We at Hamidiye Foundation acknowledge the significance of protecting your personal information. It is our utmost priority to safeguard your personal data whether you are a donor or a volunteer. Our Privacy Policy sets out how and why we obtain, use and protect personal information when you visit our Hamidiye website and provide us your information.

This page provides information about our policies concerning the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you visit our website and the choices you associate with that data.

We use your data to provide and improve our services and to make the donation process convenient. By agreeing to our terms and conditions you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. 

Information Collection and Use

Hamidiye Foundation collects your information only with your consent to improve our services and to offer you a safe and smooth experience. 

Types of Data Collected

  • Personal Data

When you choose to donate for any of our program, 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:

  • Email address
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

Our site may also gather information about how the website is accessed and used by our users. This Usage Data may include information such as, your personal computer’s Internet Protocol address (IP address), browser type and version, the pages of our website that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on website pages, unique device identifiers, and other diagnostic data. 

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and other tracking applications to track your activity on Hamidiye Foundation website and save certain information.

Cookies are files with small amount of data which may also include an anonymous unique identifier. A website sends Cookies to your browser and stores them on your device. Cookies are useful for enabling the browser to remember information specific to a given user so that you may use our website with convenience without providing the same information again. However, the cookies do not hold any of your personally identifiable information.

Before saving cookies, Hamidiye Foundation website asks for your permission. A user can modify their browser to disapprove all cookies or to notify when a cookie is being sent. However, if a user does not accept cookies, some portions of the website may not work. Hamidiye Foundation website uses session cookies, preference cookies, and security cookies to remember your preferences and settings.

Use of Data

Our website uses the collected data for different purposes:

  • For the provision and maintenance of our services.
  • For provision of customer care and support.
  • To analyze valuable information for the improvement of our service.
  • To monitor the usage of our website.
  • To detect, prevent and address any technical issues that may affect user experience.

Transfer of Data

Your information, including your personal data, 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 be different than those in your country or province.

Hamidiye Foundation will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy. 

Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

Hamidiye Foundation may disclose your Personal Data in a situation that such action is necessary:

  • For compliance with a legal obligation
  • For protection and defense of the rights or property of Hamidiye Foundation
  • For the prevention or investigation of a wrongdoing in connection with our services
  • For protection of personal safety of general public

Security of Data

Hamidiye Foundation understands the importance of securing your data but a user should realize that no transmission method on the internet or through electronic storage is 100% secure. We take all possible measures and use all commercially acceptable means for the protection of your data but cannot guarantee absolute security.

Service Providers

Hamidiye Foundation may use or employ third party services for the facilitation of our website and service. These third-party applications and services are provided access to your personal data only for analysis for the assistance of our website. These companies / applications are obligated not to disclose or use any of our data for any other purpose. 

Google Analytics

Hamidiye Foundation uses Google Analytics on its website. Google offers Google Analytics which is a web analytics service to track and report website traffic. Data regarding the use of Hamidiye Foundation website is tracked and monitored by Google analytics and is shared with other services by Google. The data collected may be used by google to personalize and contextualize it ads. However, you can prevent your data getting tracked and used by Google Analytics by installing Google Analytics opt-out browser plugin. The plugin prevents Google Analytics from gathering information about your activities.

For more information regarding the privacy policy of Google Analytics, please visit: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en&gl=ZZ

Links on Our Website

Hamidiye Foundation may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Hamidiye Foundation. When you click on a third-party link, you are redirected to that website. We strongly recommend to review the Privacy Policy of every website you visit. Hamidiye Foundation has no control over and is not responsible for the content and practices of any third-party services or websites.

Changes in Privacy Policy

Hamidiye Foundation may update or change its privacy policy from time to time. We notify our users by updating the new privacy policy on this page or provide a prominent notice on our website prior to implementation. Users are recommended to visit this page periodically to review any changes.

Contact Us

If you have any queries regarding Hamidiye Foundation’s Privacy Policy, please contact us: