Who I Am
This website, https://drgracemabialamaye.com, is the professional website of Dr. Grâce Mabiala-Maye, a physician and public health researcher. This policy explains what personal information is collected when you visit or interact with this site, how it is used, and the choices available to you. Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact form on this site or to grace@drgracemabialamaye.com.
Information You Provide Directly
When you use the contact form on this site, you provide your name, email address, a subject line, and the content of your message. This information is used solely to read and respond to your inquiry. It is transmitted by email and retained only as long as needed to handle your correspondence.
If you reach out about student mentorship, you may choose to send additional materials by email, such as a personal statement or study objectives. These documents are used only to evaluate and respond to your mentorship inquiry. They are never shared with third parties, used for any other purpose, or added to any mailing list.
If you leave a comment on the site, the comment and its metadata (your name, email address, and the time of posting) are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognized and displayed. An anonymized string created from your email address may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you have a profile picture associated with it; the Gravatar privacy policy is available at https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Information Collected Automatically
Like most websites, this site collects certain technical information automatically when you visit, including your IP address, browser type, the pages you view, and the date and time of your visit. This information is collected through server logs maintained by the hosting provider and through analytics tools, and it is used in aggregate form to understand how the site is used and to keep it secure. It is not used to identify individual visitors.
Cookies
This site uses cookies, which are small text files stored in your browser. Essential cookies are necessary for the site to function, for example to remember your cookie preferences or to allow the contact form to work. Optional cookies, such as those used for analytics, are set only with your consent, which you can give or withdraw at any time through the cookie banner or the cookie settings link on this site. Full details about the cookies in use are available on the Cookie Policy page.
If you leave a comment, you may opt in to cookies that save your name, email address, and website so you do not have to fill in your details again when leaving another comment. These convenience cookies last one year.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Pages on this site may include embedded content such as videos, podcast players, or links to articles hosted elsewhere. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if you had visited the other website directly. Those websites may collect data about you, use their own cookies, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, particularly if you have an account and are logged in to that website. This site does not control the data practices of those third parties, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policies.
How Your Information Is Shared
Personal information collected through this site is not sold, rented, or traded to anyone. It is shared only with the service providers necessary to operate the site, such as the web hosting provider and the email service that delivers contact form submissions, and only to the extent needed to provide those services. Information may also be disclosed if required by law.
How Long Information Is Kept
Contact form submissions and mentorship correspondence are kept only as long as necessary to respond to and follow up on the inquiry. Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely, as described above. Technical logs and analytics data are retained according to the schedules of the hosting and analytics providers, typically for a limited period.
Your Rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights under data protection laws such as the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation or applicable state privacy laws in the United States. These may include the right to request a copy of the personal data held about you, to ask that it be corrected or deleted, to object to or restrict its processing, and to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent. If you have left comments on this site, you can request an exported file of the personal data held about you, including any data you have provided, and you can request that this data be erased, except for data that must be kept for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
To exercise any of these rights, contact grace@drgracemabialamaye.com. Requests will be answered within the timeframe required by applicable law. If you believe your data protection rights have been violated, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority in your jurisdiction.
Data Security
Reasonable technical and organizational measures are in place to protect the information collected through this site, including secure hosting and encrypted transmission (HTTPS). However, no method of transmission over the internet is completely secure, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Children’s Privacy
This site is intended for a general professional audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through this site, please contact grace@drgracemabialamaye.com so it can be deleted.
Changes to This Policy
This policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in the site’s features or in applicable law. The date at the top of this page indicates when it was last revised. Continued use of the site after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
Contact
For any questions about this privacy policy or the handling of your personal information, please use the contact form on this site or write to grace@drgracemabialamaye.com.