Data Protection and Privacy Policy
Data Protection
The “Association for Development & Empowering in Lebanon” [A.D.E.L] welcomes your visit to our website and your interest in our Institution. We take the protection of personal data seriously and therefore strive to make you feel safe and at ease during your visit to our website. Please note that we cannot guarantee the same for other providers, whose Websites’ you may access through links on ours.
Collection, processing and use of personal client information and personal data
The information provided by you assists us in personalizing and continuously improving our service. We collect process and use your information to process your orders – if any. We also use your information to communicate with you regarding orders, products, services and marketing offers (communication by e-mail below). Furthermore, based on your information, we update our database and maintain client accounts (if entered into a business relationship with you). We also use the information to recommend products or services which may be of interest for you. Your information also helps us to improve our service range, prevent the misuse of our website and facilitate the execution of technical and logistical services or other services, by third parties on our behalf (in particular in case of commissioned data processing).
We collect, process and use the following information:
We collect, process and store all information which you provide to us on our servers or convey to us in any other form. You can decide not to provide us with certain information but this is likely to restrict us from communicating and supporting several services with you
Communicating and sharing of personal data / purpose
All personal data, collected within the scope of the A.D.E.L‘s internet services, are collected, processed and used for the purpose of concluding a contract and for the preservation of our legitimate business interests with regard to our services. All personal data is handled in accordance with applicable data protection laws. At any time, you have the right to object to the collection, processing and use of your personal data for marketing purposes. In this case, please inform us thereof in writing or contact us by phone, fax or e-mail (info@adelebanon.com). The sharing of personal data to governmental institutions and authorities will only occur if and to the extent we are required by law or any other legal procedure to do so.
Use of cookies
A.D.E.L might use so-called cookies in some areas of the website to personalize the available services. Cookies are small packets of data, which a web server can send to your computer, identifying it for the duration of your visiting of the website Page/Tab(s). You can set your browser in such a way that it informs you of the positioning of a cookie. The use of cookies is therefore transparent.
Does the The Company share your data?
Information regarding our clients helps us to optimize our services. Data received is shared with third parties solely in the following instances:
Affiliated companies and service provider companies: Affiliated companies controlled by A.D.E.L and their subsidiaries, including our service provider companies provided that they are subject to our data protection policy or comply with guidelines which offer the same degree of data and information protection.
Service providers: The performance of certain tasks is assigned to other companies and individuals. Examples include the dispatch of letters or e-mails (commissioned data processing). These service providers only receive the information necessary to carry out their tasks. The information shall not be used or processed for any other purposes. Moreover, service providers are obliged to treat your information in line with this data protection policy.
Technical and organizational security measures are applied by A.D.E.L to protect data made available to us from coincidental or deliberate manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security measures are continuously improved, in line with technological developments. Furthermore, our employees are bound by data confidentiality rules.
Other information
Please do not hesitate to e-mail us (info@adelebanon.com) should you have questions regarding our data protection and privacy policy. We will gladly answer your questions.