Introduction

At SheCanCODE Bootcamp, we recognize the importance of your privacy and are committed to how your data is handled. We honour and prioritize the privacy of all our customers and users, collecting and using personal data solely in the ways outlined here while adhering to our obligations and your rights under Data Protection laws.

This is SheCanCODE Privacy Notice (“Privacy Notice”) which may be accessed from https://www.shecancodeschool.org where you submit personal data to access the service or may be obtained as a hard copy when you submit personal data at our medical laboratory.

Information about us

What does this Privacy Notice Cover?

This Privacy Notice explains how we use your data: how it is collected, how it is held, and how it is processed. It also explains your rights under the law relating to your data.

What Is Personal Data?

Personal data refers to any information about you that enables you to be identified as an individual such as your name, contact details, and identification numbers but it also covers less obvious information such as electronic location data and other online identifiers.

How do we collect your data?

How do we use your personal data?

1. We process your personal data for one of the lawful bases of processing (“Lawful Basis”) depending on the specific purpose or purposes for which we are using your data (see table below).

Category of use	Purpose of use
To provide our product and services:We may use your personal information and financial information to: Make our products and services available to you. Onboard you as a student, customer, or applicant. Provide products and services available to you, process your payment. Responding and engaging with your inquiries, delivery and service updates or feedback, including contacting you where necessary.	Performance of our contract with you.
To identify you: We may use your personal information, including identification information and contact information, to: Identity verification, establishing and administering customer care services. Processing payments for services offered.	Performance of our contract with you.
For Marketing: We may use your personal information, including contact information, to: Keep you informed about our services and any promotions we may be running at the school, including direct marketing. Note we will not use any information deemed as sensitive personal information for Direct Marketing purposes and you may withdraw your consent at any time.	Consent (You can withdraw your consent at any time see more information here)
Improving Website Experience: We may use your personal information to: Understand you so we can provide you with a great website experience, personalized offers and online advertising. Understanding how you use our website, where and when you browse from, the products and services you view	Legitimate Interest of the Data Controller
Government Requirements: We may use your personal information, including financial information information, to: Submit the relevant statutorily required information to various institutions of the Government of RWANDA.	Legal Obligation

2. Vital Interests’ can be used as a lawful basis where we need to share our data in emergency circumstances or where it is a matter of life and death.
3. We will not use your data for any purpose other than the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected unless we reasonably believe that another purpose is compatible with that or those original purpose(s). If we do use your data in this way and you wish us to explain how the new purpose is compatible with the original, please contact us.
4. If we need to use your personal data for a purpose that is unrelated to, or incompatible with, the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, we will inform you and explain the legal basis that allows us to do so or seek your consent.
5. In some circumstances, where permitted or required by law, we may disclose your data without your knowledge or consent. This will only be done within the bounds of the Data Protection Legislation and your legal rights.

What are your rights under the Data Protection Legislation?

Under the Data Protection Legislation, you have the following rights, which we will always work to respect and uphold:

1. The right to be informed about our collection and use of your data.
2. The right to access the personal data we hold about you.
3. The right to have your data corrected if any of your data held by us is false, erroneous or misleading.
4. The right to ask us to delete or otherwise dispose of any of your data that we hold.
5. The right to restrict (i.e., prevent) the processing of your data.
6. The right to object to us to our use of your data for a particular purpose or purposes.
7. The right to withdraw consent.
8. The right to data portability.
9. Rights relating to automated decision-making and profiling.

For more information about our use of your data or exercising your rights as outlined above, please contact us by email as set out in Part 13. Note that the above rights are subject to exceptions and conditions set out under the Data Protection Legislation, and your identification as an individual for whom we process personal data.

Your data must be kept accurate and up-to-date. If any of the personal data we hold about you changes, please keep us informed as long as we have that data. If you have any cause for complaint about our use of your data, you have the right to complain to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner. We would welcome the opportunity to resolve your concerns ourselves, however, so please contact us first.

Do we share your data

All data sharing will be undertaken in line with the Data Protection Legislation

1. Within SheCanCODE

   For administrative and operational purposes, we share data internally across our departments in SheCanCODE as the departments need to access data. The sharing across our departments is reasonable, is in line with Data Protection Legislation, and respects your rights.

   We hold your data record for you in our service stores to provide and fulfil our obligations to you and have

2. Outside SheCanCODE
   1. With our partners to deliver our course content;
   2. With our professional advisors, such as lawyers and consultants;
   3. Security and fraud prevention companies to ensure the safety and security of our customers, employees and business;
   4. Companies that provide student support services to our students;
   5. With companies that assist in marketing our products to you

   We are responsible for your data and ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place. Where obliged by law, we will share some personal data with Government, law and enforcement agencies. Where possible, we make this anonymous and only share statistics.

   Where your consent is needed to transfer the data, we will make this clear to you in simple and clear language so you may make an informed decision. We will never share your information if it’s not legal to do so, and will always consider your rights, and whether there is another way of achieving our aim, before doing so.

Keep your data safe:

We use a high level of protection, both organizational and technical measures, to ensure we process our customers’ data safely. Some of the measures are:

Contact Us

If you wish to contact us in respect of part of this Privacy Notice, have any questions or would like further information regarding our handling of your data, please contact us by email:

Amendments to this Privacy Notice

We may change, modify, or adopt a new Privacy Notice from time to time. If we do so, we will post it on our website and our social media platforms. You must check the Privacy Notice every time you submit your data to us. This version was last updated on Wednesday, February 5, 2025.