Privacy Policy

United African Technical College (UATC)

Effective Date: 8 September 2026

Last Updated: 8 September 2026

1. Introduction

United African Technical College ("UATC", "we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal information collected through our public website.

This Privacy Policy explains how information is collected, used, stored, protected, and disclosed when you visit or interact with the UATC website at uatc.ac.tz.

UATC processes personal data in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act, 2022, Cap. 44 of the Laws of Tanzania, applicable regulations, and other relevant laws of the United Republic of Tanzania.

This Privacy Policy applies only to information collected or processed through the UATC public website.

It does not cover personal data processed through separate systems or platforms that may be linked from the website, including external online applications or student information management systems. Such systems are subject to their own applicable privacy practices and terms.

2. Who We Are

The website is operated by:

United African Technical College (UATC)

Plot No. P9842, Vijibweni, Kigamboni

P.O. Box 36246

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email: admin@uatc.ac.tz

Phone: +255 691 252 413

Website: uatc.ac.tz

For purposes of personal data collected directly through this website, UATC is responsible for determining how and why that information is processed.

3. Data Protection Principles

UATC seeks to process personal information in accordance with applicable data-protection principles. Personal data collected through this website should be:

1. processed lawfully, fairly, and transparently;
2. collected for specified and legitimate purposes;
3. limited to information reasonably necessary for those purposes;
4. kept accurate where appropriate;
5. retained only for as long as reasonably necessary;
6. protected against unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, loss, or misuse;
7. processed in a manner that respects the rights of data subjects; and
8. transferred outside Tanzania only where permitted under applicable law.

4. Information We Collect

The information collected depends on how you interact with the website.

4.1 Information You Provide Through the Contact Form

When you submit an inquiry through the UATC contact form, we may collect:

1. your full name;
2. email address;
3. telephone number;
4. enquiry topic;
5. subject of the enquiry;
6. message or enquiry content;
7. date and time of submission; and
8. any other information you voluntarily include in your message.

The contact form requires the user to consent to UATC storing and using the submitted information for the purpose of responding to the inquiry.

Please avoid submitting sensitive personal information through the general contact form unless it is necessary for your inquiry.

5. Website Analytics and Usage Information

UATC operates a first-party website analytics system to understand how visitors use the website and to improve website content, usability, performance, security, and communication.

The analytics functionality is integrated directly into the UATC website and database.

Depending on the interaction and technical configuration, analytics information may include:

1. pages viewed;
2. landing pages;
3. exit pages;
4. number of visits;
5. visitor and session information;
6. approximate country and city;
7. device category, such as desktop or mobile;
8. browser type;
9. referring website or traffic source;
10. search-engine referrals;
11. campaign information;
12. content groups;
13. internal website searches;
14. calls-to-action clicked;
15. contact-related clicks;
16. scroll depth;
17. time spent engaging with website content;
18. page and website performance measurements;
19. Core Web Vitals, including Largest Contentful Paint (LCP), Interaction to Next Paint (INP) and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS); and
20. Other similar technical or interaction events required to understand website performance and usage.

UATC uses this information for statistical, operational, and website-improvement purposes.

UATC does not use its first-party website analytics for behavioural advertising or to sell visitor profiles to advertisers.

6. Approximate Location Information

The website analytics system may identify a visitor's approximate geographical location, such as country or city, based on technical network information.

This information is used to understand the general geographic distribution of website visitors.

Approximate location information should not be interpreted as precise GPS location or a visitor's exact physical address.

7. Technical and Server Information

When a visitor accesses the website, the website server, hosting infrastructure, and security systems may automatically process technical information necessary to deliver and protect the website.

Depending on the server and security configuration, this may include:

1. IP address;
2. browser information;
3. device information;
4. requested URL;
5. date and time of a request;
6. referring URL;
7. server response information;
8. error information; and
9. security or access logs.

Such information may be processed for website operation, troubleshooting, fraud prevention, cybersecurity, availability monitoring, and investigation of suspected misuse or attacks.

8. How We Collect Information

Information may be collected:

Directly from you

For example, when you complete and submit the contact form.

