UNFPA Privacy Notice
Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the United Nations Population Fund (“UNFPA”). This privacy statement describes UNFPA’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through the UNFPA website. It applies to all “UNFPA sites” – that is, all sites within the “UNFPA.org” domain, UNFPA country sites and endfistula.org (the “UNFPA website”).
This privacy notice describes what information is made available to UNFPA and third parties when you visit the UNFPA website, and how UNFPA uses and stores that information. Any information voluntarily disclosed to UNFPA by users of the UNFPA website is held with the utmost care and security and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this privacy notice.
UNFPA Policy and Procedures on Personal Data Protection
The UNFPA website is guided by the UN Principles on Personal Data Protection and Privacy and the UNFPA Policy and Procedures on Personal Data Protection (“UNFPA PDP Policy”).
Anonymous website usage
By accessing the UNFPA website, general browsing data from standard server logs, such as Internet protocol (“IP”) addresses, navigation through the UNFPA website, domain name, browser type, the software used and the time spent, along with other similar information, may be stored.
This information can be used to analyze trends and usage of the UNFPA website and to improve the usefulness of the site. It is not connected with any Personal Data. Personal Data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual as defined in the UNFPA PDP Policy . However, if you have registered with UNFPA in connection with any activity on the UNFPA website, the information UNFPA collects about your normal web usage will be identifiable to you.
Collection and use of Personal Data
Providing Personal Data is your choice. When you undertake certain actions on the UNFPA website, such as donating, signing up for UNFPA’s email newsletter, or filling in a form to register your interest in UNFPA’s activities, you knowingly provide UNFPA with Personal Data about you, such as your name, email address, postal address and other information. This information is collected only with your knowledge and permission, and is kept in various UNFPA databases. If you are making a donation through the UNFPA website, you may be asked to provide your credit card details.
UNFPA sites with specific requirements to collect Personal Data may publish a privacy notice specific for that site. In these cases, the site-specific notices will be complementary to this UNFPA privacy notice, but will give additional details for that particular use.
Legal basis of Processing Personal Data
The legal basis of the Processing of Personal Data is UNFPA’s legitimate interests and, in certain cases, consent. Processing means “any operation or set of operations performed on personal data, whether by automated means or manually, such as collecting, recording, structuring, consulting, retrieving, using, transferring, disclosing, sharing or otherwise making available, or deleting” as defined in the UNFPA PDP Policy.
How long does UNFPA retain your Personal Data
Your Personal Data will be kept only as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this notice. How long Personal Data is stored depends on the Personal Data in question and what it is being used for, as well as whether there is any administrative or regulatory requirement for retaining the Personal Data.
UNFPA may use the Personal Data you voluntarily provide to:
Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to provide to you relevant services and information (such as newsletters, documents, publications etc.) that UNFPA deems of interest to you. This may include marketing and fundraising appeals from time to time. If you would not like your data to be used in this way, please send your query here and select “individual giving”.
What if I don’t want to provide personal information?
Providing Personal Data on the UNFPA website is optional. If you choose not to provide Personal Data, you can still browse and use the UNFPA website, but you will not be able to carry out certain actions such as registering for a newsletter or applying for a job.
Opting out and changing your information
Users who provide an email address and/or donate via the UNFPA website and opt in to receive email communication from UNFPA may receive UNFPA electronic newsletters and other email updates. UNFPA occasionally also communicates via direct mail, phone and SMS. Each such communication sent by UNFPA includes an option to remove your address from the mailing list. You may also request assistance here and select “individual giving”.
How you make requests concerning your Personal Data
You can often correct or delete your Personal Data by revisiting the specific UNFPA website on which you initially submitted it by following the instructions in the "Opting out and changing your information" section above. When such an option is not available, you can submit the following requests concerning Personal Data collected by the UNFPA website for consideration by sending an email to UNFPA via the Contact us page, and select “Data Subject Request”:
- Request whether UNFPA Processes any Personal Data relating to you.
- Request information about specific categories of Personal Data held by UNFPA.
- Request to correct, delete, or object Processing Personal Data relating to you.
- Request not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing.
You can find more information about the procedure concerning the above requests in the UNFPA PDP Policy
Cookie Policy
Aside from the Personal Data that you actively disclose to UNFPA for a specific purpose, UNFPA may also collect and store anonymous information about your browsing behaviour when you visit the UNFPA website, through the use of cookies. By using the UNFPA website, you authorize UNFPA to place the types of cookies set out below on your computer, mobile phone or other handheld device (together ”Devices”), as applicable, and use such information in accordance with this Cookie Policy.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files made up of letters and numbers placed onto your computer or other mobile devices when you access the UNFPA website. UNFPA uses cookies to collect information about you to the extent necessary to ensure the UNFPA website’s functionality and performance as well as for the purpose of targeting its audience and tailoring the content offered to the public both on the UNFPA website and elsewhere. UNFPA sends cookies when you visit the UNFPA website, respond to online surveys or polls, or request information. UNFPA may use cookies to, for example, identify your computer or from where you are visiting the UNFPA website.
Disabling cookies
UNFPA uses a Consent Management Platform (CMP) that lets you decide which cookies to allow. When you visit our site, you can accept or reject certain cookies and select specific cookie categories at any time. Your preferences will be honoured and you can change them later through the cookie settings link at the bottom left-hand of any page. Additionally, if you do not wish to have cookies installed on your Devices, you can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of the UNFPA website may not function properly.
How cookies are used on UNFPA website
UNFPA wishes to be transparent with users about how cookies are used, so that you are clear on how your privacy is protected when visiting the UNFPA website.
UNFPA uses cookies for the following reasons:
1. To improve your experience while using the UNFPA website – Cookies enable UNFPA to ensure that UNFPA is providing you with content that is relevant to your interests while deprioritising content that is not relevant to you. For example, cookies can tell UNFPA if you have shown interest in learning about a specific emergency or campaign, so that UNFPA can ensure that the next time you visit the UNFPA website, information about this emergency or campaign is prioritised over other content. In the same way, cookies can tell UNFPA if, for instance, you have filled in a UNFPA form or signed a petition, so that UNFPA does not present this to you the next time you visit the UNFPA website. Cookies can also provide UNFPA with an understanding about other factors relating to your visit that can help UNFPA to enhance your website experience, such as: which part of the world you are visiting from, if you came to the UNFPA website because of an email or social media post UNFPA sent you, or whether your website browser supports the different technologies used on the UNFPA website.
2. To understand how the UNFPA website and other communication efforts are performing, cookies help to provide UNFPA with anonymous statistics that tell UNFPA about how many users visit the UNFPA website, where they came from and how they interact with it. This information is very useful for UNFPA to be able to see which pages and content on the UNFPA website is most popular so that UNFPA can modify it accordingly. Data gathered through cookies can also help UNFPA understand how UNFPA’s other activities, such as social media/network content and emails affect the use of the UNFPA website
3. To improve the relevance of UNFPA campaign messages displayed to you after you leave the UNFPA website, cookies can help UNFPA to ensure that you receive personalised advertising banners from advertising services when you browse other websites, based on the content you interacted with on the UNFPA website. For example, cookies can tell UNFPA if you visit a web page about a particular humanitarian emergency, so that campaign messages about this particular emergency can be displayed to you when you visit another website
4. UNFPA monitors its advertising spend carefully to make sure that UNFPA is as cost-effective as possible. UNFPA uses cookies provided by online measurement platforms in order to identify how many people visit the UNFPA website from different websites that host UNFPA media campaigns, which campaign messages have been most effective at driving people to the UNFPA website, and what actions people undertake after clicking on one of UNFPA’s ads.
5. Through cookies, UNFPA can target messages for you on its social media platforms and identify other people on the internet who are most likely to support UNFPA’s mandate. This may include uploading an encrypted list of email addresses to social media services. This data is not stored or reused by the provider and is only held for the duration of the matching process.
Third party cookies
Some of the cookies you may receive when visiting the UNFPA website are not related to UNFPA. For example, if you visit sections of the UNFPA website that contain embedded content, or contain a plugin such as a social media “like button”, you may receive cookies delivered from these websites. As detailed above, UNFPA also uses third-party cookies for targeted advertising services and for tracking our website awareness-raising and communications performance.
UNFPA does not govern the settings or use of these third-party cookies. Hence, UNFPA suggests that you visit these websites for more information about their cookies and applicable privacy policies.
UNFPA is not responsible for the privacy of data collected by websites or social services/networks that it does not own or manage, even if these link to the UNFPA website. Modern web browsers provide the ability to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies
User-Generated Content
UNFPA may ask its stakeholders and community to share their photos and videos with the public on the UNFPA website. This type of material is generally defined as user generated content.
