Summary. SSDRO respects confidentiality and accountability in line with its safeguarding and MEAL commitments. Final privacy practices should be aligned with Afghan law, donor requirements, and any applicable international standards governing your partnerships.
Overview
SSDRO operates humanitarian and development programmes across Afghanistan and communicates with beneficiaries, partners, donors, and the public. Depending on how you interact with us (website visitor, correspondent, programme participant, or partner representative), we may process limited personal data to respond to inquiries, coordinate assistance where relevant, meet donor obligations, and protect the security of our systems.
Data we collect
Information you provide
- Identity and contact details submitted via forms, email, or post (e.g., name, organization, email address, phone number).
- Messages and attachments you send when requesting information about SSDRO programmes or partnerships.
- Where donations or transfers are facilitated through third-party channels, payment-related information handled exclusively by those providers according to their terms.
Information collected automatically
- Technical data such as IP address, browser type, and timestamps when you browse this website.
- Optional analytics to improve site reliability and content (subject to your cookie preferences where a banner is implemented).
How we use information
We use personal data to respond to enquiries; coordinate legitimate programmatic and partnership activities; comply with legal, regulatory, and donor requirements; maintain safeguarding records where applicable; improve website security and performance; and enforce our Terms & Conditions.
Sharing and subprocessors
SSDRO may share information with UN agencies, institutional donors, auditors, IT or email service providers, and professional advisors only where necessary and proportionate. Field-level beneficiary data is governed by programme agreements and data-sharing protocols—not by this website policy alone.
Retention
Records are retained according to SSDRO’s internal policies, donor contractual requirements, and applicable law. Communications unrelated to active programmes may be deleted or archived after an administrative review period defined by SSDRO.
Your privacy rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, or deletion of certain personal data SSDRO holds about you, or object to specific processing. SSDRO will respond within a reasonable period and may need to verify identity before fulfilling requests.
Security
SSDRO applies administrative, technical, and organizational measures appropriate to the sensitivity of information handled. No electronic transmission is completely secure; suspected incidents should be reported promptly using official channels.
International transfers
Where SSDRO works with international partners, personal data may cross borders under agreements that specify lawful transfer mechanisms, confidentiality, and purpose limitation consistent with programme mandates.
Children’s privacy
This website is not intended to solicit data directly from children without appropriate guardian involvement. Programme-related child data is processed strictly under safeguarding policies and partnership rules.
Changes to this policy
SSDRO may update this policy to reflect operational, legal, or donor requirements. The effective date at the top of this page will be revised when updates are published.
Contact
Privacy-related questions may be directed to info@ssdro-af.org or via the contact form. Postal address: Khalid Arsalan, Block B1, Kart-e-Sey, Kabul, Afghanistan.