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PEMBA BLUE LTD. PRIVACY & COOKIES NOTICE

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Last updated: June 2026

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Pemba Blue Ltd. (“we” or “us”) is committed to the lawful, fair, and transparent processing of personal data. This notice is intended to help you understand what personal data we collect, why, when we share it, and how we store and protect it, as well as how to manage communications from us and exercise other rights you may have to your personal data. We may update this notice to reflect changes in our practices and applicable law. If we make a substantial or material update, we will post a notice on our sites and tools.

 

WHEN THIS NOTICE APPLIES

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This notice applies to personal data we collect through this website, electronic forms and surveys, online forums, events and other interactions, interactive exhibits, mobile apps that link to or reference this notice (collectively, “our sites and tools”). With respect to personal data processed through our sites and tools, we are the controller responsible for your personal data.

 

Links to third-party sites
This notice does not apply to any third-party applications, integrations, or websites that may link to, or be accessible from, our sites and tools. We are not responsible for any of the content, features, functionality, or privacy practices of such linked third-party applications, integrations, or websites. The data collection and use practices of any linked third-party application, integration, or website will be governed by that third party’s applicable privacy notice, statement, or policy, and its terms of use. We encourage you to read them.

 

WHAT DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

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Data you provide about yourself
We collect your personal data when you voluntarily provide it to us. For example, you may give us: your email address, country of residence, and areas of interest if you choose to receive newsletters, updates, or other information from us; your contact information, and any other personal data you choose to include, if you email, text, instant message us, engage at events or other engagements, or contact us through our sites and tools; and any personal data contained in, or included with, any proposal documents, social media posts, articles, feedback, comments, responses, messages, chats, photos, videos, or other data or content you submit via our sites and tools. Please do not disclose more personal data than is necessary. It is always your choice whether to provide this personal data. However, some personal data must be provided to enable certain functions of our sites and tools or enable you to participate in certain activities or events (such as to sign up for a newsletter, apply for a job, or register to participate in one of our events), so the decision not to provide such personal data might limit or eliminate such functions or your ability to participate in those programs, activities, or events. 

Personal data you provide about others Do not provide personal data about others unless you are authorized or required to do so by contract or applicable law. You may provide personal data on behalf of another person if you have provided them with a copy of this notice, and any applicable supplemental privacy notice, and obtained their explicit or express consent. We may ask you to provide evidence of that notice and consent.

 

Data we obtain from third parties and other sources
We may obtain personal data about you from other sources, including your company/organization, professional references, publicly available sources, third-party analytics providers, our service providers, and other third parties. For example, we may obtain your personal data if: another person designates you as a contact person for your company/organization or includes information about you in proposal documents, social media posts, articles, feedback, comments, responses, messages, chats, photos, videos, or other data or content submitted through our sites and tools; or one of our employees or service providers or a third party acting on apparent authority provides it to us (for example, when registering you to access one of our sites and tools, access our facilities, apply for a job, or participate in one of our activities or events).

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Payment processors
We may engage third parties to process payments you make to us (“Payment Processors”). In some cases, such donations or payments are made directly through one of our sites and tools. If so, we may ask you to provide payment, credit card, or other credit-related information, which we will share with the Payment Processor for the purpose of processing your payment. In other cases, you may be redirected to the Payment Processor’s site to make your donation or other payment. If so, the data collection and use practices of the Payment Processor’s site will be governed by that site’s privacy notice, statement, or policy, and its terms of use. We encourage you to read them.

 

Interest-based advertising
We may engage third parties to place our interest-based advertisements across the internet for the purpose of engaging and informing you about our company. These third parties may use tracking technologies to collect information about your visits to our sites and tools and other websites and your interaction with our advertising and other communications. Some advertisements may be personalized, meaning that they are intended to be relevant to you based on information collected about your visits to our sites and tools and elsewhere over time. You may opt out of our collection and use of this information at any time and, in some jurisdictions, we will only engage in interest-based advertising if you have opted in. 

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Data we collect automatically, including cookies, pixels, and similar technologies
We may collect some personal data automatically. For example, when you visit our sites and tools, we may collect your internet protocol (“IP”) address, internet service provider (“ISP”) information, and browser type and language. We also may use cookies, pixels, and similar technologies to collect data about your interaction with our sites and tools, including, for example, referring webpage, pages visited on our sites and tools, and crash data. In addition, we may link the information we collect automatically or the information from any cookie or pixel with the information you provide in other contexts on our sites and tools (newsletters, etc.) to personalize, connect and streamline your experience when visiting our sites and tools. 

