Introduction
The DESERTEC Foundation is committed to protecting your privacy. This statement details the steps we take to protect your personal data when you visit our websites. It describes the personal data that we collect, the purposes for which we use such data, and your choices regarding our use of it. The steps we take to protect your personal data and how you can review and correct your personal data are also covered here.
Any use Desertec Foundation makes of your personal data is in compliance with the applicable statutory provision. We collect, use and process your data only if and as far as this is necessary in order to deliver the services and carry out the transactions described below. As far as possible while carrying out these tasks, your personal data is processed anonymously . Except for any obligation to save data set out by applicable statutory provisions, your personal data is deleted as soon as it is not required anymore to fulfill your requests. All of the following provisions comply with these principles.
By accessing our websites, you consent collection and use of your personal data as set out in this privacy statement.
Our collection of data
Data collected directly from you. Generally, you can visit DESERTEC Foundation's websites without entering any personal data. On certain pages, we may ask you for personal data to provide a service or carry out a transaction that you have requested, such as applying for our newsletter or making a donation. For you to access some parts of our website, we may ask you to register by entering some personal data. At this registration, we generate an individual user ID consisting of a username and a password you choose and connect the personal data entered at the registration with your user ID, if you consent to such use. The personal data we collect may include:
- contact details, such as your name, title, company/organisation name, e-mail address, telephone and fax numbers, and physical address;
- information about your company, and job function;
- your e-mail marketing preferences;
- financial information (including credit card or account information);
- information such as your nationality and country of residence;
- information used to customize and facilitate your use of our websites, including user ID and further information;
- event registration information
- feedback from you about our websites and services generally.
You are not required to provide any of this data, in particular are you not required to consent to the creation of a user ID by using your personal data and you are free to revoke any consent given at any time, but we may in this case not be able to provide the requested service or transaction and you may not have access to some parts of our websites.
Data collected automatically:
We collect data about your visit to our sites, including what pages you view, the number of bytes transferred, the links you click, the materials you access, and other actions taken within DESERTEC Foundation's sites. On sites that you enter with a user ID, we may connect this data with your identity to determine your potential interests in our services. We also collect certain standard information that your browser sends to every website you visit, such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address, your browser type and capabilities and language, your operating system, the date and time you access the site, and the website from which you linked to our site. We do not connect this information with your identity.
Our use of data
Services and transactions. We use your personal data in order to for example place your voice on the DESERTEC map, to process your inquries or donations.
Website improvement. We may use your personal data to improve our websites and related DESERTEC Foundation services, or to make our websites easier to use by eliminating the need for you to repeatedly enter the same data or by customising our websites to your particular preference or interests.
Communications. With your consent, we may use your personal data gathered via our websites to inform you of services available from DESERTEC Foundation. When collecting data that might be used to contact you about our services, we will always give you the opportunity to opt-out of receiving such communications. Moreover, each e-mail communication we send includes an unsubscribe link allowing you to stop delivery of that type of communication. If you choose to unsubscribe, we will remove you from the relevant list within 10 business days.
Job applications. When filing an application for an employment to DESERTEC foundation, you may provide us with personal data such as your Curriculum Vitae. This data can be used by DESERTEC foundation to evaluate your application
Our use of cookies and web beacons
Cookies are small files that websites save to your hard disk or to your browser's memory. We may use them to track the number of times you have visited the site, to track the number of visitors to the site, to determine and analyze visitors' use of our sites, to store information that you provide such as your preferences and to store technical information useful for your interactions with our websites. We may use session cookies (cookies that are deleted when your browser session ends) to store your user ID, elements of your user profile, to facilitate your movement around our websites (particularly in connection with information searches and other use if applicable) and other data useful in administering the session. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to decline cookies or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your computer. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully view the features of DESERTEC Foundation's websites or other websites that you visit. Our sites also may contain electronic images known as web beacons - sometimes called single-pixel gifs - that allow us to count the number of users who have visited those pages. We may include web beacons in e-mail messages or Newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and acted upon.
Disclosure of personal data
Except for the purposes described below, personal data you provide to DESERTEC Foundation through our websites will not be shared with any company, organisation or other entity outside of DESERTEC Foundation. In particular, none of your personal data will be sold or otherwise shared with any company, organisation or other entity for commercial purposes.
Disclosure to service providers. DESERTEC Foundation contracts with other companies to provide services on our behalf, such as hosting websites, sending out information, processing transactions, and analyzing our websites. We provide these companies with your personal data only to the extent it is necessary for them to deliver the aforementioned services. The service providers and their employees are prohibited from using this personal data for any other purpose.
Disclosure in connection with transactions. In connection with certain transactions, we may disclose some or all of your personal data to financial institutions, government authorities, shipping companies or postal services involved in the fulfillment of the transaction requested.
Disclosure for other reasons. DESERTEC Foundaion may disclose personal data to some public authorities such as law enforcement authorities or tax authorities if obliged to do so by legal requirements . We may also disclose personal data if this is necessary in order to protect and defend our rights or property or under urgent circumstances to protect the personal safety of an individual.
Security
DESERTEC Foundation is committed to protecting the security of your personal data. We use a variety of security technologies and procedures to help protect your personal data from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. For example, we store the personal data you provide on computer systems with limited access that are located in facilities to which access is limited. Access is only granted to particularly authorized persons, each of which being fully aware of the provisions of this privacy policy. If you register on our website, access particular information for you or your organisation or carry out a commercial transaction, we use approved technologies such as SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) to ensure a secure transmission of your data via the internet. For sites to which you login with your user ID, it is your responsibility to ensure the security of your password and not to reveal this information to others. When you move around a site to which you have logged in, or from one site to another that uses the same login mechanism, we verify your identity by means of an encrypted cookie placed on your machine.
Reviewing/ amending your personal data; Prohibition of use
You are entitled to view and amend any personal data provided trough our websites as well as request DESERTEC Foundation to fully or partially delete and/or stop using it, by sending us a request using our Contact Us form. In some cases, you can review and amend personal data provided through our websites by going to the page on which you provided the data. These rights include any personal data disclosed by us to service providers for the provision of services such as Website- Hosting on behalf of DESERTEC Foundation. DESERTEC Foundation or the service providers may take steps to verify your identity before providing you access to your personal data. DESERTEC Foundation and all services providers will fulfill any request to delete personal data and/or stop using it within due course. You can help us to maintain the correctness of your data by notifying us of any change to your mailing address, phone number, or e-mail address.
Links to other sites
Our websites may contain links to other sites such as DESERTEC Foundation partners, professional and government organizations, and publications. While we try to link only to sites that share our high standards and respect for privacy, we are not responsible for the content, security, or privacy practices employed by other sites.
Enforcement of this privacy statement
If you have questions regarding this statement or our handling of your personal data, please do not hesitate to Contact Us. We will promptly address your concern and strive to reach a satisfactory solution.
Changes to this privacy statement
DESERTEC Foundation may occasionally update this privacy statement. When we do, we will revise the "last updated" date at the top of the privacy statement. We will obtain your opt-in consent for any updates to this privacy statement that materially expand any use of your personal data to ways not disclosed in this privacy statement at the time of collection.
