Business Excellence Awards Official Website
Effective Date: 01 January 2025
1. Introduction
Consumer Publications Uganda Limited, the organiser of the Business Excellence Awards, respects the privacy of all website visitors, nominees, voters, sponsors, partners, media representatives, service providers, and members of the public who interact with the Business Excellence Awards official website.
This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, protect, and disclose personal information when you visit or interact with the Business Excellence Awards website.
This Policy applies to the main Business Excellence Awards website, including pages such as About Us, How It Works, Why Sponsor, Categories, Nominate, Blog, Contact Us, and any related official forms or communication channels linked to the website.
By using this website, submitting information, making an inquiry, nominating a business, contacting us, or engaging with the Business Excellence Awards, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
2. Who We Are
The Business Excellence Awards are organised by Consumer Publications Uganda Limited.
Consumer Publications Uganda Limited conducts business recognition activities, public engagement, consumer feedback processes, nominations, award communication, sponsor engagement, media publication, and related activities connected to the Business Excellence Awards.
3. Information We May Collect
We may collect personal and business-related information when you interact with the website. This may include:
a) Contact Information
- Full name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Organisation or company name
- Job title or designation
- Physical address, where applicable
b) Nomination and Participation Information
When you nominate a company, submit interest, or participate in an award-related process, we may collect:
- Name of nominated business or organisation
- Contact person details
- Business category
- Sector or industry
- Business profile information
- Supporting documents or links
- Details submitted through nomination, inquiry, or participation forms
c) Sponsorship and Partnership Information
When you contact us about sponsorship, partnership, advertising, media coverage, or collaboration, we may collect:
- Company name
- Contact person details
- Sponsorship interest
- Partnership proposal details
- Communication history
- Billing or administrative information, where applicable
d) Website and Technical Information
When you visit the website, we may automatically collect technical information such as:
- IP address
- Browser type
- Device type
- Operating system
- Pages visited
- Time and date of visit
- Referring website
- Cookies or similar tracking information
This information helps us improve website performance, security, user experience, and communication.
4. How We Use Your Information
We may use the information collected for the following purposes:
- To respond to inquiries submitted through the website
- To receive and process nominations
- To communicate with nominees, winners, sponsors, partners, and stakeholders
- To manage Business Excellence Awards participation
- To provide information about award categories, events, sponsorship, and participation opportunities
- To publish approved nominee, sponsor, partner, or winner information
- To manage media, blog, publicity, and promotional content
- To improve website functionality and user experience
- To protect the website against spam, fraud, abuse, and unauthorised access
- To comply with legal, regulatory, audit, and administrative obligations
5. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process personal data based on one or more of the following:
- Your consent when you submit information through the website
- The need to respond to your request or inquiry
- The need to manage nominations, participation, sponsorship, or awards-related communication
- Our legitimate interest in promoting, organising, and administering the Business Excellence Awards
- Compliance with applicable legal and regulatory obligations
Uganda’s Data Protection and Privacy Act regulates the collection and processing of personal information and provides rights such as access to personal information and rectification, blocking, erasure, or destruction of inaccurate personal data.
6. Cookies and Website Tracking
The website may use cookies and similar technologies to improve browsing experience, analyse website traffic, secure the website, and remember user preferences.
Cookies may help us understand how visitors use the website, which pages are most visited, and how we can improve content and navigation.
You may disable cookies through your browser settings. However, some website features may not function properly if cookies are disabled.
7. Publication of Business and Award Information
The Business Excellence Awards may publish approved information relating to nominees, shortlisted companies, sponsors, partners, winners, award categories, media coverage, event highlights, photos, videos, and related public communications.
Where personal information is used for publicity, media, or promotional purposes, we shall aim to use it fairly and responsibly.
Businesses, nominees, sponsors, and partners that provide logos, brand names, photos, or profiles for publication are responsible for ensuring that they have the right to share such materials.
8. Links to the Online Voting Portal
The main website may link to the Business Excellence Awards Online Survey Portal or voting platform.
Information submitted on the voting portal may be handled under a separate Privacy Policy and Data Protection Policy specific to online voting, voter registration, vote validation, and survey participation.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy policy on the voting portal before registering or voting.
9. How We Share Information
We do not sell personal data.
We may share limited information where necessary with:
- Authorised staff and representatives of Consumer Publications Uganda Limited
- Business Excellence Awards organising team members
- Technical service providers supporting the website
- Event service providers, where necessary
- Media, design, publication, or communication teams, where authorised
- Sponsors or partners, where relevant and appropriate
- Legal, regulatory, audit, or public authorities where required by law
All parties handling personal data are expected to treat it responsibly and confidentially.
10. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect personal data from:
- Unauthorised access
- Loss
- Misuse
- Alteration
- Unlawful disclosure
- Accidental destruction
Security measures may include restricted access, password protection, secure hosting, system monitoring, administrator controls, backups, and technical safeguards.
However, no website or internet-based platform is completely risk-free. Users should avoid submitting sensitive information unless it is necessary.
11. Data Retention
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
This may include retention for:
- Responding to inquiries
- Managing nominations and awards participation
- Maintaining event and award records
- Sponsor and partner engagement
- Media and publication records
- Legal, audit, tax, or compliance obligations
- Dispute resolution and administrative purposes
When data is no longer required, it may be securely deleted, anonymised, or archived.
12. Your Rights
Subject to applicable law, you may request to:
- Access personal data we hold about you
- Correct inaccurate or incomplete information
- Request deletion of personal data where legally permissible
- Object to certain forms of processing
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Opt out of direct marketing communication
- Raise a complaint about how your data is handled
Requests shall be reviewed and handled within a reasonable period, subject to verification of identity and applicable legal requirements.
13. Email, Marketing, and Communication
We may use your contact details to send award-related updates, event information, nomination updates, sponsorship information, newsletters, media releases, or relevant business excellence communications.
You may request to stop receiving marketing or promotional communication by contacting us using the details below.
14. Third-Party Websites and Platforms
The website may contain links to third-party websites, social media pages, media platforms, payment providers, embedded content, or partner websites.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices, content, or security of third-party websites. Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of external websites before submitting information.
15. Children’s Privacy
This website is intended for business, professional, organisational, and public engagement related to the Business Excellence Awards. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If such information is discovered, reasonable steps will be taken to delete it.
16. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our website, award processes, legal requirements, or operational practices.
The updated version shall be published on this website with a revised effective date.
17. Contact Us
For privacy-related inquiries, data access requests, corrections, complaints, or any personal data matter, please contact:
Consumer Publications Uganda Limited
Organiser of the Business Excellence Awards
Address: Plot 2-4, Kimathi Avenue, UAP Building, Kampala, Uganda
Email: info@businessexcellenceawards.co.ug
Phone: +256 774 120 992 / +256 774 001 474