Privacy Policy

1. Privacy Policy

Website: waka.social
Organization: Waka Social Foundation
Last updated: October 9, 2026 


Privacy Policy 

Waka Social Foundation (“Waka Social Foundation,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you share with us. 

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect personal information when you visit waka.social, contact us, express interest in a partnership, support our work, or otherwise interact with our website. 

We aim to collect only the information reasonably necessary to communicate with our community, operate our website, develop partnerships, and advance our mission of improving learning environments, empowering teachers, and expanding access to AI and digital education across Africa. 


1. Information We Collect

The information we collect depends on how you interact with our website. 

Information You Provide 

When you contact us, submit a partnership inquiry, express interest in our programs, or complete a website form, we may collect information such as: 

  • Your name. 
  • Your email address. 
  • Your organization or professional affiliation. 
  • Your country or general location, if provided. 
  • The content of your message. 
  • Other information you voluntarily submit. 

Please do not submit sensitive personal information through our general contact forms unless we specifically request it and provide an appropriate method for doing so. 


Information Collected Automatically 

When you visit our website, certain technical information may be collected automatically, depending on the website’s configuration. This may include: 

  • Your IP address. 
  • Browser and device information. 
  • Pages visited and time spent on the website. 
  • Referring websites or pages. 
  • General website usage and performance information. 

We use this information, where applicable, to maintain website security, understand how visitors use our website, and improve its functionality. 


Cookies and Similar Technologies 

Our website may use cookies and similar technologies to support essential website functions, understand traffic, and improve the visitor experience. 

Where required by applicable law, non-essential cookies and analytics technologies will be activated only after the appropriate consent has been obtained. 

You may be able to manage cookie preferences through our website’s cookie settings or your browser settings. Disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality. 

The specific cookies and tracking technologies used depend on the services enabled on the website. 


2. How We Use Your Information 

We may use personal information for the following purposes: 

  • Communication: To respond to questions, messages, and requests.
  • Partnerships: To follow up on partnership, funding, volunteering, and institutional inquiries. 
  • Program engagement: To communicate about our educational initiatives when relevant to your request or where you have agreed to receive such communications. 
  • Website improvement: To understand website usage and improve accessibility, content, performance, and user experience. 
  • Security: To prevent spam, abuse, unauthorized access, and other security risks. 
  • Legal obligations: To comply with applicable legal requirements and protect our legitimate interests. 

We do not use your contact information to send recurring promotional emails without an appropriate basis to do so. 


3. Donations and Payment Information 

Waka Social Foundation may provide links to third-party fundraising or donation platforms, including GoFundMe. 

When you make a donation through an external platform, your transaction is generally governed by that platform’s terms, privacy policy, and payment-processing arrangements. 

We do not collect or store your complete payment card details through our website when donations are processed entirely by an external platform. 

The fundraising platform may share certain information with us, subject to its terms, your choices, and applicable law. Depending on the platform and transaction, this may include your name, donation amount, contact information, or donor message. 

Please review the relevant platform’s privacy policy before making a donation. 


4. When We Share Information 

We do not sell or rent personal information. 

We may share information in limited circumstances, including: 


Service Providers 

We may share relevant information with service providers that help us operate our website and communications, such as website hosting providers, spam-prevention services, email providers, analytics services, and website form providers. 

These providers may process information on our behalf or under their own privacy policies, depending on the service. 


Fundraising and Payment Platforms 

If you donate through an external fundraising platform, that platform may process your information and share certain transaction details with us as described in its own privacy documentation. 


Legal and Security Requirements

We may disclose information when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to lawful requests, protect the rights and safety of individuals, investigate suspected misuse, or protect our organization and website. 


Organizational Changes 

If our organizational structure or operations change, personal information may be transferred where legally permitted and subject to appropriate safeguards. 

We do not authorize third parties to use personal information collected through our website for their own unrelated marketing purposes. 


5. Third-Party Services and External Links 

Our website may use or link to third-party services, including: 

  • GoDaddy: Website hosting or related website services. 
  • Google reCAPTCHA: Spam and abuse prevention, if enabled. 
  • GoFundMe: External fundraising and donation processing. 
  • Social media platforms: Services through which visitors may view, share, or engage with our content. 

The services actually used may change as the website develops. 

Third-party services may collect information directly from your browser or device in accordance with their own privacy policies and terms. 

When you leave our website or interact with embedded third-party content, we encourage you to review the relevant provider’s privacy practices. 


6. How Long We Retain Information 

We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, including responding to inquiries, managing relationships, maintaining appropriate records, protecting website security, and satisfying applicable legal obligations. 

For example, we may retain correspondence for a reasonable period to manage follow-up communications or document a partnership inquiry. 

When personal information is no longer required, we will take reasonable steps to delete it, anonymize it, or securely dispose of it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements. 


7. How We Protect Information 

We take reasonable administrative and technical measures to protect personal information against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, and misuse.

However, no website, online service, or electronic transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure. 

We encourage visitors to exercise care when submitting information online and to avoid sending sensitive information through general website forms. 


8. Children’s Privacy 

Waka Social Foundation works to improve educational opportunities for children and young people. 

However, our general website is not intended to collect personal information directly from children without appropriate safeguards. 

We ask parents, guardians, educators, and school representatives to contact us on behalf of children where appropriate. 

We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through our general website forms without appropriate authorization or safeguards. 

If you believe a child has submitted personal information through our website inappropriately, please contact us so we can review the matter and take appropriate action. 

Separate safeguards may apply to information collected through school programs, scholarships, educational activities, photography, or other direct engagement with children. 


9. Your Privacy Rights and Choices 

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have rights to: 

  • Request access to personal information we hold about you. 
  • Ask us to correct inaccurate information. 
  • Request deletion of personal information. 
  • Object to or request restrictions on certain processing. 
  • Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. 
  • Opt out of non-essential communications. 
  • Lodge a complaint with a relevant data protection authority. 

To exercise an applicable right, please email join@waka.social with the subject line Privacy Request. 

We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request. We will respond within the time required by applicable law. 

You may unsubscribe from optional email updates at any time by following the instructions in the email, where available, or contacting us directly. 


10. International Visitors and Data Transfers 

Waka Social Foundation is based in the United States and works with communities and partners in Africa. 

Depending on how our website and service providers are configured, personal information may be processed or stored in countries other than the country where you live. 

Where applicable law requires it, we will take appropriate steps to ensure that international transfers of personal information are handled lawfully and protected by suitable safeguards. 


11. Changes to This Privacy Policy 

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes to our website, operations, services, or legal obligations. 

When we make changes, we will update the date shown at the top of this page.

We encourage visitors to review this page periodically. 


12. Contact Us 

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, how we handle personal information, or a privacy request, please contact us: 

Waka Social Foundation
Website: https://waka.social
Email: join@waka.social
U.S. EIN: 39-4049312
Nigeria Registration: RC 7119314 

Organizational status: Waka Social Foundation’s U.S. 501(c)(3) determination is currently pending.