Who we are

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(referred to as “the Website”) uses cookies to improve user experience, analyze website performance, and ensure its proper functionality. This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, and your choices regarding their use.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies help websites remember information about your visit, such as your preferences, to enhance your experience on subsequent visits.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

1. Essential Cookies
   These cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of the Website, such as navigating pages and accessing secure areas. Disabling these cookies may affect the Website’s performance.
2. Performance and Analytics Cookies
   These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Website, such as which pages are most visited and any errors encountered. This helps us improve the Website’s functionality.
3. Functionality Cookies
   These cookies enable the Website to remember your preferences, such as language settings, to provide a more personalized experience.
4. Third-Party Cookies
   We may use cookies from trusted third parties to enhance the Website’s performance and functionality. For example, we use analytics services like Google Analytics to understand website usage patterns.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies to:

• Ensure the Website functions as intended.
• Remember your preferences to enhance your browsing experience.
• Analyze visitor behavior to improve our content and services.

4. Managing Cookies

1. Cookie Consent
   When you first visit the Website, you will see a cookie banner requesting your consent to use cookies. By continuing to use the Website, you consent to the placement of cookies as described in this policy.
2. Disabling Cookies
   You can manage or disable cookies through your browser settings. Please note that disabling cookies may impact your ability to use certain features of the Website.
3. Deleting Cookies
   You can delete cookies stored on your device through your browser’s settings. Refer to your browser’s help section for specific instructions.

5. Third-Party Analytics

We use Google Analytics to track and report Website traffic and usage. Google Analytics may set its own cookies. For more information about how Google Analytics collects and processes data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Analytics Opt-Out.

6. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our use of cookies or for legal and regulatory reasons. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised “Last Updated” date.

7. Contact Us

For questions about this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at:

Tanzania Nature Discoveries Company

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Privacy Policy

• Guarantee of confidentiality

We are committed to protecting your privacy online and our privacy policy is designed to give you peace of mind and confidence. We may change this policy from time to time by updating this page and you should check this page to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 1st of December 2021 onwards.

• Agreement

When contacting shayofoundation.org via our website, we request personal information including your name, phone number and email address. We need this information to process a quotation for you and/or to contact you with our brochure. This information will not be given to any third party, except to the extent and for the purpose, we may be required to do so by any law. We would like to hold your email address for our own future marketing purposes (with relevant promotions, offers or information that you have expressed an interest in or that might be of interest to you). On our ‘Contact Us’ form, you will be given the opportunity to opt-out of receiving occasional marketing information from shayofoundation.org.

We will only disclose your name and booking details/holiday proposal to our suppliers for operational purposes. We will not share your personal information for marketing or any other purposes without your consent unless where required by law. We will always respect your privacy and any personal communication between you and ourselves. We will always comply with any data protection legislation currently in force. We collect information about visitors to our website for general reporting, to improve future content and to help recognise and service a potential booking

Data security is of the utmost importance to us and we are committed to ensuring the information we collect from you is secure. All the information you give us is protected by a secure server. The secure server software SSL (Secure Socket Layers) encrypts all information you enter before it is sent to us. The information is only de-encrypted when it reaches our server. We also have a Firewall (security software) in place to protect our internal information from the Internet.

• Cookie usage

We use cookies on our website for a variety of reasons. Cookies let us identify the device you are using and how you use our website, but not you personally. Cookies record anonymous information about visits and clicks on each web page. Cookies are small files that are stored on your computer when you visit a website however cannot be used to identify you personally and are not harmful to your computer. They are essential for many features of our website to work, helping us to identify which pages are being used to analyse data and improve our site. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and they in no way give us any information about you. If you choose, you can opt-out by turning off cookies in the preferences settings in your web browser.

• Visitor’s activity monitoring

We also use Google Analytics to measure and collect session information, length of visits to certain pages, repeat visits and page interaction information. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our website, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. We may use the information from Google Analytics for marketing purposes to display adverts on our or other websites based upon your prior visits to our website. Any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.

In our website, we also provide links to other websites for your convenience and information. Please be aware that these sites may have different security and privacy policies and we have no control over and take no responsibility for any information submitted to these sites.

• Questions and modifications

If you want to change the consents you have given, you can do this at any time by contacting us directly by email. 

We will endeavour to update your record as soon as we possibly can. Of course, if you tell us that you do not wish to receive marketing, you may still receive transactional and service based communications confirming and servicing any bookings you make with us.

We hope that you enjoy using our website, safe in the knowledge that we are committed to protecting your privacy. If you have any questions regarding the privacy policy of shayofoundation.org, get in touch now.