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Legal · Effective April 2026

Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

The Africa Barbados Heritage Initiative (TABHI) is a heritage diplomacy and genealogical archive institution. This Privacy Policy explains how TABHI collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal information when you use this website. For questions about this policy, contact us at backtobarbados@gmail.com.

2. Information We Collect

TABHI may collect the following categories of information:

  • Contact information: Your name and email address when you submit a form or contact us directly
  • Genealogical and archival data: Family history, lineage records, and supporting documentation that you voluntarily submit
  • Technical data: Browser type, device type, pages visited, and approximate location, collected via cookies and standard server logs

We do not collect payment information. We do not collect sensitive personal data (such as health information) unless you choose to include it in a voluntary submission.

3. How We Use Your Information

TABHI uses collected information to:

  • Process and respond to archive submissions and enquiries
  • Maintain and develop the genealogical archive
  • Communicate with you about your submission or enquiry
  • Improve the functionality and content of this website
  • Comply with applicable legal obligations

TABHI does not use your information for automated decision-making or profiling.

4. Sharing of Information

TABHI does not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We do not share your data with third parties except in the following circumstances:

  • Where necessary to operate our services (e.g. website hosting)
  • Where required to do so by law or a valid legal process
  • With your explicit consent

5. Data Retention

Contact information and enquiry data is retained for as long as necessary to respond to your request and for a reasonable period thereafter. Genealogical submissions are retained as part of the archive on an indefinite basis, consistent with TABHI's heritage preservation mission, unless you request their removal.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

  • The right to access the personal data TABHI holds about you
  • The right to correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • The right to request deletion of your personal data
  • The right to restrict or object to processing
  • The right to data portability

To exercise any of these rights, contact TABHI at backtobarbados@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

7. Cookies

This website uses cookies. For full details, see our Cookie Policy.

8. Security

TABHI takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect your personal information from unauthorised access, loss, or misuse. However, no method of internet transmission is fully secure, and TABHI cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Changes to This Policy

TABHI may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will reflect any changes. Continued use of the website following an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

10. Contact

backtobarbados@gmail.com

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