Privacy Policy

Last Updated: September 2026

The Africa Foundational Learning Assessment Initiative (AFLAI) values your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect the information you provide when using https://aflai.org/.

1. Information We Collect
We collect information that you voluntarily provide to us when using our site:

Contact & Interest Forms: When you submit a “Government Interest” form, request technical assistance, or contact us, we may collect your name, job title, organizational/ministry affiliation, email address, country, and details regarding your assessment inquiry.

Newsletter & Communications Subscriptions: When you sign up to receive updates, we collect your email address and basic contact details.

Technical Submissions: Information, materials, or documents you upload when submitting educational or assessment resources for review.

Automated Data: Like most websites, we may automatically collect non-identifiable technical data (e.g., IP address, browser type, pages visited, and time spent on the site) using standard cookies and web analytics tools to improve user experience.

2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:

To respond to technical assistance requests, scoping inquiries, and general contact submissions.

To facilitate engagement with government bodies, cohort activities, and practitioner communities.

To distribute updates, publications, newsletters, podcasts, and news regarding AFLAI initiatives (you may opt out at any time).

To review and manage resource contributions submitted by experts and practitioners.

To analyze website traffic and optimize our platform layout, accessibility, and content delivery.

3. Data Sharing and Disclosure
AFLAI does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We may share information only under the following limited circumstances:

Strategic Partners & Advisors: To process technical assistance inquiries or review resource submissions, relevant details may be shared with authorized AFLAI technical advisors or partner organizations (such as ADEA) operating under confidentiality standards.

Legal Requirements: If required to do so by applicable law, regulation, or legal process.

4. Data Security
We implement reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, no internet transmission is ever completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

5. Cookies
AFLAI uses basic cookies to support website functionality and track anonymous usage metrics. You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser settings; however, doing so may affect certain features of the website.

6. Your Rights & Contact Information
You have the right to request access to the personal information we hold about you, to update your details, or to ask us to remove your information from our mailing lists.

If you have any questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us.