Africa Expert Network Online Privacy Policy

Effective Date April 21, 2015

Africa Expert Network LLC’s (“AXN”) Online Privacy Policy applies to the personal information that we collect from or about you via this website (“Site”). By using this Site, you consent to our collection, use, and disclosure of your nonpublic personal information and other personal information in accordance with this Online Privacy Policy (the “Privacy Policy” or “Policy”).

Information We Collect

AXN may collect information from you through your use of the Site. AXN collects information from you to enable you to register or use certain features of the site. AXN and its affiliates may use and disclose your personally identifiable information as set forth in this Policy.

  • Visitors to the Site may voluntarily submit personally identifiable information including, but not limited to, your name, home or business address, email address and/or telephone number. Such information may be collected in connection your registration to use the Site, as well as in other circumstances.

  • AXN may also collect information about your activity on this Site through the use of technologies such as cookies, web beacons, and server log files. We do this to improve the functioning of the Site and to better understand and serve our customers and visitors. We may log your Internet address to deliver our web pages to you upon request, help diagnose problems with our server, and administer our Site to improve its quality. We also track and analyze non-identifying and aggregate usage and volume statistical information from the Site’s users. regardless of any “Do Not Track” signals that are sent by certain browsers.

    “Cookies” are pieces of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard drive for record-keeping purposes. Like many sites on the Internet, we use cookies to identify you when you visit the Site. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you prefer, you can set your computer to not accept cookies.

    Anonymous data collected using cookies and web beacons may be analyzed in the aggregate to determine collective user characteristics, to understand user traffic patterns, sales information and user behavior on the Site. Such information also may be shared in the aggregate with third parties for advertising purposes, to enhance our Site, to enhance our products and services, and to analyze how and where best to use our resources.

  • AXN may also collect nonpublic personally identifiable information about current and prospective investors from third party sources. Nonpublic personally identifiable information is not shared with third-parties for their marketing purposes.

Some web browsers may transmit “Do Not Track” signals to websites visited by the user. Our information collection and disclosure practices will continue to apply as described in this Policy.

Sharing and Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information

The information you provide may be displayed on your profile page and to AXN employees and other authorized individuals, such as service providers.

The information we collect will not be shared or disclosed to individuals outside of AXN and our service providers without your consent unless required or permitted by law.

When we do collect personally identifiable information, we will use that information only for our reasonable business purposes, as described in this policy. We transfer, disclose or share your nonpublic personal information to third parties who are engaged by us specifically to provide certain functionality, including, but not limited to, customer relationship management and marketing.

We may provide nonpublic personally information to regulatory authorities and law enforcement officials in accordance with applicable law or when we otherwise believe in good faith that the provision of such information is required or permitted by law, such as in connection with the investigation or assertion of legal defenses or for compliance matters. Nonpublic personal information may also be transferred to third parties in connection with a corporate sale, restructuring, bankruptcy, or transfer of assets.

Sharing and Use of Your Personally Identifiable Information

If you have provided AXN with information in connection with registration, AXN may provide you with the opportunity to update, correct, or delete such information from your account profile. Notwithstanding such changes, AXN may retain such information where required or permitted by law.

Protecting Your Information

We use technical, physical, and administrative safeguards to protect the nonpublic personal information we collect. You should keep in mind that data transmission over the Internet is not 100% secure and any information disclosed online can potentially be collected and used other than by the intended recipient. In view of the foregoing, we cannot warrant that your nonpublic personal information will not be disclosed to or accessed by parties other than those authorized under this Policy.

Rights under California Law

California’s “Shine the Light” law permits California residents to annually request and obtain information free of charge about what personal information is disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes in the preceding calendar year. AXN does not distribute your personal information to outside parties without your consent for their direct marketing, or any other purpose, except as provided for in this Policy.

Children’s Personal Information

Our website is not directed to children under the age of thirteen, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of thirteen. If we discover that we inadvertently collected information from a child under the age of thirteen, we will promptly delete it.

Changes to the Site and this Privacy Policy

Any changes to our Online Privacy Policy will be prominently posted on this page, and any updates will be reflected with a new “Effective Date.” By continuing to use this Site after we post any changes, you accept the Online Privacy Policy as modified. If we make material changes to our Online Privacy Policy that could affect the personal information you previously submitted to us, we will provide you notice and an appropriate opportunity to consent.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our privacy practices or this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Africa Expert Network LLC