Privacy Policy

This policy describes how THE GERE FOUNDATION processes your personal data through the website https://www.gerefoundation.org (the “Site”).

References in this policy to the “FoundationFoundation”, “we”, or “us” refer to THE GERE FOUNDATION, with address at  PO Box 638, New Canaan, CT 06840, and US tax ID number 95- 4305828  _.

For the purposes of applicable data protection legislation (including the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) when applicable), the Foundation is the data controller of your personal data.

What personal data do we process?

Personal data we collect:

  • Each time you visit the Site, the Foundation will automatically collect and process the following personal data:

 

  • Technical information, including the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your login data, browser type and version, operating system, and platform;

 

  • Information about your visit to the Site, including the full Uniform Resource Locators (URL), services you viewed or searched for, page response times, download errors, visit duration, information about your interaction with the Site (e.g., clicks and/or mouse movements), and the methods used to exit the Site;

 

What do we use your personal data for?

The Foundation will process your personal data for the following purposes:

  • Legitimate interests: we will process your personal data when the Foundation needs to pursue its legitimate interests, in particular:
  • To help ensure the monitoring, administration, and protection of its, content, service and website;
  • To personalize its website or services, and to allow you to participate in interactive elements of our website;
  • We may also use your data for analytical purposes to improve our services.

Who do we share your personal data with?

The Foundation will share your personal data:

  • With competent administrative and/or judicial authorities when required by law.
  • With IT service providers, who will process the data to provide IT support services.

What rights do I have regarding my personal data?

You have rights related to the personal information we hold about you. You may contact us to exercise:

  1. The right to access your personal data;
  2. The right to rectify your personal data (if it is incorrect, incomplete, or outdated);
  3. The right to data portability (i.e., the right to transfer your data to another data controller in a structured, commonly used, and machine-readable format);
  4. The right to delete your personal data; or
  5. The right to restrict the processing of your personal data.

You also have the right to object to the processing of personal data when it is based on our legitimate interests and/or for direct marketing purposes. Furthermore, when the Foundation has requested your consent to process your personal data, you have the right to withdraw that consent as detailed above.

Where the Foundation needs your personal data to comply with legal obligations, the provision of such data is mandatory. If you do not provide this data, the Foundation will not be able to fulfill its obligations. In other cases, providing the requested personal data is optional.

The Foundation aims to respond satisfactorily to any questions you may have about how it processes your personal data.

Also, if we fail to meet our legal obligations regarding data protection, you have the right to file a complaint with the Data Protection Agency of your place of residence.

You may obtain more information about our data retention periods and exercise the aforementioned rights by writing to the Foundation at the postal address  PO Box 638, New Canaan, CT 06840, USA, and enclosing a copy of your ID card.

How long do we retain your data?

We retain personal data for as long as we need it to fulfill the purposes described above. For this reason, we will delete or anonymize the personal data once it is no longer necessary, unless we are required to retain it (properly blocked) for a longer period due to legal or regulatory obligations, or because the personal data is needed to establish, exercise and/or defend actual or potential legal claims, investigations, or similar proceedings.

What types of cookies are there and how do we use them on the Site?

The processing of cookies is governed by the Foundation’s Cookie Policy, available here: https://gerefoundation.org/politica-de-cookies-ue/

Updates to our privacy policy

This privacy policy may be updated periodically to reflect changes in our personal data practices. We will post a prominent notice on the Site to inform you of any significant changes to our policy and will indicate at the top of the policy when it was last updated.

 

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