Automatically through the website

Technical, usage, performance, and interaction information may be collected automatically when a visitor accesses or interacts with the website.

Through server and security infrastructure

Certain technical information may be recorded automatically by the web server, hosting environment, or security controls.

9. Why We Use the Information

UATC may use information collected through the website to:

1. receive and respond to enquiries;
2. communicate with people who contact UATC;
3. operate and maintain the website;
4. understand how visitors use different sections of the website;
5. determine which content is most useful or frequently visited;
6. understand general traffic sources and campaigns;
7. improve website navigation and usability;
8. measure visitor engagement;
9. measure and improve website performance;
10. identify technical problems;
11. detect and respond to cybersecurity threats or misuse;
12. maintain website and system security;
13. prepare aggregated website statistics;
14. comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations; and
15. establish, exercise, or defend legal rights where necessary.

Information collected for one purpose will not be used for an incompatible purpose unless permitted by law.

10. Legal Basis for Processing

Depending on the type and purpose of processing, UATC may process website information on one or more lawful grounds recognised under applicable Tanzanian law.

These may include:

Consent

Where you voluntarily provide information through the contact form and consent to UATC using it to respond to your inquiry.

Legitimate Institutional Interests

Where processing is reasonably necessary for operating, securing, maintaining, analysing, and improving the UATC website, provided that such processing is carried out in accordance with applicable data-protection requirements.

Legal Obligations

Where processing is necessary for UATC to comply with an applicable law, regulatory requirement, lawful request, or legal process.

Protection of Rights and Security

Where processing is necessary to protect the website, UATC systems, users, staff, property, or legal rights against fraud, cybersecurity threats, unlawful activity, or misuse.

11. First-Party Analytics

UATC's website analytics are designed primarily for internal institutional reporting and website management.

Analytics reports may include aggregated information concerning:

1. visitor numbers;
2. sessions;
3. geographical distribution;
4. content performance;
5. traffic acquisition;
6. campaigns;
7. visitor actions;
8. website searches;
9. engagement;
10. devices and browsers; and
11. technical performance.

UATC does not intentionally use the first-party analytics system to determine the real-world identity of ordinary website visitors.

Where technical identifiers are necessary to distinguish visits or sessions, they should be used only for legitimate website operation, analytics, or security purposes.

12. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The website may use cookies, session mechanisms, or similar technologies where necessary to provide website functionality, maintain security, remember temporary session information, or support first-party analytics.

Where such technologies are used, they are not intended to be used by UATC for third-party behavioural advertising.

Visitors can generally control cookies through their browser settings. Disabling certain essential cookies or browser storage mechanisms may affect some website functionality.

Where UATC introduces additional non-essential cookies or third-party tracking technologies, this Privacy Policy and any applicable cookie notice will be updated accordingly.

13. Sharing and Disclosure of Information

UATC does not sell personal information collected through this website.

Information may be accessed or disclosed only where reasonably necessary, including to:

1. authorised UATC staff responsible for handling enquiries;
2. authorised ICT personnel responsible for maintaining and securing the website;
3. hosting, infrastructure, and technical or security service providers acting on behalf of UATC;
4. professional advisers where necessary;
5. regulators, courts, law-enforcement authorities, or other public authorities where disclosure is required or permitted by law; or
6. another party where you have expressly authorised the disclosure.

Where service providers process personal information on behalf of UATC, reasonable measures should be taken to ensure that the information is handled securely and only for authorised purposes.

14. International and Cross-Border Processing

Some technical or infrastructure service providers may operate systems or facilities outside Tanzania.

Where personal information collected through the website is transferred outside Tanzania, UATC will seek to ensure that such transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act and other applicable law.

Appropriate safeguards will be applied where required.

15. External Websites and Services

The UATC website may contain links to third-party websites, regulatory bodies, social media services, online application systems, student information management systems and other external platforms.

These external services operate separately from the UATC public website.

This Privacy Policy does not govern information that a visitor submits directly to an external website or platform after leaving uatc.ac.tz.

Visitors should review the privacy policy or privacy notice of the relevant external service before providing personal information.

16. Online Application and Student Information Systems

The UATC public website may provide links directing prospective students or other users to a separate online application or student information management system.

