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ICPAC Privacy Statement

Last updated: Jan 26, 2022

This Privacy Statement describes the personal data we collect and/or process (which may include collecting, organising, structuring, storing, using, or disclosing) to provide products and services offered directly by ICPAC and ICPAC Products

What Personal Data Do We Receive?

Personal data is any information from or about an identified or identifiable person, including information that ICPAC can associate with an individual person. ICPAC aims to collect information about organisations and individuals using any of the ICPAC online platforms. We may collect, or process on behalf of our donors, the following categories of personal data when you use or interact with ICPAC Products:

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Sector
  • Name of Organisation
  • Scale of Operations
  • Country
  • Gender
  • Type or Organisation
  • Position of work
  • Selection of Products you will want to subscribe for updates in our mailing list

ICPAC platforms may access Google User Data for the purposes of authenticating to the platform (using OAuth2). This authentication data is stored in the ICPAC database (username and avatar, if available). This data is used to link our products to a specific authenticated user. Email addresses are not shared outside the platform and the display name (which can be changed by the user) and avatar photo are shared through a public API.

You provide us with these data through your use of the Services. For the purposes of this policy, and in accordance with international standards, we refer only to the Organization name, contact person name, contact person email address as “Personal Data”. All other information is referred to as. “Data”.

We may also collect “Usage Information” through your use of the Services, which includes but is not limited to: browser information, hardware model, operating system, IP address, the time you access the Services, and type of content you view or engage with while using the Services.

Collectively, all Personal Data, Data and Usage Information are referred to as “Information.”

Why We Collect This Information?

We collect information about you to help make the Services and products more useful to you. This includes:

  • Administering and improving the Services
  • Personalizing your experience with the Services
  • Promoting safety and security of the Services
  • Contacting you about the Services
  • Generating new scientific insights and refining existing science models

Who We Share Your Information With

We may share your Information as follows:

  • Performance Reporting. We may share aggregated, anonymized Information with our donors and partners to report on the utility and performance of the Services and Products.
  • Third Party Service Providers. We may share your Information with third party service providers and contractors working on behalf of ICPAC who assist us in providing the Services. These service providers are only authorized to use your Information to help us provide the Services to you. We do not sell or otherwise share your Information with such third parties for their direct marketing purposes.
  • Science. We may share your Information with the scientific partners of ICPAC.

Use of Online Tracking Technologies

When you use the Services, we, along with our third-party service providers may use Usage Information to more effectively understand how the Services are used and improve the usability of our Services.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google uses cookies to help us analyze how visitors use our Services. The information generated by the cookie about your use of our Services is generally transmitted to and stored on a Google server in the United States. Google will use this information for evaluating your use of the Services, compiling reports on website activity, and providing us with other analytic services relating to our Services. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

You may manage and opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads settings and selecting the appropriate settings in your browser. Please note that if you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Services. Alternatively, you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data by downloading and installing the browser plugin available at: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and/or opt out by visiting www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or www.youronlinechoices.com. For further information on Google’s terms of use and data protection/privacy, please see https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/, https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html and https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/index.html.

Use of Cookies

When you use the Services, we may place a text file (“Cookie”) in the browser of your computer. Cookies collect information such as the type of search engine used, the sections of the Website(s) visited, and other Website usage information. Cookies allow the Services to function by tracking the application state and authenticating You on each page on the services. You can refuse Cookies by disabling them in your Internet browser settings, typically under the sections “Help” or “Internet Options” or to www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ or www.youronlinechoices.com. However, the Services may not function properly if Cookies are disabled.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our privacy practices, please contact us at:

communication@icpac.net
IGAD Climate Prediction & Applications Centre (ICPAC)

P.O. BOX 10304 - 00100 Nairobi, Kenya