Global Citizen Year respects and values your privacy. The following constitutes Global Citizen Year’s Online Privacy Policy for the collection, protection and use of the personal and private information we receive from donors and visitors to this website.
Personal Information
Global Citizen Year collects personal information upon a visitor’s request to subscribe to our newsletters. Global Citizen Year also collects personal information about donors in connection with their donation. Global Citizen Year will NOT sell, rent or trade this information to a third party.
Email Updates
Global Citizen Year provides email updates to keep interested visitors to our website informed of developments and events related to our mission. In order to receive these updates you must provide Global Citizen Year with your name, street address and email address. This information will be held in complete confidence, and Global Citizen Year will NOT sell, rent, trade or otherwise reveal this information to a third party. You will be given the option to remove your name from our email list at the bottom of each e-newsletter.
Online Donations
Your online donations are safe and secure. Global Citizen Year uses industry-standard SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption to protect the confidentiality of your personal information and the security of your transaction. Global Citizen Year’s donations are processed through a 3rd-party service, Network for Good. For more information about Network for Good see www.networkforgood.org. When you make a donation on the Global Citizen Year web site, your personal information is subject to Network for Good’s data collection practices. All online transactions, regardless of size, will be confirmed by a follow-up email.
If you donate online, Global Citizen Year will never sell, rent or trade this information to a third party.
Cookies
We leave a cookie (an electronic identifying tag) on your computer. This cookie allows the site to remember who you are you don’t have to re-enter your password each time you visit www.globalcitizenyear.org. We use your IP address (Internet Protocol address - a unique string of numbers that identifies your computer on the Internet) to help diagnose problems with our server, and as a tool to run this web site. We pool together data from all of our visitors to keep track of how our web site is being used, such as how many people are visiting our site, how they find us, and what pages are being viewed. However, we collect no information that can be traced back to you individually except what you provide to us when you sign up with the site. You may choose to configure your browser to accept or reject cookies or notify you when you enter a website that utilizes cookie technology. You may not have access to some or all of the features of Global Citizen Year’s website if you configure your browser to reject cookies.
Links to Other Internet Websites
Please be aware that Global Citizen Year may provide links to third party websites from our site as a service to our users and we are not responsible for the content or information collection practices of those sites. We have no ability to control the privacy and data collection practices of such sites and the privacy policies of such sites may differ from that of Global Citizen Year. Therefore, we encourage you to review and understand the privacy policies of such sites before providing them with any information.
Privacy Policy Changes
We may amend this privacy policy from time to time by posting on our Web site. If you use our Web sites after the date revisions are posted, it will be deemed to be your agreement to the changed terms.
Updated September 30, 2008
Contact Global Citizen Year
Thank you for your interest in Global Citizen Year and our privacy policy. If you would like more information about the options discussed herein or simply have questions, please feel free to contact us via email at info@globalcitizenyear.org