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Privacy Policy

Below please find our privacy policy. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at any time. 

ONE: THE BASICS 

The Common Ground Collaborative (CGC) is a non-profit, global community of sense-makers, innovators, educators and partners who share a common goal. We’ve had it with decades of disconnected curriculum, disconnected schools and disconnected conversations, so we are co-creating smart, systemic, sustainable solutions.

Our Privacy Policy
CGC is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. For any personal data you provide to the us the CGC is the Data Controller and is responsible for storing and otherwise processing that data in a fair, lawful, secure and transparent way. 

TWO: PRIVACY FOR THE CGC COMMUNITY 

Our Privacy Policy lets you know what happens to any personal data that you give to us, or any that we may collect from or about you. It applies to all instances where we collect your personal data. This privacy notice applies to personal information processed by or on behalf of the CGC only.

Use of Personal Information
We do not collect any personal information unless you voluntarily provide it by sending us email, participating in a survey, or completing an online form. Personal information submitted will not be transferred to any non-affiliated third parties unless otherwise stated at the time of collection. When a user submits personally identifiable information it is used only for the purpose stated at the time of collection.

What kinds of personal information about you do we hold?
You may give us information about yourself by filling in forms at an event or online, or by corresponding with us by phone, e-mail or otherwise. This includes information you provide when you sign up to be a part of our online community. Personal information that we will process in connection with all of our products and services, if relevant, includes:

  • Personal and contact details, such as title, full name, contact details and contact details history.
  • Marketing to you and analyzing data, including history of communications, whether you open them or click on links, and analysing data to help target communications to that we think are of interest or relevance to you.

Who do we share your personal data with?
The CGC does not share your personal data with any third parties. CGC community members may choose to share their contact information with other members in the online community.

How long do we hold your personal data
We will hold your personal data on file for as long as you are signed up to receive updates and/or log into our website. Your data is not processed for any further purposes other than those detailed in this policy.

Consent
Where consent for the use and disclosure of personal information is required, we ask you to confirm in the online form or will seek consent from the appropriate person within your member organization.

How and when can you withdraw your consent?
As a data subject, you may have the right at any time to request access to, rectification or erasure of your personal data; to restrict or object to certain kinds of processing of your personal data, including direct marketing; to the portability of your personal data and to complain to the EU’s data protection supervisory authority about the processing of your personal data. You can withdraw this at any time by contacting us using the details in the General Information section.

Cookies
A cookie is a small text file stored by your browser that allows the website to “remember” your preferences on the site from visit to visit, or to maintain your “logged in” status when visiting protected areas. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on our site. Web browsers have settings allowing you to reject cookies, or selectively accept cookies, or delete cookies previously accepted. Please be aware that rejecting or deleting cookies from our website may make certain functions unavailable to you. For more information about how cookies work please see:

Learn about cookies
Find out more about cookies and what you can do about them.
https://cookies.insites.com/about-cookies/

How to control and disable cookies
Learn how to control and disable the cookies you don’t want.
https://cookies.insites.com/disable-cookies/

Log Files
Like most standard websites, we use website statistic packages such as Google Analytics to analyze trends in how our website is accessed and utilized. Information monitored includes internet protocol (IP) addresses, geographic location of visitors (country, city), browser type, internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, time spent on pages, and keywords used to find our site via search engines. This information is anonymous and cannot be directly linked to individual users. We may use it to identify high-use or low-use areas of the site, pinpoint problem areas of the site, analyze broad demographic trends in our visitors, and make decisions about how to make it easier for people to find and navigate our website.

Links
This website may contain links to other sites. Please be aware that we are not responsible for the privacy practices of such other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information. This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website.

Social Media
All members are free to join the CGC Social Media pages. If you join one of the Social Media pages, please note that provider of the social media platform(s) have their own privacy policies and that the CGC does not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data on the social media pages.

Security
This website takes every precaution to protect our users’ personal information. Whenever users submit personal information (such as contact information) via online forms and registration, or online purchase, upon submission that information is encrypted via the highest level of SSL (Secured Sockets Layer) available. Servers that store personally identifiable information are in a secure environment. Under no circumstances are credit card numbers permanently stored on our website servers.

Non-secured Communications
Posts to discussion forums, discussion boards, comments to blogs, are viewable by other users. When these areas are not in a password protected area, they may be viewable by the general public. Please be aware of this when posting personal information in these areas.

THREE: GENERAL INFORMATION 

The CGC and our Data Protection Officer
The CGC is the a data controller of your personal data. We have a dedicated data protection officer (“DPO”). You can contact the DPO by emailing info@thecgcproject.org or by writing to the below address and marking it for the attention of the DPO.

Changes to this privacy notice
We may change this privacy policy from time to time by updating this page in order to reflect changes in the law and/or our privacy practices. We encourage you to check this privacy policy for changes whenever you visit our website.

Contact Us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, or if you wish to exercise your rights or contact the DPO, you can contact us at info@thecgcproject.org. Alternatively, you can write to us at 15 Roszel Road P.O. Box 5910, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA and marking it for the attention of the DPO.