Privacy Policy

BRALIM ("we", "us", "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what personal data we collect, how we use it, and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Who we are

BRALIM is a non-profit community organisation for Ugandans living in the Netherlands. For any privacy questions, contact us at info@bralim.org.

2. Information we collect

• Contact details you provide (name, email, phone, city) via our membership or contact forms.
• Optional information such as occupation and interests.
• Newsletter subscription email address.
• Basic, anonymised website analytics (only with your cookie consent).

3. How we use your information

• To process and manage your membership.
• To respond to your enquiries and requests.
• To send you community news and updates you have subscribed to.
• To organise events and community programmes.
• To improve our website and services.

4. Legal basis

We process your data on the basis of your consent, our legitimate interest in running the community, and where necessary to fulfil a request you have made.

5. Sharing your data

We do not sell your personal data. We only share it with trusted service providers who help us operate (for example, email or form services), and only as needed to provide our services.

6. Data retention

We keep your data only as long as necessary for the purposes described above, or as required by law. You may ask us to delete your data at any time.

7. Your rights

Under GDPR you have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict or object to the processing of your data, and to data portability. To exercise these rights, contact info@bralim.org.

8. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this page.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email info@bralim.org.