1. Introduction
Welcome to the Learning Cabinet. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy outlines how we collect, use, and share your personal data when you visit our website or use our services. By using our services, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
2. Personal Data We Collect
We collect various types of personal data when you interact with our services, including but not limited to: • Personal Identification Information: Name, email address, phone number, and postal address. • Technical Data: IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting and location, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform, and other technology on the devices you use to access this website. • Usage Data: Information about how you use our website, products, and services. • Marketing and Communications Data: Your preferences in receiving marketing from us and your communication preferences.
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes: • Service Delivery: To register you as a new user, manage your account, and provide you with the services you request. • Communication: To communicate with you regarding updates, events, and other relevant information. • Improvement of Services: To understand how you use our services and to improve them. • Analytics: To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities to improve user experience. We use Google Analytics for this purpose, which collects and processes data about your use of our website, including your IP address. • Legal Obligations: To comply with legal obligations and regulatory requirements.
4. Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds: • Consent: When you have given us explicit consent to process your personal data for a specific purpose. • Contractual Necessity: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract to which you are a party. • Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, and your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests. • Legal Obligation: When we need to comply with a legal obligation.
5. Sharing Your Personal Data
We may share your personal data with third parties in the following circumstances: • Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party service providers that perform services on our behalf, such as hosting, data analysis, IT services, and customer service. • Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or any form of transition to another entity of some or all of our assets, your personal data may be transferred to the acquiring entity. • Legal Requirements: We may disclose your personal data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court or a government agency).
6. Use of Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services to analyze and improve the user experience on our website: Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect information about your use of our website. Google Analytics collects data such as how often users visit our site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used before coming to our site. The information collected by Google Analytics is used to analyze and improve the user experience on our website. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit our site, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser. Hotjar: We use Hotjar to better understand our users’ needs and optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us understand how users interact with our website by providing insights such as mouse movements, clicks, scrolling, and other user behaviors. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on user behavior and their devices, including IP address (captured and stored in an anonymized form), device screen size, device type, browser information, and geographic location (country only). This data is stored in a pseudonymized user profile and is not used to identify individual users. For more information, please visit Hotjar’s privacy policy. You can opt-out of the creation of a user profile or Hotjar’s tracking by following the instructions on their website.
7. Data Security
We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a level of security appropriate to the risk of processing your personal data. These measures include: Access Control: Restricting access to personal data to authorized personnel only. Encryption: Using encryption to protect personal data during transmission. Regular Testing: Regularly testing, assessing, and evaluating the effectiveness of our technical and organizational measures.
8. Data Retention
We will only retain your personal data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data, and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means.
9. Your Data Protection Rights
Under certain circumstances, you have the following rights under data protection laws in relation to your personal data: Access: Request access to your personal data and receive a copy of the personal data we hold about you. Correction: Request correction of any incomplete or inaccurate data we hold about you. Erasure: Request erasure of your personal data where there is no good reason for us continuing to process it. Object: Object to processing of your personal data where we are relying on a legitimate interest (or those of a third party) and there is something about your particular situation which makes you want to object to processing on this ground. Restriction: Request restriction of processing of your personal data. This enables you to ask us to suspend the processing of your personal data in certain scenarios. Portability: Request the transfer of your personal data to you or to a third party. If you wish to exercise any of the rights set out above, please contact us at learninginnovationhub@unicef.org.
10. Cookies
We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website. Cookies are small text files placed on your device to collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. This information is used to track visitor use of the website and to compile statistical reports on website activity. You can set your browser to not accept cookies, and the above websites tell you how to remove cookies from your browser. However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.
11. Third-Party Links
Our website may contain links to third-party websites, plug-ins, and applications. Clicking on those links or enabling those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and are not responsible for their privacy statements. When you leave our website, we encourage you to read the privacy policy of every website you visit.
12. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new privacy policy on this page. You are advised to review this privacy policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this privacy policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: Email: learninginnovationhub@unicef.org