PRIVACY & COOKIES POLICY
Last updated: (1 August 2018)
NOTE: this privacy policy applies to visitors to the CISV International Peace Fund website and applicants for the Fund.
CISV International Peace Fund (“us”, “we”, or “our”) operates https://international-peacefund.org (the “site”).
This privacy policy sets out how CISV International Peace Fund, a trust created in 1988 to globally support CISV objectives, uses and protects any information that you give while using our website and application for grants. This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use and disclosure of Personal Information we receive from users of the site.
We do not ask you to provide any information by which you, or others, can be identified when using this website.
We use your Personal Information for providing and improving the site. By using the site, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
CISV International Peace Fund may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you accept any changes.
INFORMATION COLLECTION AND USE
While using our Site, we may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to your name (“Personal Information”).
LOG DATA
Like many site operators, we collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Site (“Log Data”). This Log Data may include information such as your computer’s Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Site that you visit, the time and date of your visit, the time spent on those pages and other statistics.
In addition, we may use third party services such as types of analytics and others that collect, monitor and analyze this.
COMMUNICATIONS
We may use your Personal Information to contact you with newsletters, marketing or promotional materials and other information that may be of interest to you. You may opt out of receiving any, or all, of these communications from us by following the unsubscribe link or instructions provided in any email we send or by contacting us at mailto:office@international-peacefund.org
COOKIES
What are cookies
Cookies are files with small amount of data, sent to your web browser by a website you visit. A cookie file is stored in your web browser and allows the Service or a third-party to recognize you and make your next visit easier and the service more useful to you.
How we use cookies
Like many sites, we use “cookies” to collect information for the following purposes: to enable certain functions of the Service, to provide analytics, to store your preferences, to enable advertisements delivery, including behavioral advertising.
We use both session and persistent cookies on the Service and we may use different types of cookies which are set by the website to run the Service and provide us with information. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Site.
We use web beacons, which are single pixel gifs, in our emails. When we send emails to subscribers, we may track behavior such as who opened the emails and who clicked the links. This allows us to measure the performance of our email campaigns and to improve our features for specific segments of Users.
Third-party cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the Service, deliver advertisements on and through the Service, and so on. Privacy setting options in most modern browsers allow you to block third-party tracking cookies. Some third party cookies would include: various Analytics including word press and others.
What are your choices regarding cookies
As with first party cookies, you are able to block third party cookies through your browser settings. Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
More about cookies on the following third-party website: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
USE OF DATA
CISV International Peace Fund may use the data for various purposes:
• To provide and maintain our Service
• To notify you about changes to our Service
• To allow you to participate in interactive features when you choose to do so
• To provide customer support
• To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
• To monitor the usage of our Service
• To detect, prevent and address technical issues
• To provide you with news and general information about other services which we offer that are similar to those that you enquired about unless you have opted not to receive such information.
DISCLOSURE OF DATA
Disclosure for Law Enforcement
Under certain circumstances, CISV International Peace Fund may be required to disclose your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Legal Requirements
We may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
• To comply with a legal obligation
• To protect and defend the rights or property
• To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
• To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
• To protect against legal liability
Security
The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but please note that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage, is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
“Do Not Track” Signals
We do not support Do Not Track (“DNT”). Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform websites that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser.
LINKS TO OTHER SITES
Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
RETENTION OF DATA
CISV International Peace Fund will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
We will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
YOUR RIGHTS
CISV International Peace Fund aims to take reasonable steps to allow you to correct, amend, delete, or limit the use of your Personal Data.
If you wish to be informed what Personal Data we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems or amended, please contact us at
office@international-peacefund.org
In certain circumstances, you have the right
• To access and receive a copy of the Personal Data we hold about you
• To rectify any Personal Data held about you that is inaccurate
• To request the deletion of Personal Data held about you
CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Our Site is not directed to anyone under the age of 13 (“Children”). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.
CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
If we make any material changes to this Privacy Policy, we will notify you either through the email address you have provided us, or by placing a prominent notice on our Site, prior to the change becoming effective and update the “effective date” at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Your continued use of the Service after we post any modifications to the Privacy Policy on this page will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by email at office@international-peacefund.org