Privacy Policy
Generations For Peace Privacy Policy
This statement comprises the privacy policy of the Generations For Peace as it pertains to the https://www.generationsforpeace.org website (the “Website”). We welcome you to use the Website, which can be accessed and browsed without the need to submit any contact details or other personally-identifiable information (“Personal Information”). We strive to make sure that any Personal Information that you do provide to us is protected and secure. Our privacy policy tells you how we treat the information about you that we receive through this Website.
The information we collect and how we use it
Generations For Peace collects your Personal Information when you send us a message, subscribe to our website, register to become a Generations For Peace Volunteer, or make a donation on-line. Your Personal Information will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it (e.g., to send you email notifications of Generations For Peace reports, newsletters, and other publications, as well as update emails), and to send you occasional emails advising you of changes to the Website. It will not be supplied to any other organisation or used for any other purpose without your consent.
Specifically, Generations For Peace collects your Personal Information on the Website for the following purposes:
Contacting Generations For Peace
If you choose to contact Generations For Peace through the Website, we will collect the data you provide to us voluntarily on the contact submission form, which includes your name and email address. We will use this information to respond to your inquiry.
Email Newsletters
If you choose to sign up for our email newsletters, we will collect the data you provide to us voluntarily on the data forms, which includes your email address. We will use this information to send you email newsletters, email notifications of Generations For Peace reports and publications, and to send you occasional emails advising of changes to the Website.
Registration with Generations For Peace
If you choose to become a Generations For Peace Volunteer, we will collect the data you provide to us voluntarily on the data forms, which includes your name, email address, country, organisation type, and selected password. We will use this information to send you email notifications of Generations For Peace reports and publications, to inform you of the status of your application to become a Generations For Peace Volunteer, and to send you occasional emails advising of changes to the Website.
Off-line Personal Information Submissions
Generations For Peace stores Personal Information provided by you off-line (e.g., business cards), and occasionally when provided by your friends and colleagues, in order to send you our reports and publications by email or post. Your Personal Information will only be used for the purpose for which you have provided it and to send you occasional emails advising you of changes to the Website. It will not be supplied to any other organisation or used for any other purpose without your consent.
In certain circumstances, it may be necessary to provide your address to mailing houses (which may be located in jurisdictions which do not provide adequate data protection) in order for our report to be sent to you. By voluntarily providing us with your Personal Information, you are giving your consent to the transfer of your Personal Information to mailing houses in such jurisdictions strictly for the purposes described in this policy. However, your contact details will not be supplied to any other organisation or used for any other purpose without your consent.
With whom your Personal Information may be shared
Except as described above, Generations For Peace will not share your Personal Information with any other company or third party without your permission, unless: (i) in response to a subpoena or when we are required to do so by law, for example, in response to a court order or other legal obligation; (ii) in response to a law enforcement agency’s request; (iii) to protect the security or confidentiality of our records; (iv) in special cases when we have reason to believe that disclosing this information is necessary to identify, contact, or bring legal action against someone who may be causing injury to or interference with our rights, or (v) in the event Generations For Peace goes through a reorganisation (e.g., a merger into another organisation), in which case you will be notified via a prominent notice on the Website of any such transfer of your Personal Information.
Opting out
If you have provided Generations For Peace with your email address to receive email newsletters, you will be given the opportunity to opt out of receiving such emails by clicking on the link provided in the email. You may then choose to opt out by following the instructions on the Website’s email notification page.
Please note that we will endeavour to implement your opt-out requests within a reasonable time, although for a short time you may continue to receive the email newsletter(s) to which you have subscribed based on information released prior to the implementation of your request.
Tracking and Cookies
This Website
When you look at this website, the Internet Service Provider for Generations For Peace makes a record of your visit and logs the following non-personal information from you:
- Your server address;
- Your top level domain name (for example, .com, .gov, .au, .uk etc.);
- The pages you accessed and documents downloaded;
- The previous site you have visited; and
- The type of browser you are using.
We use this information, which does not identify individual users, for statistical purposes.
Cookies
Like most websites, the Website may place a “cookie,” or small text file, in the browser of a visitor’s computer. This cookie will assign a user a unique number that allows Generations For Peace to save information so that the information does not need to be re-entered. Cookies can be either “persistent” or “session” based. Persistent cookies are stored on your computer, contain an expiration date, and may be used to track your browsing behaviour upon return to the issuing web site. You can remove persistent cookies by following directions provided in your Internet browser’s “help” file. Session cookies are short-lived, are used only during a browsing session, and expire when you quit your browser.
The Website uses both session cookies and persistent cookies. We only use session cookies during a search query of the Website to provide you with a more customised browsing experience while you are on the Website. Upon closing your browser, the session cookie set by the Website is destroyed. The Website uses persistent cookies to store your password, so you don’t have to enter it more than once. Persistent cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on the Website.
You can configure your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or notify you when a cookie is set. (For instructions on how to configure your browser, please consult your browser’s “Help” menu.) If you choose not to allow us to place a cookie on your hard drive, you may be restricted from some pages and services on the Website.
Our site may contain links to other sites that may use cookie technology. We do not have access to, or control over, these cookies.
Security of your Information
Generations For Peace uses reasonable precautions to protect your Personal Information and to store it securely. The Website does not provide facilities for the secure transmission of information across the Internet. Personal Information, whether collected on-line or off-line, will be stored on servers located in Jordan and/or the U.S.A. and will be password protected. The servers on which we store Personal Information is kept in a reasonably secure environment. You should be aware, however, that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure.
Correcting/updating your Information
To unsubscribe or to change your personal details or subscription choices, email us at info@generationsforpeace.org
Changes in this Privacy Policy
Our privacy policy may change in the future. We encourage you to review this page periodically to understand our policy regarding our collection and use of Personal Information. The Effective Date of this policy, as stated below, indicates the last time this policy was materially revised. Checking the Effective Date below allows you to determine whether there have been changes since the last time you reviewed the policy.
Effective Date
This Privacy Policy was last updated on: 1 January 2014
