Privacy Policy

The Center for International Experiential Learning (CIEL) has created this Privacy Policy to explain why we collect particular information and how we will protect your personal privacy within our website. The following discloses our information gathering and dissemination practices for the CIEL website located at https://cielglobal.org

In order to fully understand your rights we encourage you to read this Privacy Policy. CIEL reserves the right at any time and without notice to change this Privacy Policy simply by posting such changes on our website. Any such change will be effective immediately upon posting.

Because we want to demonstrate our commitment to your privacy, this Privacy Policy notifies you of:

·       What personally identifiable information of yours is collected through the site;

·       Who collects such information;

·       How such information is used;

·       With whom your information may be shared;

·       What choices you have regarding collection, use and distribution of your information;

·       What kind of security procedures are in place to protect the loss, misuse or alteration of information under our control; and,

·       How you can correct any inaccuracies in your information.

Questions regarding this statement should be directed to CIEL by using the Contact Us form on our website or through the email addresses given below.. Please reference this Privacy Policy in your subject line. 

WHAT INFORMATION WE COLLECT AND HOW WE USE THAT INFORMATION

CIEL collects non-personally identifiable information via your IP address, most-recently visited URL, or your computer settings. Our registration forms may require users to give us contact information that may include name, e-mail address, format preference (HTML vs. text), address, interests, and similar information. We may also ask for certain non-personally identifiable demographic information such as your age, household income, interests, etc., but we do not request or store sensitive information from our visitors such as credit card or social security numbers.

CIEL respects your privacy and has instituted policies intended to ensure that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. We may use this information to deliver to you information about our organization, as well as for trend analysis, pattern detection, site administration, or simply to contact you when necessary. Non-personal demographic and profile data is used to customize your experience at our website, showing you content we think you might be interested in. By visiting this website you agree that no information you submit to the site shall contain libelous, hateful, racist, discriminatory or otherwise unlawful, abusive, pornographic or obscene material (Prohibited Material). You are solely responsible for the content of any information you provide to CIEL and indemnify/hold harmless CIEL for any claim and damages of any kind suffered by CIEL due to any Prohibited Material posted by you.

Our sites are operated in the United States. If you are located outside of the United States, you should be aware that we will collect, process, and maintain your information in the United States. By using the Sites, accessing the Sites or providing any information to the Sites, you consent to the transfer of your information to the United States, which may not offer the same level of privacy protection that would be required by your home country, and to the processing and maintaining of that information as described in this Privacy Policy.

INTERNET PROTOCOL ADDRESS

We may collect an IP address from visitors to our site. An IP address is a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you use the Internet. We use IP addresses to help diagnose problems with our server, administer our site, analyze trends and patterns, analyze user profiles, track users' movement, gather broad demographic information for aggregate use in order for us to improve the site, and deliver customized, personalized content. IP addresses are not linked to personally identifiable information.

USE OF "COOKIES"

Our site may use cookies to enhance your experience while using our site. Cookies are pieces of information that some websites transfer to the computer that is browsing that website and are used for record-keeping purposes at many websites. Use of cookies makes web-surfing easier by performing certain functions such as saving your passwords, your personal preferences regarding your use of the particular website and to make sure you don't see the same ad repeatedly. Many consider the use of cookies to be an industry standard.

Your browser is probably set to accept cookies. However, if you prefer to not receive cookies, you can alter the configuration of your browser to refuse cookies. If you choose to have your browser refuse cookies, it is possible that some areas of our site will not function properly when you view them.

SECURITY

All information provided to CIEL is transmitted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption. SSL is a proven coding system that lets your browser automatically encrypt, or scramble, data before you send it to us. You will notice that the domain name (located in your website address bar) begins with "https" on these secure pages. Information on these pages is encrypted for your security. Unfortunately, however, no data transmission over the Internet is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your information, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of such information.

EMAIL UPDATES

You may receive e-mail messages from CIEL if you sign up on our website or if you make a donation online or opt in to receive emails. You will be given the option to unsubscribe from our email list at the bottom of each email you receive.

OTHER WEBSITES

Our site may contain links to other websites. Please note that when you click on one of these links, you are entering another website for which CIEL has no responsibility. We encourage you to read the privacy policies on all such sites as their policies may be different than ours.

ADVERTISING

We may use Remarketing or other tools/platforms with Google Analytics to advertise online. Third-party vendors, including Google, may show our ads on sites across the Internet. We may use first-party cookies (such as the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick cookie) to inform, optimize, and serve ads based on your past visits to our website.

Visit Google's Ad Settings to opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads.

DISCLOSING PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION

We do not rent, sell or trade your personally identifiable information to third parties. We will only disclose personally identifiable information to third parties when (i) sharing the information is a necessary operation of the site (i.e. to process credit card information); and (ii) we are required to do so by law or in the good-faith belief that such action is necessary to (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on CIEL or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of CIEL, the site or the visitors to the site, and/or (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of visitors to the Site or the public. 

RIGHT TO BLOCK OR REMOVE USER OR ITS INFORMATION 

We reserve the right to remove or block any user from our Sites or records if we determine, in our sole discretion, that the user or any content posted by any user is Prohibited Material (as defined above) and/or may be harmful to any other user, the Site or the reputation of CIEL in any way (in its sole discretion). You indemnify and hold harmless CIEL from all claims or damages of any kind against CIEL when using our Site or any function associated with it.

DATA RETENTION

We may retain Personal Data in respect of financial transactions for at least as long as the law requires for tax and accounting purposes, usually 7 years.

GOVERNING LAW

This Privacy Policy is subject to the laws of the State of California, USA To the maximum extent legally permitted, you agree that any dispute relating to use of your data as referred to under this Privacy Policy is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of California, USA

QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? CONTACT US

If you have further queries or requests relating to how we use data, please contact our data protection officer at medovoy@cielglobal.org. If you are not satisfied with our response or believe we are processing your data not in accordance with applicable law please reach out to the CEO, Daniel Wehrenfennig at wehrenfennig@cielglobal.org

Please enjoy our site and also let us know if you have any suggestions for improvement!

VERSION 1. OCTOBER 10, 2021