The South Sudan National Youth Union (SSNYU) operates the website ssnyu.com.
We are a national youth organization committed to transparency, youth development, communication and civic engagement.
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, store and protect personal data when you visit our website, interact with our content or contact us.
By accessing ssnyu.com, you agree to the terms set out in this privacy policy.
South Sudan National Youth Union (SSNYU),
Juba, Republic of South Sudan.
Contact email: info@ssnyu.com
Contact phone: +211 921 577 770
We collect only the minimum required personal data necessary to operate our website and provide our services.
Contact form submissions (name, email address, phone number and message content),
newsletter subscriptions (email address),
comments on blog posts (name, email address and any other information you provide),
registration or participation forms for youth activities, events, workshops or training programs.
When you visit ssnyu.com, our system automatically collects technical information, including
IP address,
browser type and version,
device information,
pages visited,
date and time of the visit,
referring websites.
These data are collected for security purposes, analytics, performance optimization and to improve user experience.
If you upload images or media to ssnyu.com, you should avoid uploading files with embedded location data (EXIF).
Visitors may be able to extract this location data from uploaded images.
We process personal data for the following purposes
administration of website functionality and security,
responding to inquiries via the contact form,
organization of youth programs, events, workshops and communication activities,
maintenance of member data (where applicable),
publication of blog posts, news and official statements,
optimization of website performance and usability,
analysis and reporting to understand how users interact with our content,
compliance with applicable local and international legal requirements.
Our website uses cookies to enable basic functions and improve performance. Cookies may be used for
session management,
visitor analytics (e.g., Google Analytics or WordPress statistics),
performance analysis of content,
security monitoring (e.g., firewall logs).
You may disable cookies in your browser settings; however, certain functions of the website may no longer operate correctly as a result.
SSNYU publishes news articles, youth notices, policy statements, press releases and blog posts related to education.
If you leave a comment on our website, it will be publicly visible.
Your IP address may be collected for security reasons.
Spam detection systems may automatically analyze your input.
SSNYU maintains official pages on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Interactions on these platforms are subject to the privacy policies of the respective providers.
Embedded content, such as YouTube videos or social media posts, may collect data from you as if you were visiting the respective platform directly.
We do not sell or exchange personal data.
Data will only be shared when necessary
to authorized employees of SSNYU,
to trusted service providers (e.g., for hosting, security analytics, newsletter systems),
to law enforcement authorities or other competent bodies where required under South Sudanese law,
to international partners only when necessary for youth programs or cooperation, and only with your consent.
Our website may be hosted on servers located outside the Republic of South Sudan.
By using our website, you agree that your data may be transferred to and stored in other countries whose data protection standards may differ from those of South Sudan.
We ensure that all service providers apply appropriate security measures.
We store personal data only for as long as necessary
for communication or support inquiries until their completion,
for program participation, as required by administration,
for newsletter subscriptions until you unsubscribe,
for blog comments indefinitely unless you request deletion,
for security logs typically between 30 and 180 days, depending on system requirements.
You have the following rights regarding your data
right to access your stored data,
right to rectification of your personal data,
right to deletion of your data where legally permitted,
right to withdraw consent for receiving newsletters or information about events,
right to object to certain forms of data processing.
Requests may be sent by email to info@ssnyu.com
We implement technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data, including
encryption where applicable,
secure server configurations,
firewall and malware protection,
regular updates of our WordPress system and our data plugins,
strict internal access controls.
Although we apply high security standards, no online system can guarantee absolute protection.
As a national youth organization, we place great importance on the safety of young people.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13 years of age without parental or guardian consent.
If we discover such data, we will delete it immediately.
Our website may contain links to external websites.
We are not responsible for their privacy practices.
We recommend reading the privacy policies of any external website you visit.
We reserve the right to update this privacy policy at any time.
Changes become effective upon publication on ssnyu.com.
Users are encouraged to visit this page regularly.
For questions, requests or concerns regarding this policy, please contact the
South Sudan National Youth Union (SSNYU)
via email at info@ssnyu.com
Juba, Republic of South Sudan
