Privacy policy.

We are committed to upholding a high standard when it comes to our privacy practices.

By visiting Akil Hunte’s website you are accepting the terms of this Privacy Policy. Any external links to other websites are clearly identifiable as such, and we are not responsible for the content or the privacy policies of these other websites.

Current policy published: August 28, 2023

Your Privacy Rights Introduction

 Akil Hunte (“ Akil Hunte” or “we” or “us”) has created this Privacy Policy in order to disclose its use of consumer data collected about you. This Privacy Policy is effective as of August 28, 2023. Any questions regarding this policy should be directed by email to contact@akilhunte.com. The following discloses Akil Hunte's information-gathering and dissemination practices for its social networking applications and website.

Akil Hunte may be the Controller or Processor of your personal data provided to us by you during your use of the website and/or applications, as outlined below. If you use the Akil Hunte service, you consent to this policy and the use/sharing of your personal data as described herein. You have the choice to opt out of sharing your data, as described below, and control how we use and share your data.

Information Collected and Received

Akil Hunte may collect or receive information about each person who registers or enters information in any form with the Akil Hunte website and/or applications including, but not limited to first and last name, email address, street address, and interests Information can also be provided by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail, live-chat or otherwise. You can choose what information you want to share with Akil Hunte, however, if you choose to withhold any personal data requested by us, it may not be possible for you to gain access to certain parts of Akil Hunte’s website and/or application. Akil Hunte does not require You to include sensitive information (e.g. racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union memberships, genetic data, biometric data, data concerning health or data concerning sexual orientation). In the event that you provide such sensitive information as listed above you acknowledge that you have provided Akil Hunte explicit consent to receive such information. Akil Hunte also collects information on the pages you access and other information you may volunteer for, such as survey information. Akil Hunte may also collect user location information, as further described in the “Global Positioning System” paragraph below.

Lawful Basis for Processing

We will only collect and process your personal data where we have a lawful basis. Our lawful basis includes consent (where you have given it), where processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you, and for the purposes of our legitimate interests or the legitimate interests of our third parties, provided that such interest does not outweigh your rights and freedoms. Examples of legitimate interest include but are not limited to (i) complying with applicable law, (ii) protecting against security or other threats, (iii) administration of our business interests, including improvements and enhancements of our business, and (iv) customer relationship issues.

Your Rights: Access, Correction, Deletion

We retain the personal data that you provide to us when you registered with the Akil Hunte website and/or application or any other information that you volunteered while using the website and/or application for (i) as long as your account is active or (ii) otherwise for a limited period of time as long as we need to fulfil the purposes for which we have initially collected it unless otherwise required by law. We retain any information provided as described in the Uses of Information below.

You have the right to request access to the information that Akil Hunte has on you. You can do this by contacting us at contact@akilhunte.com.

In order to comply with your request, we may have to verify your identity. If you believe that the information that we have about you is incorrect, you are able to contact us at contact@akilhunte.com. with the change request. Any data that is no longer needed for the purposes specific below will be deleted. You have the right to request the deletion of any personal data that we have on you. If you wish to do so, please contact us at contact@akilhunte.com. Note that Akil Hunte may not be able to delete any depersonalized data on you.

How We Use Your Information

Akil Hunte uses the information that we collect in order to operate and maintain our website and/or applications, and/or any other services provided to you. Akil Hunte also uses your information in order to (i) send you marketing communications, (ii) respond to your questions and concerns and (iii) help our partners to improve their online offerings.

We occasionally use other companies to perform services necessary to our operations. In the course of providing these services, those companies may have access to your personal information. By contractual agreement, those companies must treat your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. However, we will not be liable for any damages that may result from the misuse of your personal information by these companies.

Akil Hunte may use your IP address to help diagnose problems with Akil Hunte’s server and administer Akil Hunte’s website. Your IP address may also be used to help identify you and your online profile and to gather broad demographic information.

How We Share Your Information

(a) Personally, Identifiable Information. Akil Hunte will never sell your email address or any other personally identifiable information, to any third party without your permission. We may store personally identifiable information in locations outside the direct control of Akil Hunte (for example, on servers or databases co-located with hosting providers). Any personally identifiable information you elect to make publicly available on our websites and/or applications (such as posting comments, reviewing items, etc.) will be available to others. Except as described in this Section, we will not disclose your personally identifiable information to any third party except consultants working on our behalf, without notifying you of our intent to share the information and giving you an opportunity to prevent your information from being shared. From time to time, we may partner with companies based on the interests of our users. These partner companies will never see your email address or any other information that could identify you or be used to contact you directly.

(b) Non-Personally Identifiable Information. The Akil Hunte site registration form may require users to give Akil Hunte contact information (such as your name and email address) and demographic information (such as your postcode, age, or income level). Akil Hunte uses your contact information from the registration form to send you information about Akil Hunte and promotional material from some of Akil Hunte’s partners. Your contact information may also be used to contact you when necessary. Akil Hunte may use demographic and/or profile data to tailor your experience on the Akil Hunte website and/or applications, show you content that Akil Hunte thinks you may be interested in, and display content according to your preferences. The demographic and profile data will be shared with third parties ONLY on an aggregate basis. Furthermore, Akil Hunte shall have the right to retain records of all data pertaining to the use of the website and applications including, but not limited to, usage, activity logs, and click-throughs. Akil Hunte may disclose such data to third parties provided it is grouped with other Akil Hunte users’ data and is presented in an aggregate form.

