Privacy

Privacy Policy

Effective and last updated July 20, 2026

Who operates this site

Africa Code Academy Inc. (“ACA,” “we,” or “us”) is a California nonprofit corporation and 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 82-2131888. Our mailing address is 567 Bryson Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306, United States. Contact us at [email protected].

Information we collect

Ordinary site use. You can read the site without creating an account. Our hosting provider, Cloudflare, receives ordinary request information needed to deliver and secure the site, such as IP address, browser and device information, requested pages, referring page, and request time.

Email and program inquiries. When you email ACA, we receive the address you use, your message, and any information or files you choose to include. Application-related email may also include professional, educational, portfolio, or other information you voluntarily provide.

Donations. Donations are processed through Give Lively and its payment partners. Give Lively may collect your name, contact details, donation amount and date, payment-related information, dedication information, and preferences you select. ACA receives donor and donation records from Give Lively but does not directly receive full payment-card or bank-account details.

How we use information

  • Operate, secure, troubleshoot, and improve the site.
  • Respond to program, partnership, hiring, mentorship, and general inquiries.
  • Administer applications and communicate about Academy program cycles.
  • Process, acknowledge, account for, and report charitable donations.
  • Meet legal, tax, fraud-prevention, and nonprofit recordkeeping obligations.

ACA does not sell personal information and does not use the site for behavioral advertising.

Service providers and embedded content

Cloudflare hosts and secures the site and processes network and request data under its privacy policy.

Give Lively provides the donation form and shares donor information with ACA. Give Lively and its payment partners control payment processing and describe their practices in the Give Lively privacy policy.

YouTube provides an embedded testimonial video using its privacy-enhanced domain. Loading or playing the video sends request information such as IP address, browser details, and the page URL to Google, and interacting with YouTube may associate viewing activity with your browser or Google account. See the Google Privacy Policy.

Links to LinkedIn, Instagram, GitHub, and project sites take you to services ACA does not control. Their privacy practices apply after you visit them.

Cookies and analytics

ACA does not currently run a first-party analytics service or set first-party advertising cookies on this site. Site fonts and logos are hosted locally. Embedded Give Lively and YouTube content may use cookies, local storage, or similar technologies under their own policies.

Retention and security

We retain correspondence and application information for as long as reasonably needed to respond, administer a program cycle, maintain appropriate alumni or partnership records, and meet legal obligations. Donation and financial records may be kept for the periods required by tax, accounting, fraud-prevention, and nonprofit law. Our service providers keep information under their own retention schedules. We use reasonable administrative and technical safeguards, but no internet service can guarantee absolute security.

Your choices and rights

You may ask ACA to provide, correct, or delete personal information we control, or object to certain uses, by emailing [email protected]. We may need to verify your request and may retain information when required by law or necessary for legitimate nonprofit records. For donation payment data or Google account activity, contact the relevant provider directly or use its privacy controls.

Children and international visitors

This site is not directed to children under 13, and ACA does not knowingly collect their personal information through the site. ACA and several providers are based in the United States, so information submitted from another country may be processed in the United States or other locations where those providers operate.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the site, program, or service providers change. We will publish the revised policy here and update the date above.