Application, applicant, student, and academic information submitted directly through such a separate system is not collected through the UATC public website covered by this Privacy Policy.

The privacy practices applicable to information submitted through such systems are governed separately by the relevant system operator, arrangements, and applicable law.

17. Data Retention

UATC retains personal information collected through the website only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, or for another period required or permitted by law.

Contact-form enquiries may be retained for the period necessary to:

1. respond to the enquiry;
2. manage related correspondence;
3. maintain appropriate administrative records; or
4. comply with legal or institutional requirements.

Website analytics and technical information may be retained for a period reasonably necessary to analyse website performance, identify trends, maintain security, and prepare aggregated statistics.

Security and server logs may be retained for periods appropriate to operational, cybersecurity, investigation, or legal requirements.

Where information is no longer required, UATC may delete, anonymise, or aggregate it, subject to applicable legal and operational requirements.

18. Information Security

UATC takes reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information processed through the website from:

1. unauthorised access;
2. unauthorised disclosure;
3. alteration;
4. misuse;
5. accidental loss;
6. destruction; and
7. cybersecurity threats.

Measures may include access controls, authentication, secure communications, system monitoring, backups, software updates, network security controls, and restrictions on administrative access.

However, no internet-based system can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Visitors should also take reasonable precautions when communicating information online.

19. Automated Decision-Making and Profiling

UATC does not use information collected through the public website to make solely automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects on website visitors.

Website analytics may classify visits according to technical or statistical characteristics such as device type, traffic source, country, or content category. Such classifications are used for website reporting and improvement rather than automated decisions about individual visitors.

20. Children's and Young Persons' Privacy

The UATC website provides educational and institutional information and may be accessed by people of different ages.

UATC does not intentionally use its website analytics to create advertising profiles of children or young persons.

Where a young person submits an inquiry through the general contact form, UATC will process only the information reasonably required to respond to that enquiry and will handle the information in accordance with applicable law.

Users should avoid submitting unnecessary sensitive personal information through the general contact form.

21. Your Data Protection Rights

Subject to applicable law and any lawful limitations or exceptions, a person whose personal data is processed by UATC may have rights including:

1. the right to be informed about the processing of personal data;
2. the right to request access to personal data;
3. the right to request correction or rectification of inaccurate information;
4. the right to request erasure or destruction where applicable;
5. the right to request restriction of certain processing;
6. the right to object to processing in applicable circumstances;
7. the right to data portability where applicable;
8. rights relating to automated decision-making;
9. the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent;
10. the right to complain about the handling of personal data; and
11. any other rights provided under applicable data-protection law.

Withdrawal of consent does not necessarily affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.

Certain rights may be subject to legal, regulatory, security, record-keeping, or other lawful limitations.

22. Exercising Your Rights

To ask about personal data processed through the UATC website or to exercise an applicable data-protection right, you may contact:

United African Technical College

Email: admin@uatc.ac.tz

Phone: +255 691 252 413

Postal Address: P.O. Box 36246, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Physical Address: Plot No. P9842, Vijibweni, Kigamboni, Dar es Salaam

UATC may need to verify the identity of a person making a request before disclosing, correcting, or deleting personal information.

23. Complaints

If you believe that UATC has processed your personal information in a manner inconsistent with applicable data-protection law, you may first contact UATC using the contact details provided in this Privacy Policy.

Where the matter is not satisfactorily resolved, you may have the right to lodge a complaint with the Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) of Tanzania in accordance with applicable law.

24. Changes to This Privacy Policy

UATC may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

1. changes to the website;
2. changes to analytics or technical systems;
3. changes in data-processing practices;
4. changes in applicable law or regulatory guidance; or
5. improvements to UATC's privacy and security practices.

When significant changes are made, the revised version will be published on this page with an updated effective or revision date.

Visitors are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.

25. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or how information collected through the website is handled, contact:

United African Technical College (UATC)

Plot No. P9842, Vijibweni, Kigamboni

P.O. Box 36246

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Email: admin@uatc.ac.tz

Phone: +255 691 252 413

Website: uatc.ac.tz

Effective Date: 8 September 2026