This privacy policy notice is for the website, africaresiliencenetwork.com and served by Institute for War & Peace Reporting, 48 Gray’s Inn Road, London WC1X 8LT and governs the privacy of those who use it. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website. If you do not agree to the following policy you may wish to cease viewing or using this website.
Information collection
When someone visits africaresiliencenetwork.com, we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website.
On our site we collect the following:
- Name;
- Email address;
- IP Address.
The information collected from you is used:
- To improve the website;
- To improve customer service;
- To send periodic emails.
Services
We do not include or offer third party products or services on our website.
Other sites
ARN’s website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Tracking and personal data
- We do not allow third party behavioural tracking and have not enabled Google Adwords on our site;
- We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer personally identifiable information.
Use of cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use cookies to:
- Improve performance of the site;
- Improve your experience on the site;
- We honour Do Not Track and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place; Users can visit our site anonymously.
The Cookies We Set
Account related cookies: If you create an account with us then we will use cookies for the management of the signup process and general administration. These cookies will usually be deleted when you log out however in some cases they may remain afterwards to remember your site preferences when logged out.
Login related cookies: We use cookies when you are logged in so that we can remember this fact. This prevents you from having to log in every single time you visit a new page. These cookies are typically removed or cleared when you log out to ensure that you can only access restricted features and areas when logged in.
Email newsletters related cookies: This site offers newsletter or email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if you are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
Forms related cookies: When you submit data through a form such as those found on contact pages or comment forms cookies may be set to remember your user details for future correspondence.
Site preferences cookies: In order to provide you with a great experience on this site we provide the functionality to set your preferences for how this site runs when you use it. In order to remember your preferences we need to set cookies so that this information can be called whenever you interact with a page that is affected by your preferences.
Third Party Cookies
In some special cases we also use cookies provided by trusted third parties. The following section details which third party cookies you might encounter through this site.
This site uses Google Analytics which is one of the most widespread and trusted analytics solutions on the web for helping us to understand how you use the site and ways that we can improve your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long you spend on the site and the pages that you visit so we can continue to produce engaging content. For more information on Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
We also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work the following social media sites including: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
Disabling Cookies
You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on your browser (see your browser Help for how to do this). Be aware that disabling cookies will affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Disabling cookies will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of this site. Therefore it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
More Information
However if you are still looking for more information then you can contact us through one of our preferred contact methods:
Email: africaresiliencenetwork@iwpr.net
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices.
Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks.
If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Newsletters
We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletters and manage our subscriber lists. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks in order to improve our campaigns.
Subscribers are able to unsubscribe via a link placed in the footer of all our newsletters.
For more info please see MailChimp’s privacy policy.
Academy Section
You will need to create an account to use the Academy Section and access the courses content. For that purpose, you will be required to select a password and username and to provide registration information.
Languages
The Academy Section of the website hosts courses and other resources in English, Hausa and Swahili. All of these language resources follow the same policies listed in this privacy policy.
Contact form
The information you provide through our contact form (africaresiliencenetwork.com/contact) is forwarded to relevant departments or persons and is not used for any other purpose or shared with any third parties. If you would like us to delete your message(s) from our system please email us at africaresiliencenetwork@iwpr.net
Search
Our website search functionality collects no identifiable personal information.
Website security
We use WordPress, a proven, secure CMS and application framework that stands up to the most critical internet vulnerabilities. WordPress is mature, stable and designed with robust security in mind.
The connection between your browser and our website is encrypted using TLS v1.2 (Transport Layer Security protocol). It is the latest standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure by encrypting any data that is being sent between two systems, preventing criminals from reading and modifying any information transferred, including potential personal details.
Queries
If you have any questions regarding this policy document please email us at africaresiliencenetwork@iwpr.net
Changes to this policy
This policy was last updated in June 2021.
From time to time, we may make changes to this policy and you will always be able to see here when it was last updated. If we make significant changes, such as in how or why we process your personal data, we will also publicise these changes on our website or may contact you directly with more information.