TERMS OF USE
These Terms of Use constitute an agreement between you and ECW. By using this site, you agree that you have read, understood and accepted the terms and conditions contained below. If you do not agree to any of these terms and conditions, please do not use this site.
These Terms of Use are subject to change, so please make sure you check out this page from time to time. The date of the most recent version of these Terms of Use will appear at the bottom of this page. If you continue to use this site, this means that you accept any changes to these Terms of Use.
1. ECW NAME AND LOGO
The ECW name and logo are the exclusive property of ECW. Use of the ECW name and logo without ECW’s express prior written permission is prohibited.
All other trademarks, service marks and logos used on this site, with or without attribution, are the trademarks, service marks or logos of their respective owners.
2. ACCESS AND USE
The site is open to and welcomes people from around the world. ECW aims to create an environment on the ECW website where every person feels comfortable, no matter their nationality, gender, cultural background, religion, sexual orientation or political conviction.
You agree to use this site only for lawful purposes and in a manner that does not infringe the rights of, or restrict or inhibit the use and enjoyment of this site by, any other party.
You acknowledge that, for the purpose of this site, your sole relationship with us is as defined in these Terms of Use. You agree that we have the right to cancel or modify the site at any time.
ECW reserves the right to seek all remedies available by law for any violation of these Terms of Use, including any violation of ECW’s rights in the ECW name, logo and emblem and its rights in connection with the information, artwork, text, video, audio, pictures or other content of the site.
3. CONTENT
We intend to make certain content and resources available on this site for use in accordance with these Terms of Use. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to access and use the content and resources for your own personal use.
The content and resources and all other parts of this site are the property of ECW and/or are licensed by ECW and are protected by copyright, patent and/or other proprietary intellectual property rights under national and international law. We and/or our licensors reserve all rights to the resources and this site that are not expressly granted in these Terms of Use.
You must not:
- use any part of the content or resources on the site for commercial purposes without obtaining a license to do so from us first;
- transfer the content or resources to another person or "mirror" the content or resources on any other server;
- reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble or otherwise access the source code for any software that may be used to operate this site;
- remove any copyright, license or other notices on any resources or otherwise on this site.
4. LINKS TO EXTERNAL RESOURCES
The site may include links to other websites that are not under ECW’s control. ECW provides these links merely as a convenience and the inclusion of such links does not imply an endorsement or approval by ECW of any website, product or service. If you decide to access linked third-party websites or applications, you do so at your own risk. ECW does not assume any responsibility or liability in respect of such websites, including, for example, responsibility or liability for the accuracy or reliability of any information, data, opinions, advice or statements made on those websites.
5. DISCLAIMERS
Your use of this site, and any of its contents or resources, is entirely at your own risk.
ECW provides this site and its content and resources “as is”. ECW disclaims any liability or responsibility arising from the use of this site or its content and resources. ECW, its officials, employees, consultants, agents and contractors, will not be liable for any financial or other consequences whatsoever arising from the use of this site and its content, including the inappropriate, improper or fraudulent use of such content.
ECW does not warrant that the functions contained in the content or resources on this site will be uninterrupted or error free, that defects will be corrected, or that this site or the server that makes it available are free of viruses or represent the full functionality, accuracy, reliability of the content or resources. No representations or warranties of any kind concerning this site are given, including responsibility for any infection by virus or any other contamination or by anything which has destructive properties.
The mention of names of specific companies or products on this site does not imply any intention to infringe proprietary rights, nor should it be interpreted as an endorsement or recommendation on the part of ECW.
The use of particular designations of countries or territories or maps on this site does not reflect a position by ECW on the legal status of such countries or territories, of their authorities and institutions or of the delimitation of their boundaries.
6. CONTACT US
If you have any questions about this site or ECW, please contact us at info@un-ecw.org.
Last Updated: 29 April 2022
7. ECW HOSTED BY UNICEF
The ECW Secretariat is hosted by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). This means that:
- This site is operated by UNICEF for and on behalf of the ECW Secretariat.
- The disclaimers and limitations of liability in these Terms of Use are the disclaimers and limitations of liability of UNICEF.
