This privacy policy sets out what personal information/data GI SEA collects, how it uses such data and your rights in relation to your personal data.
GI SEA does not collect any personal data through this website. GI SEA does record visits for analytical purposes, however the IP details are anonymised and personal identifiers cannot be derived from the anonymised data.
GI SEA is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected in accordance with the provisions set out in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
GI SEA may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any change. This policy is effective from August 2018.
How we use cookies
We use cookies (“web analytic” cookies) to help us track usage patterns in order to improve and manage this Website. We do not use them to serve adverts or other promotional materials. You can set your browser not to accept cookies. You can find out how to do so here: (www.aboutcookies.org). However, if your browser does not accept cookies, parts or all of this Website may not work.
Information we may collect about you
With regard to each of your visits to our site we may automatically collect the following information:
- technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system and platform; and
- information about your visit, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL) clickstream to, through and from our site (including date and time), pages you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.
Please note that data collected automatically when you visit this Website does not identify you as an individual, but only the computer that you are using to view this Website and your approximate geographic location. To fully respect your privacy, the IP addresses we collect are made anonymous by deleting the last numbers of the IP address, which are necessary to identify users.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You may choose to restrict the collection or use of your personal information in the following ways:
if you have previously agreed to us using your personal information for direct marketing purposes, you may change your mind at any time by writing to or emailing the Project Manager on the following address: gisea.manager@ipieca.org.
We will not sell, distribute or lease your personal information to third parties unless we have your permission or are required by law to do so.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the Data Protection Act 2018. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to the Project Manager on the following address: gisea.manager@ipieca.org.
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
In any case, the GI SEA project fully respects the GDPR provisions which provide the following rights for individuals:
- The right to be informed
- The right of access
- The right to rectification
- The right to erasure
- The right to restrict processing
- The right to data portability
- The right to object
- Rights in relation to automated decision making and profiling.
Any query or request can be sent to the Project Manager on the following address: gisea.manager@ipieca.org
You have the right to make a complaint to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) at any time should you believe that GI SEA has not complied with your data protection rights. The ICO is the supervisory authority in the UK for data protection issues.
