, update and notify you of posts that we believe will interest you and generally facilitate our relationship with you. Your knowledge and consent will always be required before any of your information is collected except where required by law. We will only collect information which is necessary for the purposes identified by us and this information shall only be used or disclosed for the purpose for which it was collected unless you have otherwise consented.

Primarily we will use your Personal Information to communicate with you regarding your account and how to make the services more convenient and useful to you and where the need arises, we will share with you relevant information regarding the administration and troubleshooting of the website.

Safeguarding Customer Information

Personal Information will be protected by security safeguards that are appropriate to the sensitivity level of the information. We take all reasonable precautions to protect your Personal Information from any loss or unauthorized use, access or disclosure, destruction, misuse and loss.

Your obligations to safeguard your personal information

You have an obligation to safeguard your personal information by reducing the risk of unauthorized access to your personal information. For example, you are responsible for utilizing appropriate security measures to control access to your account such as creating a strong password that includes punctuation marks, numbers, capital and lowercase letters, using different passwords for different services and updating your antivirus software regularly.

Security

We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorized access, we have in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect.

However, please note that though we will strive to use our best efforts to protect your personal information we cannot guarantee a perfect and impenetrable system. Therefore, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us and you do so at your own risk.

Public use of your personal Information

The service we provide on this website is open to the public and this means the personal information you share on this site will be made public by default since this memorial page has been designed to help you post and share information about the loss of a loved one with the world. As such other users and the general public will have access to it.  You are therefore solely responsible for information and content that you share and make public. You are advised to be considerate and respectful of others while using the website to share your opinions. We reserve the right, but do not have the obligation, to review and monitor such posting or any other content on our Services.

We also have the right to remove postings or content that may be viewed as inappropriate or offensive to others.

Cookies

We will adopt the use of cookies to validate your user identity as you navigate our website. Information we collect via cookies tells us how and when you visit the RIP website, and this helps us improve the services we render to you.

We also use analytics cookies which only allow us to see the overall patterns of usage on the Website. This will help us to understand the traffic and build audience for our content for marketing and advertising purposes.  Rest assured that we do not examine this information on individual and single user basis.

We will always display a “cookie banner” on the website through which we will at obtain your consent to our use of cookies. We will display this banner periodically, just in case you change your mind. You may opt out of our use of this information.

Third Party Cookies

Some content or applications, including advertisements, on our Website are served by third parties, including advertisers, ad networks and servers, content providers, application providers, and social media sites. With your consent, these third parties may use cookies to collect information about you when you access our Website. We do not control these third parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about advertisement or other targeted content, we advise that you contact the provider directly.

Representations

By uploading, posting or sharing information about a third party or deceased, you hereby represent and warrant that you have the right and consent to share or upload such information. You further represent and warrant that sharing of such information and content on the Services will not violate the privacy, intellectual property or other rights of any third party.

Other Websites

Our website may contain which are not governed by this privacy policy. Similarly, you may find links to our posts displayed on other websites and platforms to ensure wider reach. Although we will strive to link you to sites with high privacy standards, our privacy policy will no longer apply once you leave our website. Additionally, we are not responsible or liable for the privacy practices employed by third party websites. Therefore, we suggest that you examine the privacy statements of those sites to learn how your information may be collected, used, shared and disclosed.

 Changes to this Privacy Policy

ePareto will occasionally update this Privacy Policy so that it remains relevant and current with changing technologies, applicable laws, our evolving business practices and the needs of our users. We encourage you to periodically review this Privacy Policy to stay informed of any changes.

Questions or Concerns

ePareto welcomes your questions or comments regarding this Privacy Policy. If you have any questions, please contact:

Email: [email protected]