- UNICEF may enforce any of the ECW’s rights under these Terms of Use.
UNICEF’s name and emblem is protected under international law. Use of the UNICEF name and emblem is prohibited.
Nothing in or relating to these Terms of Use, the Privacy Policy or this site shall be deemed a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities of UNICEF under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations or otherwise under international or national law.
Privacy Policy
Your privacy is very important to us – please also read our Privacy Policy, which will walk you through how ECW collects, stores and uses the information that you provide to us. By using this site, you are confirming to us that you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy.
What does this Privacy Policy cover?
Taking care of your information is important to us. This Privacy Policy sets out how we collect, use and store your personal information on the ECW site and what steps we take to protect your personal information.
Please read our Privacy Policy carefully before using our site and refer back to it regularly to check for updates. Remember, by accessing and using this site, you agree to all provisions of this Privacy Policy.
What is Personal Information?
For the purposes of this policy, “Personal Information” is any information that enables us to identify you, directly or indirectly, by reference to any standard identifiers such as your name or email address or any online identifiers that are specific to you as an individual such as cookies.
In brief: How do we protect your Personal Information?
- We will not use your Personal Information other than for the purposes described in this Policy.
- We will not sell your Personal Information.
- We will not keep your Personal Information for longer than is necessary for the stated purposes except to the extent required by law.
- We will take all reasonable and necessary technical and organizational measures to protect your Personal Information. For example, we use third parties to host our website and provide services to us and have put into place the necessary contractual arrangements with the aim of ensuring the confidentiality and security of your personal data we share with them.
1. What Personal Information Do We Collect From You?
Newsletter and Updates
If you have elected to receive our newsletter or to receive updates or other notices from us, we will ask you to provide your name and email address.
Awards, Contests, Surveys, Events
We may collect information from you when you participate in awards, contests, surveys or events posted on this site.
Communications
If you contact us directly, we may receive additional information about you. For example, when you contact our ECW team, we may receive your name, email address, phone number, the contents of a message or attachments that you may send to us, and other information you choose to provide. We remind you to never communicate your password by email, even with the ECW team or UNICEF staff member.
2. How Do We Use Your Personal Information?
We will use your Personal Information only for the purposes indicated below and only when it is strictly necessary to:
- Communicate with you, for example, in response to a request from you or in relation to updates and system notifications or other administrative functions;
- Inform you about latest developments and offerings from ECW. You may unsubscribe from any of these communications;
- Enforce our Terms of Use, to defend our legal rights, and to comply with our legal obligations and policies.
Aggregate Data
We may de-identify (i.e. anonymize) and aggregate information collected through the site for statistical analysis and other lawful purpose, including to better understand the usage of the ECW website and improve the operation of the site.
The aggregated and anonymized data may be shared with third parties, such as our partners, supporters, educators and researchers through conferences, journals, and other publications.
3. How Do We Share Your Personal Information?
We generally do not share your Personal Information. We may share it only for the purposes indicated below and only when it is strictly necessary.
Why and how do we share your Personal Information?
- We may share your Personal Information with third service providers to maintain and improve the site. For example, hosting providers and database providers (for data storage purposes) and other specialist information security and development providers (for enhancement of the security or other functionality of the website).
- We may also share your Personal Information with our agents or relevant authorities if necessary in order to enforce our Terms of Use, to defend our legal rights, and to comply with our legal obligations and policies.
- We may also disclose your Personal Information with your permission. We may seek your permission in various ways. For example, we may present you with an “opt-in” prompt when you set up an account or access certain content.
We will only transfer your Personal Information to trusted third parties who provide sufficient guarantees that your Personal Information will be kept secure.
Some of the third parties mentioned in this Privacy Policy may be located in countries outside your country of residence. Where we transfer your Personal Information outside of your country, we take steps to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely. You agree to us handling your Personal Information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy and that the obligations imposed by privacy laws in other countries may be less stringent than the requirements established by the privacy laws in your country. Where we transfer your Personal Information internationally, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that your Personal Information is treated securely and the means of transfer provides adequate safeguards.
We will never sell your Personal Information.
Aggregate Data
We may share your de-identified (i.e. anonymized) and aggregated Personal Information to third party providers for ECW site operation purposes, including maintenance, improvement and administration.
4. How Can You Control Your Personal Information?
If you decide at any time that you no longer wish to receive newsletters or other marketing communications from us, please follow the unsubscribe instructions provided in any of the communications. You may also opt out from receiving email from us by sending your request to us by email at info@un-ecw.org.
Please be aware that, even after you opt out from receiving newsletter or marketing communications from us, you may continue to receive administrative messages from us regarding this site.
5. How Long Do We Keep Your Personal Information?
We will only use and store your Personal Information for so long as it is required for the purposes it was collected for and as specified in UNICEF’s retention policy. We use your Personal Information as necessary to comply with our obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements and rights, or if it is not technically and reasonably feasible to remove it. Otherwise, we will seek to delete your Personal Information within a [1 month] timeframe upon your written request.
6. Is the ECW Website Secure?
We are committed to protect your Personal Information through the implementation of encryption methods, firewalls, regular security patches and antivirus. Unfortunately, such precautions may not be sufficient to guarantee a complete security of your data. It is always a possibility that third parties may unlawfully intercept or access your Personal Information or private communications. So, although we work extremely hard to safeguard your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee that your information or communications will always remain private.
We also ask that you do your part to safeguard your Personal Information. Be careful about connecting to the site using insecure Wi-Fi. Public Wi-Fi, for example, is inherently insecure — so be cautious.
Should you have reasons to question the integrity of this site or your data, please do promptly contact us at info@un-ecw.org.
7. What About Links to Third Party Sites Referenced or Embedded on the Site?
This site contains links to other websites that are not covered by this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy applies only to the processing of your Personal Information on this site. It does not address, and we are not responsible for, the privacy, information, or other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any site or service to which this site links. The inclusion of a link on this site does not imply endorsement of the linked site or service by us. Please be aware that the terms of this Privacy Policy do not apply to these outside websites or content, or to any collection of data after you click on links to such outside websites.
8. Notifications of Changes to This Privacy Policy
If we make changes to our privacy practices, we will post a notification to this site alerting that the Privacy Policy has been amended. Such changes will be effective immediately upon posting them to this site. For this reason, we encourage you to check our Privacy Policy frequently. The “Last Updated” date at the bottom of this page indicates when this Privacy Policy was last revised. Your continued use of this site following these changes means that you accept the revised Privacy Policy.
9. Cookies
When you use this site, we and our third-party service providers may collect information about you and your device through automated means, such as cookies and web server logs. Cookies are small text files which identify your computer, phone, and other devices to our server. By using this site, you consent to the placement of cookies and similar technologies in your browser in accordance with this Privacy Policy. The information collected in this manner includes your IP address, network location, what browser you are using, device IDs and characteristics, operating system version, language preferences, referring URLs, and information about the usage of this site.
We use this information, for example, to ensure that the site functions properly, to determine how many users have visited certain pages, or to prevent fraud. We use IP address information to derive location of the device used to access the site. We also work with analytics providers, such as Google Analytics which use cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze information about use of the site and report on activities and trends. This service may also collect information about the use of other websites, apps, and online resources. You can learn more about Google’s practices by going to https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/.
We partner with Microsoft Clarity and Microsoft Advertising to capture how you use and interact with our website through behavioral metrics, heatmaps, and session replay to improve and market our products/services. Website usage data is captured using first and third-party cookies and other tracking technologies to determine the popularity of products/services and online activity. Additionally, we use this information for site optimization, fraud/security purposes, and advertising. For more information about how Microsoft collects and uses your data, visit the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
If you do not want information collected through the use of cookies, most browsers allow you to automatically decline cookies or be given the choice of declining or accepting the transfer to your computer of a particular cookie (or cookies) from a particular site. You may also wish to refer to https://www.educationcannotwait.org/privacy-policy/ for more general information about cookies. If, however, you do not accept ECW’s cookies, you may experience some inconvenience in your use of this site. In order to use the site, you will need to ensure that your browser is configured to accept cookies from the site. You can delete cookies after each visit, if you wish to.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@un-ecw.org.
Last Updated: 8 January 2022