CARE Academy

DISCLAIMER

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CARE makes no representations about the suitability, reliability, timeliness, comprehensiveness and accuracy of the information, services and other content contained on this website.

CARE cannot guarantee that the content and the provision of the content of this website will always be correct or fault, error and virus free. CARE does not accept liability for incorrect content or errors and omissions in this website or its content (whether of legal, typographical, technical or other nature) but endeavors to correct them as quickly as practicable. CARE will not be liable for any data lost or any equipment or software replaced by you as a result of you using this website.

Save in respect of liability for death or personal injury arising out of negligence or for fraudulent misrepresentation, CARE shall not be liable directly or indirectly in contract, tort, equity or otherwise for any damage whatsoever in connection with this website or any use of content provided on this website, including any direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damage (including but not limited to loss of profits, interest, data, business revenue, anticipated savings, business or goodwill).

This website may contain links to other websites solely for your convenience. Listing of a company, service, organization or product on this website does not in any way imply endorsement. Reasonable efforts have been made at the time of publishing each page to examine the contents of each organization and publication linked to on this website, but no responsibility is taken for the contents contained on such links.

ACCESS

Access to this website is permitted on a temporary basis, and CARE reserves the right to withdraw or amend the service without notice. CARE will not be liable if for any reason this website is unavailable at any time or for any period.

ACCEPTABLE USE

You may not:

1. Use this website in any way, or to any effect, that breaches any law or regulation or that is fraudulent;
2. Use this website in any way which infringes upon the intellectual property or other rights of anyone, or restricts or inhibits their use and enjoyment of this website; or
3. Knowingly transmit any data, or send or upload any material, to this website that contains viruses, Trojan horses, worms, time-bombs, keystroke loggers, spyware, adware or any other harmful program or computer code designed to adversely affect the operation of any computer software or hardware.

If you breach these Terms, your permission to use this Website terminates immediately. Where CARE determines, at their sole discretion, that a breach of these Terms has occurred, CARE may take such action as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, initiating legal proceedings against you for reimbursement of all costs on an indemnity basis resulting from the breach.

ALTERATIONS

CARE reserves the right to terminate, suspend or alter the content of this website and to amend these Terms at any time. Continued use of this website after alteration of these Terms shall be deemed to constitute acceptance of such alterations.

POLICY SUMMARY

CARE International is committed to protecting your privacy and complying with the principles of the EU General Data Protection Act (GDPR). This Privacy Policy explains when we collect your personal data when you use our website, how we use and process that data, and the rights you have over your own information.

This Privacy Policy applies to the website of CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy, however, when you use this site you may be directed to the website of other members of the CARE confederation. Each of these websites will have their own Privacy Policy.

We will be clear and transparent about the information we collect and what we do with that information. The aim of this policy is to give you adequate information so you understand what we are doing with your personal data. If you are unsure about an aspect of this policy or you would like to exercise your rights under this policy, please contact:

CARE International’s Data Protection Officer:
7-9 Chemin de Balexert
1219 Châtelaine/ Geneva
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 (0)22 795 10 20
Email address: CIinfo@careinternational.org

PRIVACY POLICY

CARE uses, stores and processes information about you in accordance with CARE’s Privacy Policy. By using this website, you consent to such use, storage and processing.

If any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction:

1. the validity, legality and enforceability under the law of that jurisdiction of any other provision; and
2. the validity, legality and enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision shall not be affected or impaired in any way thereby.

These Terms and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to these Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to resolve any disputes between us relating to these Terms.

WHAT INFORMATION MIGHT WE COLLECT ABOUT YOU?

When you enroll in a course offered by the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy, we collect personal and financial information such as, name, email address, organisation, country, gender, and payment details, where required.

When you make a donation through the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy website, we do not collect personal or financial information. We provide you with banking details for CARE, from which you can process a payment using your personal banking account. If you choose to donate on the sites of CARE International Members, please review their privacy policy to verify their donation process.

When using our website, you have the ability to link through to certain social media sites such as YouTube and Twitter. Depending on your settings and the policies of these social media sites, we may receive or match your personal data with these sites to show CARE content while these services are being used. To change your settings on these services, please refer to their privacy policies, which will tell you how to do this. 

Our website is not intended for children. We do not knowingly collect data on children.

We also use cookies on our website to collect standard internet log-on information and details of visitor behavior patterns (e.g. to find out the number of visitors to different parts of the site). This enables us to analyze and improve the content of our site and the navigation experience of users. We do not use this information to attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. For full details of the cookies used on our website, see our Cookies Policy. You can disable or delete some or all cookies in your browser setting, although this may affect some parts of the site’s functionality.

