This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the
collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the
Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects
You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the
Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance
with this Privacy Policy.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined
under the following conditions.
The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of
whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the
company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is
accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
  Company (referred to as either “the Company”, “We”, “Us” or “Our” in
this Agreement) refers to The Uganda Times, Manchester, United Kingdom.
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  Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service
or parts of our Service.
  Website refers to The Uganda Times, accessible from https://utimez.com
  Service refers to the Website.
  Country refers to: Globe
Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the
data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or
individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to
provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services
related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the
Service is used.
Third-party Social Media Service refers to any website or any social
network website through which a User can log in or create an account
to use the Service.
Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or
identifiable individual.
Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile
device or any other device by a website, containing the details of
Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by
the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for
example, the duration of a page visit).
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain
personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or
identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not
limited to:
Email address
First name and last name
Phone number
Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device’s Internet Protocol
address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our
Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on
those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect
certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type
of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of
Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile
Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic
data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit
our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on
Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are
beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve
and analyze Our Service.
You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a
Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not
be able to use some parts of our Service.
Cookies can be “Persistent” or “Session” Cookies. Persistent Cookies
remain on your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline,
while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close your web browser.
We use both session and persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
Necessary / Essential Cookies
Type: Session Cookies
  Administered by: The Uganda Times
Purpose: These Cookies are essential to provide You with services
available through the Website and to enable You to use some of its
features. They help to authenticate users and prevent fraudulent use
of user accounts. Without these Cookies, the services that You have
asked for cannot be provided, and We only use these Cookies to provide
You with those services.
Cookies Policy / Notice Acceptance Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: The Uganda Times
Purpose: These Cookies identify if users have accepted the use of
cookies on the Website.
Functionality Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
  Administered by: The Uganda Times
Purpose: These Cookies allow us to remember choices You make when You
use the Website, such as remembering your login details or language
preference. The purpose of these Cookies is to provide You with a more
personal experience and to avoid You having to re-enter your
preferences every time You use the Website.
Targeting and Advertising Cookies
Type: Persistent Cookies
Administered by: Third-Parties
Purpose: These Cookies track your browsing habits to enable Us to show
advertising which is more likely to be of interest to You. These
Cookies use information about your browsing history to group You with
other users who have similar interests. Based on that information, and
with Our permission, third party advertisers can place Cookies to
enable them to show adverts which We think will be relevant to your
interests while You are on third party websites.
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding
cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
To provide and maintain our Service, including to monitor the usage of
our Service.
To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the
Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to
different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as
a registered user.
For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and
undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or
services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through
the Service.
To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or
other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile
application’s push notifications regarding updates or informative
communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted
services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable
for their implementation.
To provide You with news, special offers and general information about
other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to
those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You
have opted not to receive such information.
To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
We may share your personal information in the following situations:
  With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with
Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to
show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service,
to contact You, to advertise on third party websites to You after You
visited our Service or for payment processing.
  For Business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal
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.
  With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in
which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy
Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other
subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We
control or that are under common control with: The Uganda Times .
  With Business partners: We may share Your information with Our
business partners to offer You certain products, services or
promotions.
  With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise
interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be
viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside. If You
interact with other users or register through a Third-Party Social
Media Service, Your contacts on the Third-Party Social Media Service
may see You name, profile, pictures and description of Your activity.
Similarly, other users will be able to view descriptions of Your
activity, communicate with You and view Your profile.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is
necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain
and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our
legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to
comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal
agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes.
Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when
this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the
functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this
data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company’s
operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in
the processing are located. It means that this information may be
transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your
state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data
protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such
information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your
data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no
transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a
country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security
of Your data and other personal information.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your
Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your
Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy
Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your
Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests
by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that
such action is necessary to:
Comply with a legal obligation
Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that
no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic
storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable
means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute
security.
Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data
Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform their
tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any
other purpose.
Advertising
We may use Service providers to show advertisements to You to help support
and maintain Our Service.
Children’s Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not
knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under
the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your
child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become
aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13
without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that
information from Our servers.
We also may limit how We collect, use, and store some of the information
of Users between 13 and 18 years old. In some cases, this means We will be
unable to provide certain functionality of the Service to these users.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your
information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may
require Your parent’s consent before We collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by
Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third
party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every
site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content,
privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of
any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service,
prior to the change becoming effective and update the “Last updated” date
at the top of this Privacy Policy.
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.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
By email: [email protected]
By visiting this page on our website: http://www.ugandatimes.ug/policy-policy
By mail: 36935, Kampala
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