General terms
The World Social Forum website team is committed to respecting the privacy of visitors. This Privacy Statement sets forth the online data collection and usage policies and practices that apply to the WSF2008 website http://www.wsf2008.org
By using this site, you consent to the policies and practices described in this statement.
This site contains links to other websites over which we have no control. The WSF is not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of other websites to which you choose to link from this site. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of those other websites so you can understand how they collect, use and share your information. This privacy statement applies solely to the information collected on this site.
Collection and Retention of Information
In some areas of our site, we requests or may request that you provide personal information, including your name, address, e-mail address, contact information, and any other information from which your identity is discernible.
We also gather or may gather certain information about your use of our site, such as what areas you visit and what services you access. Moreover, there is information about your computer hardware and software that may be collected by the website. This information can include without limitation your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring website addresses.
We retain indefinitely all the information we gather about you in an effort to make your repeat use with us more efficient, practical and relevant. Of course, you can correct, update or close your account at any time. In the latter event, we will remove all our account profile information except for an archival copy, which is not accessible on the Internet.
Use of Information by the WSF
We use the information we gather on the site, whether personal, demographic, collective or technical, for the purpose of operation and improving the site and fostering a positive user experience.
We have areas where you can submit feedback. Any feedback you submit shall be used only for the purpose of the WSF process. We may contact you for further information.
Disclosure of Information to Others
We do not disclose to third parties your personal information, combined personal and demographic information or information about your use of the Site (such as areas you visit or services you access).
Use of Cookies
The WSF2008 website uses "cookies" to help personalize and maximize your online experience and time online. A cookie is a text file that is placed on your hard drive by a web page server. Cookies are not used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. Cookies are uniquely assigned to your computer, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you.
One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize pages or register, a cookie helps us to recall your specific information (such as user name, password and preferences). Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver faster and more accurate results and a more personalized site experience. When you return to the site, the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the features that you customized. We also use cookies to track click streams and for load balancing.
You may have the ability to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline all cookies if you prefer. Alternatively, you may be able to modify your browser setting to notify you each time a cookie is tendered and permit you to accept or decline cookies on an individual basis. If you chose to decline cookies, however, that may hinder performance and negatively impact your experience on the site.
Updating Your Information
You may review, correct, update or change your account profile information at any time. Simply log into your account, go to your account profile, review your account information and, if you wish, edit it with the options provided.
Security
The WSF2008 webteam has implemented reasonable technical and organization measures designed to secure your personal information from accidental loss and from unauthorized access, use, alteration or disclosure. However, we cannot guarantee that unauthorized third parties will never be able to defeat those measures or use your personal information for improper purposes.
Changes to Privacy Statement
If we decide to change our privacy statement, we will post those changes here so that you will always know what information we gather, how we might use that information, and to whom we will disclose it. If at any time, you have questions or concerns about the Millennium Campaign's privacy statement, please feel free to email us at globalaction@wsf2008.org