HOW WE USE IT AND WHY

When you provide your information to us, we will only use the information for the purposes for which it is provided, for any compatible purposes and to fulfill our legal or regulatory obligations unless you have agreed for your data to be used for other purposes.

The CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy only uses IP address and Internet Log-On Date (Cookies) so as to improve the website and user experience. This includes: developing new services and marketing ideas, defining audiences and supporters for certain types of campaigns, redesigning marketing materials based on common or popular materials on our website.

HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR DATA SECURE?

We are committed to protecting your privacy and prioritize the security of your personal information. CARE takes all necessary steps to ensure that your data is kept private and protected from unauthorized use in accordance with this privacy policy.

HOW LONG DO WE STORE YOUR INFORMATION?

We will only retain the data you provide to us through our website for as long as required by applicable laws or as is necessary for the purpose for which it was collected and in accordance with any consents provided.

WHO DO WE SHARE YOUR INFORMATION WITH?

We may share your information with members of the CARE International confederation.

We may also share your information with third parties who process data on our behalf, but only where we place obligations on them in relation to the security of the data and require them to use the data only as we instruct. This includes technical service providers who handle technical support as is necessary for the technical provision of services.

By enrolling to the CARE Climate and Resilience Learning Journeys you are agreeing to a third-party payment processing and verification provider, to facilitate payments for the Learning Journeys run by the CARE Climate and Resilience Academy.

You are also agreeing to your personal information such as email address to be shared with administration staff and participants.

We also guarantee that we will not sell or rent out your personal data.

CARE INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE WEBSITES

For some actions that you may like to take when visiting our website, you will have the option to link through to the website of a CARE International Member, as well as social media sites for CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy or one of CARE’s Members, Affiliates or Country Offices. In these cases, that entity will collect your data rather than the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy, and you should look at their privacy policy to understand how they will use your data, and your rights.

This occurs when you:

• Make a donation to a CARE member or affiliate
• Sign petitions specific to a CARE member or affiliate
• Request information from a CARE member or affiliate
• Visit the Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or other site of a CARE member or affiliate

INTERNATIONAL PERSONAL DATA TRANSFER

In some cases, the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy may transfer your personal data to members of the CARE International confederation and third-party service providers who are located outside your jurisdiction. We will take all measures to ensure that proper safeguards are in place to match EU Data Protection standards.

YOUR RIGHTS AND ACCESSING YOUR DATA

ACCESSING YOUR DATA

You have the right to access any information we collect and keep about you, as well as request information on how your personal data has been used by the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy.

This access is provided to you free of charge. However, if requests are deemed to be unfounded, for example, excessive, or repetitive, CARE is entitled to charge an administrative fee for this service.

To make a request, please contact us at: info@careclimatechange.org

CORRECTING, DELETING, OR RESTRICTING DATA

You have the right to request to ask us to correct, erase, or supplement any information you have provided to us in the past. This right to correct or delete your personal data extends to third parties of CARE International Members or Affiliates to whom we have disclosed your personal information. We will take reasonable steps to inform those with whom we have shared your data about your requests.

You have the right to request that CARE refrains from processing your data if you feel it is inaccurate, processing it is unlawful, or you believe CARE does not need to hold the data anymore.

You have the right to refuse to provide your personal data to CARE. If you exercise this right, you must acknowledge that certain services will no longer be possible to provide.

TRANSFERING DATA

You have the right to receive any personal data we have collected for the purposes of transferring it to another data controller. 

WITHDRAWING CONSENT

In cases where the collection of personal data is based on previously received consent, you have the right to withdraw this consent at any time and without reason.

If you would like to withdraw your consent or to halt the collection of data which you have previously consented to, please contact us at: info@careclimatechange.org. Please be aware that certain communications materials or activities may already be deployed by the time withdrawal occurs.

FILING A COMPLAINT

You have the right to file a complaint regarding the collection and storing of personal data. If you have concerns about the way that the CARE’s Climate & Resilience Academy is collecting or handling your data you can file a claim with the Swiss Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

DISCLAIMER

The legal basis on which we hold and use your data will vary depending on the activity involved. In some cases, we might hold the data because it is needed to fulfill a contract or meet our legal obligations. We note that the basis on which we process your data will influence your specific rights.

CHANGES TO THIS POLICY

This Privacy Policy will be updated from time to time. Changes and updates may alter the terms that you have previously agreed to. We recommend that you read it carefully and check back regularly. This Privacy Policy was last updated on 3 July 2019.