This privacy policy was last updated on 2 September 2024.
Introduction
The WALD Innovation Facility, managed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) , is committed to the protection and confidentiality of personal data and strives to provide the highest level of protection for your personal data in compliance with the applicable regulations on personal data protection.
This Privacy Policy governs the use of our website and services. It explains how we collect, use, share, and protect the personal information you provide to us. It also explains your privacy rights and how you can exercise these rights.
The collected data
The WALD Innovation Facility ensures that only personal data that is strictly necessary for the purposes detailed above is processed. In addition to the information required for connecting (such as your name, email address, etc.), only information related to your expertise, skills, or professional outlook will be requested.
The data you provide us
The data we process primarily consists of the data you provide us through our subscription forms. This includes your identification data and contact data.
The mandatory nature of the collected data is indicated to you during the collection process through a message. Providing certain data is mandatory only when it is necessary for us to process your request and provide a relevant response.
If the mandatory data is not provided, we will not be able to provide you with the requested service.
We also process data that you upload on our websites and applications. We never request sensitive information (such as racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs, trade union membership, health, sexual orientation). We advise against providing such data when using our services.
The usage data of our services
When you visit our website or use our services, we may also collect certain information automatically, including your IP address, the type of browser you use, the pages you visit, access dates and times, and other statistics.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Use of the collected data
We use your personal information to provide and improve our website and services, process your transactions, send you updates, respond to your requests, ensure the security of our website, comply with the law, and for other legitimate business purposes.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
Recipients of the collected data
Sharing with service providers
We may share your personal information with third-party service providers who assist us in providing our website and services. These service providers are not permitted to use your information for their own purposes.
Sharing for legal requirements
We may disclose your personal information if we are required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that it is necessary to comply with the law, protect our rights or property, or ensure the safety of our users.
Security of the collected data
The WALD Innovation Facility is committed to implementing an appropriate security policy, which translates into logical and physical security measures specifically tailored to our operations. Various audits are conducted within our infrastructure.
The following principles govern the development of websites and applications, both at the level of technical infrastructure (secure redundant hosting, access control and security policy) and from an application perspective (development of websites and applications):
- Secure data collection
- Storage ensuring data integrity and confidentiality
- Securing development environments
- Securing data access
- Regular training for our technical teams
- Voluntary limitation of outsourcing (infrastructure, services, and development) and working with anonymized test datasets
Your rights
In accordance with regulations, you have the right to access, rectify, delete, object, and request data portability regarding all data concerning you.
You also have the right to restrict the processing of your personal data. Furthermore, every individual has the right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing, including profiling. If you have provided consent for the processing of personal data, you can withdraw your consent at any time.
You can exercise these rights free of charge, except for any costs associated with the transmission of the request, by contacting the following addresses:
- via email: waldinnovationfacility@iucn.org
- by mail: WALD Innovation Facility, IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland
Contact
For any inquiries regarding the personal data protection policy implemented by the WALD Innovation Facility, you can contact us at the following address: WALD Innovation Facility, IUCN, Rue Mauverney 28, 1196, Gland, Switzerland.
Cookie management policy
We use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyse information about the use of our site and to personalise our content. You can refuse the use of cookies by modifying your browser settings.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small, simple file sent with the pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored in it can be sent back to our servers or the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
What is a script?
A script is a piece of code used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed either on our server or on your device.
What is an invisible tag?
An invisible tag (or web tag) is a small piece of invisible text or image on a website, used to track traffic on a website. Various data about you is stored using invisible tags.
Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a popup window with an explanation about cookies. Once you click ‘Save Preferences,’ you authorize us to use the categories of cookies and extensions that you have selected in the popup window, as described in this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may not function properly.
Cookies used
This website may be using the following cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of the Website.
- Analytical/performance cookies. These are cookies that allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors using the Website and to see how visitors move around the Website. This helps us to improve the way the Website work, for example, by ensuring that visitors find what they are looking for easily.
- Functionality cookies. These are cookies used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). Such cookies are also used for instance during the donate process. In this case the purpose is to be able to retrieve data in case of an interruption during
- First-party (IT Governance Ltd) cookies. We use some cookies that are essential for the Website to operate correctly. These cookies, none of which capture personal information, are as follows: the payment process.
- Visitor ID – this cookie is a numeric value that identifies unique visitors and provides coherence and consistency to a site visit;
- Page ID – this cookie identifies the page you are on;
- Session ID – this cookie identifies your website session.
- Third-party cookies. The Website may use several types of third-party cookies which include but are not limited to:
- Google Analytics – we use Google Analytics to collect data about the Website’ usages. This data does not include personal information. You can view the Google Privacy Policy here: www.google.com/policies/privacy/.
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other sites that we do not control. If you click on a link to another site, you will be redirected to that site. We recommend reviewing the privacy policy of each site you visit.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may update our privacy policy from time to time. We will post the new privacy policy on this page and update the ‘Effective Date’ at the top of this privacy policy. We recommend checking this privacy policy regularly.