Privacy Policy | Unesco Center For G

UNESCO CENTER FOR GLOBAL FRIENDSHIP

Your privacy on the Internet is of paramount importance to the UNESCO Center for Global Friendship, Inc. (“UCGF”). We value your visit to the UCGF website, and we will ensure the necessary and appropriate steps are implemented to protect your personal information.
This privacy statement describes UCGF’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through the UCGF website. It applies to all “UCGF sites” – that is, all sites within the “unescocgf.org” domain name. You should note that through this site you may reach or be directed to other sites that relate to UNESCO Clubs, Centers, and Associations, or other entities around the world whose job is to support UNESCO; all these sites have their own privacy statements which are similar to this one but may vary slightly.

By accessing or using the UCGF website, you signify that you have read this Privacy Policy, and you expressly consent to our collection, use, disclosure, storage and protection of your personal information as described in this Privacy Policy.

What information does UCGF collect?

Normal website usage

In general, you can browse the UCGF site without telling us who you are or revealing any personal information about yourself. We do not collect personally identifiable information from individuals unless they provide such information to us knowingly and voluntarily. The only information we gather during general browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP (Internet Protocol) address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the web site that referred you to us, the files you downloaded, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits. When prompted by the website, a visitor may be asked to voluntarily submit his/her personally identifiable information, such as: names, addresses, zip/postal codes, email addresses, etc

Collection of personally identifiable information

If you register for a newsletter, log on to certain UCGF sites, request information, provide feedback, apply for a volunteer position, join a discussion group or join an electronic mailing list, you will be asked to provide personal information, which may include your name, postal address and e-mail address. This information is collected only with your knowledge and permission, and is kept in various UCGF databases. If you are purchasing something on our website (e.g., membership fees), or donate financially, you may be asked to provide your credit card details.

UCGF may receive and store the information that you enter on our website, provide to us on our membership/sponsorship application page, provide to us on our volunteer opportunities page, or submit to us in any other way related to advancing UCGF’s mission. At your discretion, you can opt to not provide some or all of the information requested by us on our website. This information is solely used by UCGF and other UCGF-related entities in furtherance of UCGF’s charitable activities.

Automatically collected information

Whenever you interact with UCGF, we receive and store certain types of information. For example, we may use “cookies” to obtain information when your web browser accesses this website. A cookie is an alphanumeric identifier, which we transfer to your computer via your Web browser and store on your computer’s hard drive.

UCGF’s websites may use cookies to provide statistics or otherwise collect data in order to give you the best experience when visiting our site. We use cookies to recognize you as a user, customize services, perform a range of analytics, mitigate risk, prevent potential fraud, and to promote trust and safety across our site. You may switch off your cookies settings if you prefer; however, by continuing to use our site without changing settings, you agree to our use of cookies. On most conventional web browsers you will find a “help” section on the toolbar. Please refer to this section for information on how to receive notifications when you are receiving a new cookie, and how to turn cookies off.

Certain aspects and features of our website are only available through the use of cookies, so if you choose to disable or decline cookies, your use of our website may be limited or not possible. The use of cookies by third parties on the website is for the purpose of making the website easier to use and to enable certain features of the Website and is not covered by this Privacy Policy. We do not have control over these cookies.

While using our website, you may join an electronic discussion board. By joining and posting information on an electronic discussion group, participants from the discussion group (including non-UCGF employees) will see personal information that you have volunteered. For open discussion groups, this information will be public.

Information from children

UCGF does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. We encourage parents and legal guardians to monitor their children’s Internet usage and to help enforce our Privacy Policy by instructing their children to never provide information on this site without their permission. If you believe that we have any information from a child under age 13, please contact us at info@centerforglobalfriendship.org.

What does UCGF do with the information it collects?

Normal web usage

UCGF is not in the business of selling information about visitors to our site. We consider this information to be a vital part of our relationship with you, and we treat it with great care and respect. There are, however, certain circumstances in which we may share your data with certain third parties. We will share personally identifiable information with third parties when (i) the person submitting the information authorizes us to share it; (ii) sharing the information is a necessary operation of the site, for instance, to process a credit card transaction, or (iii) we are required to by law.

Personally identifiable information

UCGF may use the personal information you provide to:

Contact you (e.g., via email, snail mail, etc.) – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, etc. to you;
Manage and process your job application;
Confirm your purchases and registrations on the site;
Obtain payment for purchases through the site (e.g., credit card);
“Remember” your online profile and preferences;
Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests, and help us create site contents most relevant to you; and
Undertake statistical analysis.

To ensure the email communications we send to you are helpful and relevant to your interests, we may receive and store certain types of information. For instance, if your computer supports this functionality, we may receive a confirmation when you open an email sent from us. We may also receive a confirmation when you click or follow a hyperlink from one of our emails to our website. If you prefer that we stop sending you emails, simply hit reply and type “Unsubscribe” in the subject field or contact us by email at: info@unescocgf.org.

Non-personally identifiable information

UCGF reserves the right to disclose information that does not directly identify you, for example, aggregated or anonymized data, for educational, informational or promotional purposes in furtherance of UCGF’s mission.

Donations

UCGF collects information on any donations you make to UCGF (whether through the website or offline) to communicate with you (for example, to provide donation confirmations) via your email address, physical address or through other means of contact that you have chosen to provide to UCGF.

What if I don’t want to provide personal information?

Providing personal information on the UCGF web site is optional. As outlined in this Privacy Policy, you can always choose not to provide information, however, doing so may prevent you from making a donation or accessing other valuable features at our website. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still browse and use the UCGF site, but you will not be able to carry out certain actions such as purchasing items, registering for a newsletter, or applying for a job.

If you desire to review your own personal information, to correct existing information, or to remove your information, please contact UCGF via email at info@centerforglobalfriendship.org. If you request removal of your personal information, you acknowledge that residual information may continue to reside in UCGF’s records and archives, but UCGF will not use that information for commercial purposes. The UCGF reserves the right to maintain your personal information if UCGF has suspended, limited, or terminated your access to our website for violating the Terms of Use.

Opting out and changing your information

At any time, you can cancel or modify your information by returning to the web page where you first provided the information and contacting the focal point for that page/relevant UCGF department. Where contact details are not provided on the page, you can contact us for further information.

Security

As previously mentioned, we do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the UCGF site to any third party without prior consent. Any information provided to UCGF by users of the UCGF site is held with the utmost care and security, and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this Privacy Policy. However, UCGF assumes no responsibility for the security of information. The UCGF site contains links to sites external to the centerforglobalfriendship.org domain. UCGF is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.

Retention Period

UCGF reserves the right to retain your personal information for a period of 7 years or more to satisfy legal requirements such as recordkeeping and tax and credit reporting requirements, as well as for purposes of fraud prevention, audit and data integrity. In addition, UCGF reserves the right to retain, as well as to use and disclose as permitted pursuant to this Privacy Policy, your personal information for such period of time as reasonably needed by UCGF to facilitate activities and transactions for the operation of the website, improve user experiences on the website, and to further UCGF’s mission. UCGF reserves the right to retain information that does not directly identify you, for example, aggregated or anonymized data.

Notification of changes

Changes to this Privacy Policy will be posted here and will be available via the UCGF home page at https://www.centerforglobalfriendship.org/.

If you choose to visit the site, your visit and any dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use Agreement, including limitations on damages and application of the law of the State of Connecticut. If you have a concern about privacy at our websites or questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please send an email with a detailed description of your concern to info@centerforglobalfriendship.org and we will try to resolve it. Please note that our activities and site change constantly. As such, the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy may change also. Our use of information that we receive and store is subject to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use in effect at the time of our use of such information. If we decide to change our Privacy Policy, we will post the revised Privacy Policy on this site.

Updated: January 15, 2026