Who we are

Our website address is: https://djembeconsultants.com

What personal data we collect and why we collect it?

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Contact forms
Cookies

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one month.

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

How we use cookies

A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or let you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
This website sets functionality cookies.  These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Analytics

Who we share your data with
How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Your contact information
Additional information

How we protect your data
What data breach procedures we have in place
What third parties we receive data from
What automated decision making and/or profiling we do with user data
Industry regulatory disclosure requirements

Equal Opportunity Policy (2021) 

 Djembe Consultants is global and integrated communications consultancy that is committed to eliminating unlawful discrimination and promoting equality of opportunity in all our activities.  

We recognise and value the strength of diversity and aim to treat all people with dignity and respect whilst recognising the value of everyone and the positive contribution they make to our services and workforce. In this regard, this Equal Opportunity Policy highlights our commitment to maintaining and building on our strengths by ensuring equality and diversity is integral to everything we do. 

Purpose & Aim of Policy 

This Equal Opportunity Policy supports and underpins our corporate equality objectives, which focuses on our stakeholders, partners, and employees. Our equality objectives aim to: 

• Eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, and victimisation and other prohibitory conduct 
• Advance equality of opportunities and foster good relations between our employees, clients, and partners 
• State how we intend to tackle discrimination and harassment and promote equality 

Scope 

This policy applies to all Djembe Consultant employees, persons acting on behalf of the consultancy, services, and services delivered by third parties on our behalf. We will work towards tackling discrimination, harassment, and victimisation on the grounds of the following characteristics. 

• Age 
• Disability 
• Gender Reassignment 
• Marriage and Civil Partnership 
• Pregnancy and Maternity 
• Race 
• Religion or Belief 
• Sex or Gender 
• Sexual Orientation  

 Our Principles & Values 

Our Equal Opportunity Policy is underpinned by a set of principles and values, which are to: 

• Implement our equality policies to ensure that employment and other policies address the needs of our diverse workforce in different geographical locations 
• Ensure services are responsive and truly accessible to our customers and clients 
• Plan, develop and maintain effective communication and partnership with clients, partners, and employees so that Djembe Consultants can deliver cost effective and accessible services in the context of an appropriate work life balance 
• Ensure our workforce has the skills and competencies required to deliver a high-quality service through effective recruitment, selection, and development of employees 
• Encourage partnership and participation in the development and application of our policies, practices, and services 
• Work actively to eliminate all forms of unlawful discrimination, both direct and indirect that is prohibited under the international and local laws.