CERI.NGO Data Protection and Privacy Notice

This notice applies to all websites within the CERI.NGO domain name (CERI websites”). Your privacy and the protection of personal data are important to CERI (CERI). This data protection and privacy notice describes the CERI’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of personal data through CERI websites. By visiting a CERI website, you are accepting the practices described in this policy.

In general, you can browse a CERI website without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself.

Our systems automatically gather some anonymous information about visitors during general browsing. This includes technical network information such as the IP (Internet Protocol) address you appear to be connecting from, its domain name, the type of browser you are employing, the operating system, and other information such as the website from which you reached a CERI website, the files you downloaded from CERI websites, the pages you visited on CERI websites, and the dates/times of those visits to CERI websites.

CERI websites may, from time to time, avail of web analytics services provided by third parties for the purposes of evaluating the use of CERI websites, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and for intergovernmental organs requesting such statistical reports, as well as for other services relating to website activity and internet usage. The information collected by such third parties, including your IP address, may be stored on the servers of such third parties and be subject to their respective privacy policies as well as any laws and regulations applicable to them.

CERI websites only collect personal data with your knowledge.

If you register for a newsletter, login to certain CERI websites, order a book or other merchandise, request information, provide feedback, apply for a job, join a discussion group, or join an electronic mailing list, you may be asked to provide personal information such as your name, postal address and/or e-mail address.

Joining electronic discussion groups may mean that other participants of the discussion group (including non-CERI employees) will see personal information that you have volunteered to provide. For open discussion groups, this information will be public.

CERI websites may use cookies to provide statistics that help us to give you the best experience of our sites.

Information is gathered by automated means during general browsing of a CERI website through the use of “cookies” or “web beacons”. Information such as the IP address associated with your connection to the internet and the pages accessed is used to analyze trends and usage of that CERI website and to improve the usefulness of the site. Your IP address is not connected with any personal data.

CERI may use the personal data you provide for the purposes for which it is collected, such as:

• Contacting you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, etc. to you.
• Managing and processing your job application.
• Confirming your purchases and registrations on the site.
• Obtaining payment for purchases through the site (via credit card).
• ‘Remembering’ your online profile and preferences.
• Helping you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests and helping us create site content most relevant to you.
• Undertaking statistical analysis.

Providing personal data on a CERI website is optional. If you choose not to provide personal data, you may not be able to carry out certain actions such as purchase items, register for a newsletter, or apply for a job.

We never sell any information collected through CERI websites. We do not regularly share any personal data collected on the CERI website to any third party, with the exception of information transferred securely to a third-party service provider, such as a credit card processor in connection with a purchase made through a CERI website. We employ a range of technologies and security measures to protect the information maintained on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

All CERI staff who have access to, and are associated with the processing of personal data, are obliged to comply with the rules concerning the classification and handling of all CERI data, including with respect to the confidentiality of personal data they handle in their official capacity.

Your personal data will be kept only as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this notice. How long personal information is stored for depends on the personal information in question and what it is being used for, as well as whether there is any administrative or regulatory requirement for retaining the personal information.

In some cases, you can request modification or deletion of your personal data directly by returning to the web page where you first provided the information and following the instructions provided. When such option is not available, you can submit the following requests concerning personal data collected by UN websites for consideration by sending an email to us via the Contact page.

• Request whether any personal data relating to you is being processed.
• Request access to the personal data relating to you that is being processed.
• Request to rectify, complete, delete, or stop processing personal data relating to you.

The present notice is subject to amendment at the discretion of CERI. Any changes will be posted on this page.

Nothing in or relating to the present notice shall be deemed a waiver, express or implied, of the privileges and immunities of CERI, including its subsidiary organs.

For questions or queries regarding this data protection and privacy policy, please contact us via the Contact page.