Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Youth Capacity Building Network (YCBN) is a youth-led, non-profit organisation based in Wakiso District, Uganda. We run programmes in WASH, digital skills, youth empowerment, innovation, entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability and community development.

Our official contact email is info@ycbn.org and our postal address is P.O Box 117751, Wakiso, Uganda.

2. Information we collect

Through this website, we may collect information that you choose to send us, for example:

• Name, email address, telephone number and organisation, when you contact us or apply to volunteer, partner, or support us.
• The content of your message or application.

We do not require you to create an account to view this website, and we do not collect sensitive personal data through the public website at this time.

3. How we use information

• To respond to inquiries and process volunteer, partnership or support applications.
• To send you information you have requested (for example, newsletter updates).
• To fulfil legal and safeguarding obligations.
• To improve our website and programmes.

We do not sell, rent or trade your personal information.

4. Cookies and analytics

This website is currently a static site. We do not currently place cookies or track visitors. If we later add Google Analytics or similar tools, we will obtain consent and provide a cookie notice.

Third-party services we rely on (e.g. CDNs delivering fonts and icons) may set technical cookies. We will update this statement to reflect those practices.

5. Children and young people

Children and young people participate in our programmes with parent/guardian involvement and appropriate consent. We only collect personal data about children as required to run those programmes and in line with our Safeguarding Policy.

6. Data sharing and storage

We do not share personal information with third parties except: (a) with your consent; for (b) to comply with the law; (c) to conforms to our legal and administrative partners who act on our behalf in a data-processing capacity. Data is stored securely in restricted systems with access limited to authorised personnel.

7. Your rights

• Access the personal information we hold about you.
• Request correction or deletion where it does not interfere with other legal obligations.
• Withdraw consent for marketing communications at any time.
• Lodge a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, such as the National Information Technology Authority - Uganda (NITA-U).

8. Data retention

We keep personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described, or as required by law (e.g. financial records).

9. Contact

For privacy matters, contact us at info@ycbn.org or via our Contact page.