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Minors
Our sites and tools are not intended for minors (individuals under the age of 13, or equivalent minimum age depending on jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors through our sites and tools. 

 

HOW WE USE YOUR DATA


Generally, we may use your personal data to: 

  • send you information about our company and the issues related to your interactions with us or our sites and tools;

  • send you publications, newsletters, and updates that you have explicitly or expressly chosen to receive;

  • review and respond to any proposal documents, reports, deliverables, comments, responses, messages, chats, or other data or content you submit when providing services; 

  • review, analyze, and respond to any feedback, comments, responses, messages, chats, photos, videos, or other data or content you submit via our sites and tools;

  • administer, safeguard, and improve our sites and tools, systems, facilities, events, and other business operations;

  • protect our rights and the safety of others;

  • contribute to our archive of information in the public interest; and/or 

  • comply with applicable law, court order, subpoena, or legal process served on us.


Additional purposes for using your personal data are, or will be, described in a supplemental privacy notice applicable to our engagement with you.

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Legal bases under applicable law
We may collect and use your personal data only if we have one or more legal bases for doing so under applicable law. The legal basis or bases will depend on your relationship to us and/or your interaction with our sites and tools. Examples of legal bases on which we rely include where processing is necessary to:

  • enter or perform a contract with you; 

  • comply with a legal obligation; 

  • pursue our legitimate interests or those of a third party (provided your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests); 

  • maintain an archive in the public interest; or 

  • protect the vital interests of you or another natural person. 

If the legal basis is consent, we will notify you in clear and plain language. We will seek additional consent before using your personal data for a new purpose that is inconsistent with the purpose for which it was collected. Your consent is voluntary and may be withdrawn at any time.

 

WHEN WE SHARE YOUR DATA

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Employees, agents, affiliates, service providers, and partners
We may share your personal data with our: (a) employees, agents, and affiliates who have a business need to know; (b) our services providers (including supplemental staff, project workers, inbound secondees, and outsourced service workers) to process it for us based on our instructions and for no other purpose; and (c) with third-party partners that are collaborating with us to fund or conduct projects or host events. We do not share your personal data with any third party (including our service providers) for marketing purposes unless you have provided consent for us to do so. 

 

Law enforcement
We may share your personal data with law enforcement, other government agencies or authorities, or third parties as required by applicable law, court order, subpoena, or legal process served on us.

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Transfer of control
We will not transfer control over personal data to any third party unless such transfer is expressly consented to by you or required to comply with applicable law, court order, subpoena, or legal process served on us.

 

HOW WE STORE AND PROTECT YOUR DATA

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Storage and transfers
Your personal data may be stored in your region or in any other country where we or our service have facilities. We may also allow employees and service providers located around the world to access personal data as provided in this notice. 

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Storage period
We will store your personal data until it is no longer needed to fulfill the purpose(s) for which it was collected or as otherwise required or permitted by law. After such time, we will either delete or anonymize your personal data or, if this is not possible, we will securely store your personal data and isolate it from any further use until deletion is possible. We may dispose of any data at our discretion without notice, subject to applicable law. 

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Protection
As the transmission of data via the internet is not completely secure, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted to our sites and tools and any such transmission is at your own risk. However, we maintain appropriate technical and organizational measures to prevent unauthorized disclosure of, or access to, personal data. We limit access to personal data and require that employees authorized to access personal data maintain the confidentiality of that data. 

 

HOW YOU CAN MANAGE COMMUNICATIONS FROM US AND EXERCISE OTHER RIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO YOUR PERSONAL DATA


Generally, newsletters, updates, and other bulk or auto-generated emails from us will include a link to unsubscribe or manage your subscription preferences directly. If you do not wish to receive such promotional communications from us, you can opt out at any time by following the instructions contained in the communications themselves. If you opt out of receiving these promotional communications, please note that we reserve the right to send you certain communications relating to our sites and tools, including administrative messages. Unless otherwise required by applicable laws, we do not offer you the opportunity to opt out of receiving those communications. 

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Exercise your rights
To the extent provided by applicable laws, you may have the right to obtain confirmation that we hold personal data about you; access, correct, or delete your personal data; withdraw any consent you previously provided to us; object to or restrict our processing of your personal data in any other context; deactivate, block, anonymize, or delete personal data as appropriate; or request and receive a copy of the personal data you have provided us and to transmit this data to a third party. You may also have the right to lodge a complaint with the applicable data protection authority. 

