Privacy Policy
Review our privacy policy to understand how the My Food Is African Chefs Network securely collects, manages, and protects your personal data and directory consent.
How We Protect Your Information
The Secretariat keeps members’ personal data securely and uses it only for the Network’s purposes. Your internal administrative details, including your email address, phone number, WhatsApp number, charter verification record, and reviewer notes, will remain strictly confidential. We will never display this private administrative information on our public web pages.
Your Public Profile
We will only list you in the public chefs’ directory with your explicit consent. Upon application approval and with your granted permission, we will display your full name, chef alias, country of practice, region, short biography, profile photograph, signature dish, specialty ingredients, languages, and public social media handles in the public MyFIA Chefs Directory.
Ownership and Media Release
- You retain full ownership of the recipes, photographs, videos, written biographies, and any other content you create and provide to us.
- By sharing content with the Network, you give us free, non-exclusive permission to feature these assets for non-commercial campaigns, educational purposes, official website directories, social media campaigns, and Chefs Week workshop materials. We will always use this content with appropriate credit to you.
- We collect written consent before publishing any member’s image, biography, or content.
- Any traditional knowledge shared through the Network is properly credited to its community of origin and is never used for commercial gain without that community’s explicit consent.
Controlling Your Data
As a member, you may ask to see, correct, or remove your personal data at any time. By registering with us, you also consent to receiving official application updates, event invitations, and community communications via email and WhatsApp.