Last Updated: 8th December 2024

The Maldives Capacity Development and Governance Institute (MCDGI) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website, including any other media form, media channel, mobile website, or mobile application related or connected thereto.

By accessing or using our website, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this policy, please do not access the site.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect information about you in a variety of ways, including:

• Personal Data: Personally identifiable information, such as your name, email address, phone number, and demographic information, that you voluntarily give to us when you register on the site, make a purchase, or interact with us in other ways.

• Derivative Data: Information our servers automatically collect when you access the site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the site.

• Financial Data: Financial information, such as data related to your payment method (e.g., valid credit card number, card brand, expiration date) that we may collect when you purchase, order, return, exchange, or request information about our services from the site.

• Data From Social Networks: User information from social networking sites, such as Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, including your name, your social network username, location, gender, birth date, email address, profile picture, and public data for contacts, if you connect your account to such social networks.

2. Use of Your Information

Having accurate information about you permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the site to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Process your transactions and send you related information, including purchase confirmations and invoices.
• Send you newsletters, marketing communications, and other information that may be of interest to you.
• Respond to customer service requests and support needs.
• Improve our website and services.
• Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the site.
• Prevent fraudulent transactions, monitor against theft, and protect against criminal activity.

3. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

• By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.

• Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third parties that perform services for us or on our behalf, including payment processing, data analysis, email delivery, hosting services, customer service, and marketing assistance.

• Marketing Communications: With your consent, or with an opportunity for you to withdraw consent, we may share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, as permitted by law.

• Business Transfers: We may share or transfer your information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. Tracking Technologies

We may use cookies, web beacons, tracking pixels, and other tracking technologies on the site to help customize the site and improve your experience. When you access the site, your personal information is not collected through the use of tracking technology.

• Cookies: Cookies are small text files placed on your computer by your web browser. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer.

• Web Beacons: Web beacons are small graphic files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when someone has visited our site or opened an email that we have sent them.

5. Third-Party Websites

The site may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the site, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information.

6. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights regarding your personal information:

• The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal information.
• The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate or incomplete.
• The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal information, under certain conditions.
• The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal information, under certain conditions.
• The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

• Email: [email protected]
• Phone: (960) 797-6620
• Address: MI-27-28 Kudhimaa Hingun, Hulhumale, 23000, Male, Maldives