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WHAT ADDITIONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU

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Data you provide about yourself
When you participate in our job application process, we will ask you to provide personal data such as: your name, email address, mailing address, and telephone number; your resume/CV, work experience, educational history, and skills; links to any relevant websites or your LinkedIn profile; whether you are legally authorized to work in the country in which the position you have applied for is located; whether you will require sponsorship to obtain legal authorization to work in a particular country; whether you are 18 years or older; and whether you are currently working for a grantee of ours. In addition, we will ask you to voluntarily provide information regarding your gender, veteran status, ethnicity, and disability status. This information, or your decision not to provide this information, will not impact your application in any way.Before uploading a resume, please remove any sensitive personal data such as government-issued ID numbers, financial information, photos, dates of birth, etc. We do not require or wish to receive sensitive personal data in a resume.

 

Data we obtain from other sources
We may obtain personal data about you from other sources, your references, prior employers, a person or company/organization authorized by you to submit an application on your behalf, and/or publicly-available sources.

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Data we collect from consumer reports or consumer investigative reports


If we think you might be a good fit for a position, we may ask you to authorize us to obtain a consumer report or investigative consumer report. A consumer report is a report on credit worthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living which is used as a factor in establishing an applicant’s eligibility for employment. An investigative consumer report is similar, but the information is obtained through personal interviews with neighbors, friends, associates, or acquaintances. Both kinds of reports may include information from court, administrative, or criminal records if and to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you choose not to provide this authorization upon request, we will not be able to offer you employment.

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HOW WE USE THIS ADDITIONAL DATA


In addition to the uses specified under this policy, we may use this additional data to: identify and contact applicants, evaluate applicants and make hiring decisions; match applicants to other career opportunities with us; prepare applicants for employment if a job has been offered and accepted; keep records related to our hiring comply with applicable employment-related laws such as checking names against anti-terrorism lists, complying with immigration restrictions, or assisting the government in an investigation.  If you are hired by us as an employee, this information may be used for additional employment and business purposes subject to any internal privacy policies and notices. 

 

WHEN WE SHARE THIS ADDITIONAL DATA

We may share your personal data with service providers that assist us with recruiting, application, and employment processes and our affiliates and other third parties with whom you might work if you are offered and accept the job. We will not share your sensitive personal data with third parties without your explicit or express consent.

 

HOW LONG WE KEEP THIS ADDITIONAL DATA

We store personal data of all applicants in accordance with this policy. If you accept a job with us, we may retain your application and any other information we relied on during the application process as part of your employee file. Please note that we have the right to delete accounts and application information at any time, so you may want to retain copies of any information, including resumes/CVs, you provide to us during the application process.

 

HOW YOU CAN ACCESS AND CONTROL THIS ADDITIONAL DATA

You may update your contact information anytime by going directly to your account. If you wish to access or correct other personal data, or object to our data processing, please contact us. Please note that neither changes to, or deletion of, such personal data will alter personal data already relied upon or no longer in our control.

 

WHAT ADDITIONAL DATA WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU


When reporting improper conduct, unless you choose to report anonymously, we may ask you to provide personal data about yourself, such as your name and contact information (e.g., phone number and/or email address). We will ask you to provide a description of the conduct reported. The information you submit will be treated as confidential, except where required otherwise by applicable law, but in all cases, will be handled with sensitivity. We encourage you to identify yourself (in lieu of reporting anonymously) so that we can follow up with you about any questions we may have and so we may best address the issues raised.

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Data you provide about others
When reporting improper conduct, we may ask you to provide the name and contact information of the persons in your report. We will ask you to provide a description of the conduct reported, which also may include other personal data about the persons in your report. As the information you report may result in decisions adverse to others, we ask that you carefully consider the information that you provide in advance and report only what you believe to be true. We do not retaliate for the good-faith reporting of ethical or compliance issues even if such report may later be determined to be factually incorrect. Knowingly providing false or misleading information, however, will not be tolerated.

 

HOW WE USE THIS ADDITIONAL DATA

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In addition to the uses specified under this policy, we may use this additional data to: contact you (unless you have asked to remain anonymous); conduct an investigation; keep records related to our business practices; and comply with applicable laws.

 

WHEN WE SHARE THIS ADDITIONAL DATA


We may share your personal data with our employees, representatives, agents, external legal counsel, and service providers who have a need to know the information to conduct an investigation or respond to claims relating to the reported conduct. We also may share your personal data with law enforcement if required by applicable law.

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Subject of the report
We will promptly notify any person who is the subject of a report, except where notice needs to be delayed to help ensure the integrity of the investigation or the preservation of relevant information. With some exceptions, the subject of the report may access information concerning the report, but not the identity of the reporter, and may in certain cases request correction of personal data that is inaccurate or incomplete in accordance with applicable law.

 

HOW LONG WE KEEP THIS ADDITIONAL DATA

The information you provide will be kept as long as necessary to conduct an investigation, maintain records of that investigation and any actions taken, or, if applicable, as long as necessary to fulfill our legal requirements.

 

PEMBA BLUE LTD.  COOKIES & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES

This notice describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies we may use in connection with our sites and tools. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, cookies may be issued when you visit our sites and tools.We use strictly necessary cookies to make our sites and tools work. We and our partners also use additional cookies and similar technologies to collect information when you interact with our sites and tools to improve your experience including, to provide you with tailored content, personalized experience, and analyze site usage. If the site has a “Manage Cookies” button, you can view, change and manage your cookie settings at any time. By clicking “Accept All,” you consent to the placement of these additional cookies and similar technologies. If the site does not have a "Manage Cookies" button, your continued use of the site represents your consent to the relevant cookies and similar technologies being placed on your computer or device.

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COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES WE USE


Our sites and tools may use cookies, which are small text files stored on your computer or device when you access a website. We may use cookies to: (1) allow you to use the sites without having to re-enter your user name and password; (2) understand how you engage with the sites and to enhance or personalize your experience, including across devices; (3) monitor the site usage; (4) manage the sites; and (5) improve the sites and our services, including providing you with interest-based ads. For more information on our advertising, see above: “Interest-based advertising." We may also use web beacons on our sites and tools, in our emails, and in our advertisements on other websites. Web beacons are tiny graphic images that are used to collect information about your visit to our sites and tools, such as the pages you view and the features you use, as well as information about whether you open and/or act upon one of our emails or advertisements. We may also collect the URL of the website you visited immediately before coming to our sites and tools. Web beacons help us analyze visitors' behavior and measure the effectiveness of our sites and tools and our advertising. We may work with service providers that help us track, collect and analyze this information.

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Click-through URLs
If you “opt in” to receive newsletters, updates, or other information from us, our emails may use a “click-through URL” linked to content on our sites and tools. When you click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our sites and tools. We use this click-through data to help us understand how recipients respond to, or interact with, our emails.

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THIRD-PARTY COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES


We use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics and others, to collect information about your use of our sites and tools and enable us to improve our sites and tools. You can learn about Google’s practices by goingto https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites. Google Analytics and other third-party analytics services use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about use of our sites and tools and to report trends to us, without identifying individuals to us. We use this information to see the overall patterns of usage on our sites and tools, help us record any difficulties you have with our sites and tools, and tell us whether our communication efforts are effective. We may also link the information provided by third party analytics services with the information we collect, or you provide in other contexts on our site and tools (newsletters, etc.), to personalize, connect and streamline your experience when visiting our sites and tools.

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Social media and video sites
If you choose to share our digital content with friends through social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, or to watch a video posted to a third-party media site (such as YouTube), you may be sent cookies from these third-party websites. We do not control the setting of these cookies, so please check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

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MANAGING COOKIES AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES


You do not need to have cookies enabled to browse our sites and tools unless you want us to remember you and your preferences when you return. If you prefer not to allow cookies, most cookies can be managed or blocked through your browser. However, if your browser is set to reject cookies or you manually delete cookies, you may have some trouble accessing and using some of the pages and features that are currently on our sites and tools, or that we may put on our sites and tools in the future. Note that browser-management tools for cookies are outside of our control and we cannot guarantee their effectiveness.

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Click-through URLs
If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, please do not click text or graphic links in emails you receive from us.

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Do-not-track requests
There is no standard for how online service should respond to “Do Not Track” signals or other mechanisms that may allow you to opt out of the collection of information across networks of websites and online services. Therefore, we do not honor “Do Not Track” signals. As standards develop, we will revisit this issue and update this notice if our practices change.

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