Last Updated: May 25, 2018
IAVI (“IAVI,” “we” or “our”) created this Online Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) in order to describe to our visitors the types of information we collect online and the manner in which we use such information. We may update or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time in the future. When revised, the new Privacy Policy will be posted on our website and the “Last Updated” date above will reflect the date of the most recent amendments. Therefore, we encourage you to periodically visit our Privacy Policy to review the most recent form. By using our site, you consent to the terms of this Privacy Policy.
Subject to the IAVI’s Terms of Use found on IAVI’s website, IAVI provides the website indiscriminately to visitors worldwide for informational purposes and to further its charitable purpose.
I. Information We Collect
Navigation Information
We collect certain information automatically when visitors navigate the website www.iavi.org (“Visitors” and the “Website,” respectively).
An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We collect your IP address when you browse the Website and use that information to help us administer the Website, track Visitor movement within the Website, and gather broad demographic information about aggregate use to enhance IAVI’s Website.
We also use cookies on our Website to identify your browser, personalize content and identify which parts of the Website have been visited. A cookie is a small string of text that a website can send to your browser. Cookies help us understand which parts of IAVI’s Website are the most popular, where our visitors are going and how long they spend there. In addition, we use cookies to study traffic patterns on our Website so we can improve the Website and your experience. A cookie cannot retrieve any other data from your hard drive, pass on computer viruses or capture your email address.
You can set your browser to inform you if and when a website is trying to place a cookie. This gives you the opportunity to decide whether your browser will accept the cookie. You do not have to accept a cookie to browse the Website. However, if you consent to our use of cookies, we are able to personalize the content.
Registration/Subscriber Information
If you would like to subscribe to electronic and/or print materials from IAVI, you can register on IAVI’s Website by providing us with certain “Personal Data” (information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context), such as your name and email address, as well as other optional information such as title, organization, and mailing address. This information allows us to manage subscribers and provide the underlying materials.
Donor Information
Online donors must input their name and payment information on the Website in order to make donations. We have access to donor contact information for purposes of communicating with our donors, including contacting them about future donations. The names of large donors may be recognized on the Website and in other publications, but donors are also free to donate anonymously by checking the applicable box on the donation webpage.
IAVI does not store any credit card or bank account information for any reason. In the case of online donations made to IAVI on our Website, the donor’s personal information is collected by a third party payment processor solely for the legitimate purposes of processing the designated donation. Any payment information that you provide is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and encrypted in our payment processor’s database.
Job Application Information
The Website contains information about career opportunities at IAVI and related employment information. If interested in seeing specific job availability and/or to submit job applications, visitors are linked to a third party portal (the “Employment Portal”).
IAVI obtains job applicant information, including Personal Data, through a private secure portal on its Employment Portal. Job applicants’ Personal Data will be used only for our legitimate interests which includes making hiring decisions, maintaining records as required by law, and for assessing compliance with employment laws.
II. Information Third Parties Collect
IAVI’s Website contains links to third-party websites. Our inclusion of a link is not intended to constitute an endorsement of or affiliation with the owner or sponsor of such websites. IAVI is not responsible for the contents of any linked website or any link contained in a linked website.
It is possible that third parties will collect information about you, through Cookies or other technologies, when you browse content on their website or if you link to their websites through this Website. IAVI does not monitor or control the information collection or privacy practices of these or any third parties, and IAVI is not responsible for the practices or the content of their websites. You may wish to review the privacy policies of such third parties to understand how they collect and use information prior to providing any personal information.
III. Children’s Privacy
We do not knowingly contact or collect information from anyone under 13 years old. IAVI’s Website is not intended to solicit information of any kind from children under 13.
IV. How Do We Use Your Information?
IAVI only uses Personal Data in furtherance of its charitable purpose and in order to facilitate the functions set forth in this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use found on IAVI’s website, including, without limitation, sending you subscriptions and information you have chosen to receive (with your consent); furthering our charitable purpose by contacting donors (for our legitimate interests); processing job applicant information; and for informational and educational purposes.
If you are in the European Union, we will only collect and/or process your Personal Data through our Website if we have at least one legal basis for doing so under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which legal bases include: you have given your consent for a specific purpose; it is necessary to perform a contract we are about to enter into or have entered into with you; it is necessary for our legitimate interests and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests; it is necessary to protect someone’s vital interest; or if it is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
We take every reasonable step to ensure that your Personal Data that we process:
- are accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
- any of your Personal Data that we process that are inaccurate (having regard to the purposes for which they are processed) are erased or rectified without delay. From time to time we may ask you to confirm the accuracy of your Personal Data;
- are limited to the Personal Data reasonably necessary in connection with the purposes set out in this Policy;
- are processed for the minimum period necessary for the purposes set out in this Policy.
V. How Do We Protect Your Information?
Your Personal Data is secured and only accessible to our authorized staff and agents. IAVI does not sell, trade, rent, or share with third parties any Personal Data that you provide on or through the Website. In rare cases, IAVI may disclose Personal Data in connection with a lawful subpoena, court order, or other legal process (to comply with legal obligations).
IAVI uses technical, physical, and administrative security measures to reduce the risk of loss, misuse, unauthorized access, disclosure, or modification of your information.
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational security measures designed to protect your Personal Data against accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, unauthorized disclosure, unauthorized access, and other unlawful or unauthorized forms of processing, in accordance with applicable law.
Because the internet is an open system, the transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will implement all reasonable measures to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to us using the internet — any such transmission is at your own risk and you are responsible for ensuring that any Personal Data that you send to us are sent securely.
VI. Your Legal Rights
We will use reasonable efforts to securely process your Personal Data in accordance with applicable law. Under applicable law, you may have a number of rights, including: (i) the right not to provide your Personal Data to us; (ii) the right of access to your Personal Data; (iii) the right to request rectification of inaccuracies; (iv) the right to request the erasure, or restriction of processing, of your Personal Data; (v) the right to object to the processing of your Personal Data; (vi) the right to have your Personal Data transferred to another party; (vii) the right to withdraw consent; and (viii)the right to lodge complaints with data protection authorities.
We may require proof of your identity before we can give effect to these rights. To exercise one or more of these rights, or to ask a question about these rights or any other provision of this Policy, or about our processing of your Personal Data, please use the contact details provided in Section VIII below.
VII. Scope
Our Online Privacy policy applies only to information collected through our Website and not to information collected offline.
VIII. Questions and Concerns
Online registrants receiving electronic and/or print communications may withdraw their consent to such communications by contacting us at info@iavi.org.
Your opinion is important to us. If you have any questions or concerns about any of the information in this policy or any other issues relating to the Processing of Personal Data carried out by us, or on our behalf, or the website, please feel free to contact us at info@iavi.org.