We safeguard your growth, and protect your privacy.
Welcome to the AFSAL Privacy Portal. We created this portal to help you navigate key aspects of our Privacy Program, review your rights, and understand how we handle data across our programmes and services.
Data Protection First
We implement strict internal protocols and encryption keys to ensure your details remain confidential.
Smart Mapping Care
Location mapping is used solely for precise farm advisory services, field boundaries, and weather metrics.
Your Absolute Rights
At any point, you can request full access, updates, or complete deletion of your records from our systems.
At the Atov Foundation for Sustainable Alternative Livelihood (AFSAL), we are committed to safeguarding your privacy and protecting your data. The security of your personal information is paramount to us, and we follow strict internal guidelines, legal requirements, and industry best practices to ensure that your data is secure and used only for authorized purposes.
01.Introduction
This Privacy Policy explains how Atov Foundation for Sustainable Alternative Livelihood (AFSAL) collects, uses, and processes your personal data when using our website, web application, climate-smart portal, and email communications ("Products and Services").
By accessing our platform or registering for our livelihood programmes, you acknowledge the terms of this Policy and our commitment to keeping your personal data secure.
02.Data We Collect
We may collect and process different types of personal information about you depending on your interactions with AFSAL:
- Information you give us
Personal details (email address, full name, phone number, credentials) provided during program registration, newsletters, or donation processing.
- Information we collect
Device parameters (IP address, browser type, cookies) and activity logs when browsing the site or making simulated support adjustments.
- Third-party details
Verification data or payment confirmations received from banks and payment gateways involved in donation or support processing.
- Social networks
Public identifiers or profile email parameters if you connect or register for events using Google, Facebook, or Apple logins.
- Sensitive data
Biometric details (such as face verification images) processed strictly for identity verification purposes in high-yield seed and loan distribution programs.
- Location data
Precise coordinates to enable location-based agricultural forecasts, farm field mapping, and soil monitoring. Can be disabled in your browser or device.
03.How We Use Your Information
AFSAL utilizes the collected data to coordinate on-the-ground support and optimize the delivery of alternative livelihoods:
Provide and manage Products & Services: Administering community programmes, processing micro-loans, verifying beneficiaries, and confirming donations.
Location-based advisories: Rendering farm field mapping coordinates, soil degradation analysis, and distributing location-aware meteorological alerts.
Improvements & Personalisation: Analyzing website traffic patterns to refine our digital tools, dashboards, and simulators.
Legal compliance & prevention: Verifying identities, detecting transaction discrepancies, and complying with NGO reporting requirements.
Communications: Sending impact reports, volunteer dispatch warnings, and newsletter notifications (always with opt-out mechanisms).
05.Data Retention
We will retain your personal information only for as long as is reasonably necessary to fulfill the purposes set out in this Policy (e.g., maintaining newsletter preferences, logging donation receipts, monitoring farming outcomes, or conforming with state tax and financial auditing laws).
Once data is no longer required, it is safely destroyed, deleted from active databases, or completely anonymized.
06.Your Rights
Depending on your jurisdiction (under NDPR, GDPR, and other local frameworks), you possess certain rights regarding your personal information:
- Right of Access: Request a complete record of the personal data we hold about you.
- Right of Correction: Request amendments or updates to outdated or incorrect details.
- Right of Deletion ("Right to be Forgotten"): Request the full purging of your files from our active systems.
- Right to Object/Restrict: Restrict certain processing methods or opt out of specific newsletter updates.
To exercise any of these rights, please draft your request to our compliance team at support@atovfoundation.org.
08.Changes to this Policy
We may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to incorporate new regulatory changes or update digital services. The latest version will always be published on this portal page, with the revised date marked at the bottom.
09.Contact Us
If you have questions, regulatory feedback, or concerns regarding our privacy practices, please contact our designated Data Protection Officer: