PRIVACY POLICY
At FAIR CARBON we take your privacy very seriously and we strive that all your personal information provided to us is stored and processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner. By visiting the FAIR CARBON website, you are accepting the practices outlined in this policy. OUR PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION POLICY IN SHORT:At FAIR CARBON, we collect information (personal data) only to make our service useful and relevant for you. The aim is to allow you to participate in the Fair Carbon program. We only use your information to permit you to have your own account in conjunction with your project. For this purpose, your information may be shared with other users within your project including Project Managers and other partners participating in the Fair Carbon project. The information we collect is not used for profiling nor commercial purposes. However, we may release information to authorities where required by law. SCOPE OF THE POLICY:This Privacy Policy covers the treatment of personal information gathered when you are on the FAIR CARBON website, or FAIR CARBON social media channels and when you use FAIR CARBON services. This policy does not apply to the practices of third parties that FAIR CARBON does not own or control, nor to individuals that FAIR CARBON does not employ or manage. YOUR CONSENT TO COLLECT AND PROCESS PERSONAL DATA:We only collect personal information based on your specific consent that is relevant to the purpose and efficient use of the FAIR CARBON service. This is in line with the EU General Data Protection Regulation also known as GDPR; you can access the full text here: https://gdpr-info.eu/ (The GDPR lawful base to process your personal data for the FAIR CARBON service is Consent.) We collect and process two types of information, which may be considered as personal data:
INFORMATION COLLECTED:Here is why, where and how we collect and process information:
By creating and maintaining your FAIR CARBON account, you are giving FAIR CARBON your specific consent to collect, store and process your personal data provided. The purpose of this consent is to permit you to participate in the Fair Carbon programme. You are creating a FAIR CARBON account in order to be able to manage centrally all your FAIR CARBON module content and progress and to subscribe to or unsubscribe from various elements of the FAIR CARBON service at your own time and will. When using FAIR CARBON, you are providing your consent that information, documents or pictures you’ve provided and uploaded will be stored and processed by FAIR CARBON.
We receive and store any information you enter on our website or provide to us in any other way, e.g. via an inquiry you sent us directly. When using FAIR CARBON service, its website and social media, you are providing us your consent to collect and process certain types of information whenever you interact with us. FAIR CARBON and its authorized agents automatically receive and record standard “traffic data” on their server logs from your browser. These include your IP address, FAIR CARBON cookie information and the page you requested. FAIR CARBON uses this traffic data to help diagnose problems with its servers, as well as to improve its overall functionality and administer and improve its website and social media interactions. Should you wish that this information is not collected and processed, please, activate respective restrictions within your browser or device settings.
Not the crispy ones in your lunch box… in the IT jargon, cookies are alphanumeric identifiers that are stored in your computer’s hard drive. They help us understand, how and when pages in our FAIR CARBON website are visited. FAIR CARBON will always ask your permission before storing cookies on your computer’s hard drive. Note that your permission might be saved in your cookies, so we don’t need to request it in case of multiple visits. FAIR CARBON cookies do not collect personal data, and we do not combine information collected through cookies with other personal information. We recommend that you accept FAIR CARBON’s cookies to make full use of FAIR CARBON services. Our system will ask you to accept cookies from FAIR CARBON so that it remembers you. We recommend that you agree to this. It is safe. However, you may decide not to – or you may change your decision at any stage.
SHARING YOUR INFORMATION:Because FAIR CARBON enables people to exchange information with one another, information about the people who use FAIR CARBON is an integral part of the FAIR CARBON service and experience. We will share your personal information only as described below:
SAFEGUARDING YOUR INFORMATION:We collect, process and maintain Customer Information in Switzerland and/or the EU. We will ask your approval prior to transferring your data to a server different than the one mentioned in this “Keeping Information Secure” section. We will only store your data in servers located in countries where the legislation provides adequate data protection according to Swiss and European legal requirements.
Your data is stored in safe locations and it is protected by adequate Technical and Organizational Measures (in accordance with respective articles of the EU GDPR at https://gdpr-info.eu ).
YOU ARE IN CONTROL! Ways to control display and use of your information:
E-MAIL COMMUNICATION:FAIR CARBON may send out e-mails with FAIR CARBON-related news, offers, or surveys – in case you subscribe to receive these in your FAIR CARBON Account. You may also receive notification e-mails from FAIR CARBON, such as a progress status alert. We will do our best to keep communication to only what is truly necessary. Changes to this privacy policy FAIR CARBON may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time, at its sole discretion or if required by applicable legislation. Use of information we collect now is subject to the Privacy Policy in effect at the time such information is used. If we make changes to the Privacy Policy, we will notify you by e-mailing you and by posting an announcement on the FAIR CARBON website and/or social media, so you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it and under what circumstances, if any, it is disclosed.
CONDITIONS OF USE:If you decide to visit FAIR CARBON website or to use FAIR CARBON services, your visit and any possible dispute over privacy is subject to this Privacy Policy and to our Terms and Conditions of Use including limitations on damages as well as application of Swiss law and jurisdiction. CONTACTING FAIR CARBON:If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the information we collect, use and disclose, please contact us at: admin@faircarbon.org
Effective date of this privacy policy: This privacy policy is effective as of 01 February 2021. © 2021 Fair Carbon. All rights reserved.
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