Visitors of the UNFPA website acknowledge that such content is treated as being non-proprietary and non-confidential. If you send this material to UNFPA, either via email, by tagging content on a social network, or via a specifically designed upload site, you are granting UNFPA the irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right to use, reproduce, modify and publish such material on the UNFPA website and publications. Furthermore, you grant UNFPA the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such material. However you still own and can continue to use your content as you like, including allowing others to use it.
If you upload or share your material with the UNFPA website or UNFPA’s social media accounts, it might be used by the UNFPA website or UNFPA’s social media accounts across the globe.
When UNFPA asks its community to share content with UNFPA, UNFPA explains how UNFPA intends to use the content. In the majority of the cases, UNFPA will re-share content on its social media channels or on the UNFPA website. If UNFPA finds the content particularly useful in relation to its mandate, UNFPA may use such content for UNFPA promotional materials. In these cases, UNFPA will attempt to contact you to discuss whether you agree to the use, and to ask whether and how you would like to be credited.
UNFPA does not pay for, nor does it generate any revenue from selling or licensing individual pieces of user generated content.
If you upload content to the UNFPA website or to an official UNFPA social media account, UNFPA will be able to see certain information: e.g. in the EXIF data supplied when you submit photographs, UNFPA can see which type of camera you used, the time/date stamp, and location if that is available. This information might be used to perform verification checks.
Responsibilities for User Generated Content
When you submit content to or share material with UNFPA, you must only submit/share your own original content. If your content contains the work(s) of others (e.g. music, images and/or video) you represent and warrant that you have obtained the necessary rights or permissions to use that material, and that such material, does not violate any third party rights.
If your content clearly identifies anyone else you will need to ensure that the persons concerned have consented to the content being used by UNFPA. Where your content clearly identifies children under the age of 18 years, you must ensure that their parent(s) or adult(s) who are caring for them has/have provided their consent as set out above.
UNFPA also requires that you do not submit or share any material or information:
i. That is knowingly false or misleading, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening or invasive of a person's privacy or unlawful in any way;
ii. Which you do not own or for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals as may be required by law;
iii. Which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer); or
iv. Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with anyone or any entity.
v. Deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
vi. Falsifying the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
vii. Advertising or offering to sell any goods or services, or conducting or forwarding surveys, contests or chain letters, or downloading any file posted by another user of the UNFPA website that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such a manner.
Any inappropriate content will be rejected or removed from the UNFPA website and social media accounts. If in doubt, please do not share your content with UNFPA.
You shall indemnify, hold and save harmless, and defend, at your own expense, UNFPA, its officials, agents, servants and employees from and against all suits, claims, demands, proceedings, losses and liability of any nature or kind, including their costs and expenses, arising out of or in connection with your generated user content.
UNFPA is entitled to reveal your identity (or any information which it has about you) to any third party who is claiming that any of that material violates any of their rights or to any government or regulatory authority that may request UNFPA to do so.
Security
UNFPA does not sell or share any Personal Data volunteered on the UNFPA website to any third party without prior consent. UNFPA does, however, share some user information with its partners and offices so that the whole UNFPA family can respond to your needs. Any information provided to UNFPA by users of the UNFPA website is held with the utmost care and security, and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this privacy notice, or in any site-specific policies, or in ways to which you have explicitly consented. UNFPA employs a range of techniques and security measures to protect the information maintained on UNFPA’s system from loss, misuse, unauthorized access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
However, UNFPA assumes no responsibility for the security of information.
Links to other sites and uploading Content to Social Networks– Disclaimer
The UNFPA website may contain links to other sites external to the UNFPA domain. UNFPA assumes no responsibility for the privacy practices, terms of use or the content of such sites.
If you upload content to a social network and then tag UNFPA, your submission will be subject to that website’s terms of use and privacy policy. UNFPA assumes no responsibility for the terms of use, privacy practices or the content of such social networks and websites.
Notification of change of privacy policy
If UNFPA decides to change its privacy notice, UNFPA will post those changes to this page so that you are always aware of what information UNFPA and how UNFPA uses it.
Your Consent
By visiting the UNFPA website you consent to UNFPA’s collection and use of your personal and other data as described in this privacy notice.
Contact us
If you have any questions or concerns about this UNFPA privacy notice, please use the information at the following URL to contact UNFPA: https://www.unfpa.org/contact and select “website inquiries”.
