​​Dar Al-Hekma: Website disclaimer

Policy Statement

This Website Privacy Policy applies to personally identifiable information that Dar Al-Hekma University (DAHU) collects through its website only (the "Website"). It does not apply to information that the University collects in any other manner.

Purpose

This Policy sets out how DAHU collects, holds, uses and discloses personal information including sensitive information.

Scope

All DAHU members, volunteers, employees, customers/beneficiaries, donors, business partners and online users

Policy Provision:

Type of information collected:

• ​​Personal and business contact information, such as name, mailing address, phone number, e-mail address, credit card information, etc… that DAHU Website visitors or users provide through filling out forms and customer surveys, or by submitting these forms on the Website

• Personal background information duly required for recruitment and admission

• Unique information such as user IDs and passwords

• Details of services requested from the University Website

• Details of people’s visits to the University Website

• ​Internet Protocol address of the computer anybody is using

​ Uses of the collected information:

• Processing your transactions and delivering the services that you have requested (for example, using your financial information for billing you for services

• Sending you offers that you have chosen to receive

• Performing research and analysis about your use of, or interest in services or content

• Communicating with you about services that may be of interest to you

• Providing you with newsletters, or other communications or services which you have signed up for, or otherwise agreed to receive.

We may disclose your personal identifiable and non-personal identifiable information to our agents, individuals, contractors and service providers who are involved in performing functions on our behalf (such as processing of payments, provision of data storage, hosting of our website, marketing of our products and services, conducting audits, and performing web analytics). These companies and individuals will have access to your personal information as deemed necessary to perform their functions.
We may also disclose your personal identifiable information to third parties when We believe, in good faith and in our sole discretion, that such disclosure is reasonably necessary to (a) enforce or apply our Terms of Service, including investigation of potential violations thereof, (b) comply with legal or regulatory requirements or cooperate with a law enforcement or regulatory investigation, (c) Protect the rights, property or safety of our Site, users, and other third parties (d) prevent a crime or protect national security, or (e) detect, prevent or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues.
• ​In case DAHU assigns a third party to provide you with the required service, this third party may collect some information from you. DAHU will make sure that that third party is a reliable service provider who will undertake to have appropriate security measures. Such a third party will have access to personal information, solely for the purposes of providing the services which they have been asked to offer.

Securing your data

The personal data you provide is stored in a secure hosting environment. DAHU employs a range of technology and procedures, governed by the University Privacy Policies, to ensure that this data is secure, including where appropriate, encryption, anti-virus and anti-malware software, intrusion detection, firewall protection.