Ethics & Policies

Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

This policy describes how Contech goes about collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing the information that it receives about you from your interaction with any Contech websites, mobile applications, and social media (collectively the “Contech Platform”).

This policy may be changed at any time, in which case the revised Privacy Policy will apply to information collected after the date it is posted. By accessing the Contech Platform, you agree that you have read and understand the terms and conditions of this Privacy Policy.

Contech has servers located in the United States and is subject to the applicable state and federal laws of the United States. If you choose to access the Contech Platform, you consent to the use and disclosure of information you provide in accordance with this Privacy Policy and subject to such laws

The Contech Platform is not intended for, and should not be used by, children under 13 years of age. Contech does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13, and in the event that Contech learns that the personal information of a child under 13 has been collected or received, it will be deleted.

Throughout this policy, you will see the terms “Management Sciences for Health” “Contech,” “we,” “our,” and “us” ­ these terms refer to Management Sciences for Health, a Massachusetts non-profit corporation with tax-exempt status pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501(c)(3). You will also see the terms “I,” “you,” “your,” and “yours” – these terms refer to visitors to and users of our Contech Platform or any of the content contained therein.

Types of Information Contech May Collect

Contech may collect several types of information from and about users of our Contech Platform, including:

  • Personal Information you choose to provide. We do not collect any personally identifiable information about you unless you voluntarily submit such information to us, by, for example, filling out forms, creating an account on Contech’s websites or on other components of the Contech Platform, or making a donation.

  • Information regarding financial transactions, namely donations, made through our website.

  • Records and copies of your correspondence (including email addresses), if you contact us.

  • Information about your Internet connection, the equipment you use to access components of our Contech Platform, and usage details including:

    • traffic data, location data logs, and other communication data and the resources that you access and use on the Contech Platform.

    • your IP address, operating system, and browser type.

Ways That Contech May Collect Information

Contech may collect information either directly from you the user, and/or automatically as you navigate through the Contech Platform. Information collected automatically may include usage details, IP addresses, and information collected through Google Analytics.

Contech only collects Personal Information when voluntarily and knowingly submitted by a visitor. You can have general access to our Contech Platform and browse websites describing our organization without providing any Personal Information or being required to register. If you choose to make a donation to Contech, whether by telephone, postal mail, or an Contech website, we will collect certain required financial information from you (such as your credit card information if you choose to submit your donation in that manner, and the donation amount).

Online donations are processed by a third-party service provider and you should read the section of our Terms of Use entitled “Links to Other Sites” and familiarize yourself with the privacy terms of all such non-Contech sites before using them

Users may provide information to be published or displayed on public areas of the Contech Platform, or transmitted to other users of the Contech Platform. This information posted on and transmitted to others at your own risk.

Some elements of the Contech Platform use “cookies” which are small pieces of data that are sent to your browser from Contech’s web server and stored on your computer’s hard drive for the purpose of collecting non-identifying information about you as a user, such as Web surfing behavior or user preferences for a specific website.Contech does not link information obtained through the use of cookies to individual user’s personal information.

Some web tracking information may include data, such as IP address data, that is unique to you. You can manually delete all cookies within your browser privacy settings. You can also set your browser to not accept cookies although this may prevent you from using some of the services offered on the Contech Platform.

How Contech May Use The Information It Collects

Contech may use the information that it collects in the following ways:

  • To help Contech present the Contech Platform components and their contents to users.

  • To provide users with information that they request from Contech.

  • To fulfill any other purpose for which the user provided the information.

  • In any other way that is described when a user provides the information.

  • For any other purpose with the user’s consent.

From time to time Contech may disclose aggregated information about our users, and information that does not identify any individual, without restriction.

    Contech may also disclose Personal Information that is collected as described above:

  • To comply with any court order, law, or legal process, including to respond to any government or regulatory request.

  • To our subsidiaries and affiliates.

  • To contractors, service providers, and other third parties who support Contech and its charitable purposes, who are bound by contractual obligations to keep personal information confidential and use it only for the purposes for which Contech disclosed it to them.

  • To fulfill the purpose for which the user provided it.

  • For any other purpose disclosed by Contech when the user provided the information.

  • With the user’s consent.

How Contech Protects Personal Information

Contech uses reasonable security precautions to protect the security and integrity of user’s Personal Information in accordance with this Privacy Policy and applicable law.

Contech encrypts transmissions of personal information through our websites using secure socket layer technology (SSL) but cannot guarantee the security of personal information transmitted to the Contech Platform.

Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the Internet is not completely secure. Although we do our best to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of personal information transmitted to our websites or other Contech Platform components. Any transmission of personal information is at your own risk. Without limitation of the foregoing, we are not responsible for the actions of hackers and other unauthorized third parties that breach our reasonable security procedures.

How Users Can Access And Correct Personal Information

Users can review and change any of the Personal Information they provided when registering for an account on the Contech Platform by logging into the appropriate website and visiting their account profile page

For any other concerns regarding user information that was submitted via the Contech Platform contact communications@Contech.org.

If a user deletes his/her contributions from the Contech Platform, copies may remain viewable in cached and archived pages, or might have been copied or stored by other website users.

For More Information

If you have any questions or comments about this privacy policy, please contact Contech at the address, phone number, or e-mail address listed below.

Contech International

2-G, Model Town, Lahore, Pakistan

Telephone: (92-42) 35888798-99

Email: contech@contech.org.pk

By using any CONTECH websites, mobile applications, or social media (collectively the “Contech Platform”) or any of the text, graphics, name, trademarks, logo, user interfaces, visual interfaces, information, data, tools, products, services and other content (together, “Content”) contained therein, you hereby accept and agree to comply with the terms and conditions set forth in this Terms of Use.

This Terms of Use is a binding agreement between you and Contech, and governs your access and use of any part of the “Contech Platform”, including this website (the “Site”), and any of the Content it contains.

Throughout this policy, you will see the terms “CONTECH”, “we,” “our,” and “us” these terms refer to Contech International Health Consultants, a Massachusetts non-profit corporation with tax-exempt status pursuant to Internal Revenue Service Code Section 501(c)(3). You will also see the terms “I,” “you,” “your,” and “yours” – these terms refer to visitors to and users of our Contech Platform or any of the content contained therein.