(c) We May Be Required to Share Your Information. Akil Hunte reserves the right to disclose information when required by law, such as by a subpoena or other legal proceedings. Akil Hunte may also disclose your information if we reasonably believe it necessary to (i) comply with requests of law enforcement or other applicable law; (ii) to enforce any agreement between you and us; (iii) to protect the security and integrity of our site, applications, or services; and/or (iv) to protect us, our users or others.

(d) What Happens in the Event of a Change of Control: We may be involved with an acquisition or divestiture of our business, products or services. Information we maintain including names and email addresses, and other information related to the Akil Hunte service may be sold or transferred in connection with such transaction. We may also sell, assign or otherwise transfer such information in connection with a sale of all or substantially all of our business or assets. You will be notified via email and/or a notice on our site of any applicable change in ownership or uses of your information.

(e) Behavioral Targeting / Re-Targeting. We allow advertisers to display advertising on our sites and applications. Our advertisers may use technology such as cookies to gather information about your activities on multiple sites in order to provide you with advertising based on your activities and interests. The only way to opt out of the collection of any information through cookies or other tracking technology is through the settings in your browser or mobile device. Please review your browser or mobile device information for instructions on how to delete and disable cookies, and other tracking/recording tools (to learn more about cookies, clear gifs/web beacons and related technologies, you may wish to visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org and/or the Network Advertising Initiative’s online resources, at http://www.networkadvertising.org). If you access the Akil Hunte service, websites and/or applications on your mobile device, you may not be able to control tracking technologies through the settings. For more information, see the Cookies Section below.

(f) Testimonials. We may also disclose, on an anonymous basis, statements made by our users. However, with your consent, we may post your testimonial along with your name. If at any point you wish to update or delete your testimonial, please contact us at contacy@akilhunte.com.

How We Store and Process Your Information

The information collected by Akil Hunte may be processed and/or stored in the United States, European Union Member Nations, Canada, or any other country in which Akil Hunte or it’s affiliates or service providers maintain operations. Akil Hunte may transfer information that we collect, including personally identifiable information, to affiliated entities, or to other third parties across borders and from your country or jurisdiction of domicile to other countries or jurisdictions. If you are located in the European Union or other regions with laws restricting the transferring of data, please note that we will comply with laws applicable to us.

How We Protect Your Information

Akil Hunte is concerned with protecting your privacy and data, and therefore we use industry-standard technologies when transferring and receiving consumer data exchanged between Akil Hunte and other companies to help ensure its security. This site has security measures in place designed to protect the loss, misuse and alteration of the information under Akil Hunte’s control. Akil Hunte’s servers are backed up regularly and protected by security systems. However, we cannot ensure or guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us or guarantee that your information on the Akil Hunte service may not be accessed, disclosed, altered or destroyed by breach of any of our industry-standard physical, technical or managerial safeguards. If you have any questions about security on our website and/or application, you can contact us at contact@akilhunte.com. We may use an outside help platform, and a credit card processing company to bill you if you purchase services. These companies do not retain, share, store or use personally identifiable information for any other purposes.

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone who we know to be under the age of 13. If you are under the age of 18, you should use this website only with the involvement of a parent or guardian and should not submit any personal information to us. If we discover that a person under the age of 13 has provided us with any personal information, we will use commercially reasonable efforts to delete such person’s personal information from all Akil Hunte systems.

Do Not Track Requests

Your web browser may have a setting that allows you to automatically send a “Do Not Track” message to the websites you visit. Akil Hunte does not currently have the technology to respond to such requests.

Links

Akil Hunte may create links to other websites. Akil Hunte will make a reasonable effort to link only to sites that meet similar standards for maintaining each individual’s right to privacy. However, many other sites that are not associated with or authorized by Akil Hunte may have links leading to our site. Akil Hunte cannot control these links and Akil Hunte is not responsible for any content appearing on these sites.

International Privacy Laws

If you are using the website and/or application from outside of the United States, be aware that you are sending your information (including any provided personal information) to the United States where our servers are located. Your information, therefore, may be transferred into, or back out of, the United States, depending on the type of information and how it is stored by Akil Hunte. Note that these countries may have different data protection laws than your country of residence, however, our collection, storage and use of your personal data will at all times be governed by this Privacy Policy.

Amendments

Akil Hunte may amend this policy at any time. If Akil Hunte is going to use personally identifiable information collected through the Akil Hunte site in a manner materially different from that stated at the time of collection, Akil Hunte will notify users via email and/or by posting a notice on the Akil Hunte site for thirty (30) days prior to such use. This Privacy Policy may not be otherwise amended except in writing that specifically refers to this Privacy Policy and is physically signed by both parties.

Successors and Assigns

This Privacy Policy is to the benefit of successors and assigns of Akil Hunte.

"By using our website, you (the visitor) agree to allow third parties to process your IP address, in order to determine your location for the purpose of currency conversion. You also agree to have that currency stored in a session cookie in your browser (a temporary cookie that gets automatically removed when you close your browser). We do this in order for the selected currency to remain selected and consistent when browsing our website so that the prices can convert to your (the visitor's) local currency."

Contacts

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, the practices of this site, your dealings with this website, or request access, changes or deletion to information we have about you, you can contact contact@akilhunte.com. Upon request, Akil Hunte will provide you with access to information (e.g., name, address, phone number) that Akil Hunte collects and maintains about you. This site gives you the following options for changing, modifying or removing information previously provided: (i) email:contact@akilhunte.com; or (ii) visit akilhunte.com.

Opt-Out

The Akil Hunte site provides users with the opportunity to opt out of receiving communications from Akil Hunte, except transactional correspondence. To opt out of receiving our communications, you can (i) send an email to contact@akilhunte.com