Privacy Policy - Cloned
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data (“ACLED,” “us,” “we” or “our”) has created this Privacy Policy (“Policy”) in compliance with applicable laws and in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy of your information. This Policy describes how ACLED collects, uses, discloses, transfers, stores, retains or otherwise processes your information when you (whether in your individual or business capacity) access or use, in any manner, any of our content, products, services or related activities (collectively “Services”), including through our Internet domains owned or operated by ACLED, which include, but are not limited to https://acleddata.com, https://developer.acleddata.com/ and https://www.caboligado.com (collectively, our “Website” or “Site”).
When we refer to “you” or “your,” we mean the person about whom we collect personal information or data. If the person accessing the Website or engaging with our Services does so on behalf of, or for the purposes of, another person, including a business or other organization, “you” or “your” also means that other person, including a business organization, if applicable.
You can find the previous version of this Policy here. This updated Policy does not communicate any substantive changes in our collection or processing of your personal data. Rather, we have performed an update in order to:
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Address recent changes to global privacy regulations that require ACLED to provide additional disclosures regarding our data collection and processing practices;
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Provide more clarity regarding the deployment and collection of online browsing information, including through cookie data and related technologies deployed on our Website; and
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Provide more clarity on how we collect, process and disclose personal information in the course of providing our Access Portal and soliciting donations.
Please read this Policy carefully. Our Policy includes:
This Policy is supplemented by our:
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International Privacy Policy
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Cookies Policy
General disclosures
While we are registered in the United States, we operate globally and our data centers and Website are hosted not only in the United States but also in the United Kingdom. If you are visiting this Website from outside of the United States or the United Kingdom, please note that by providing us your information it is being stored or processed in the United States or the United Kingdom where our data center and servers are located and operated. The United States or the United Kingdom may not have privacy laws that are as strong or comprehensive as the privacy laws in your own country. If you are outside the United States or the United Kingdom and do not wish to allow the collection and storage of your personal information within the United States or the United Kingdom, you should not use this Website and you should opt-out of the collection of cookies by following the guidelines in our section titled “Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies” in our Cookies Policy.
This Policy sets forth our data policies and practices for the United States. If you are outside of the United States, please also review the provisions of our International Privacy Policy. Depending on your country of residence, applicable privacy laws may provide you with a right to additional disclosures as well as special data subject rights with regards to your personal information.
This Policy applies only to ACLED’s Website and Services, and not to other companies’ or organizations’ websites, mobile applications, and services to which we link. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of other businesses or the content of other websites, including any websites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with us (such as co-branded pages or “in cooperation with” relationships). To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policy of the companies with whom you engage.
What information we collect and disclose and for what purposes
In the course of performing our Services, we collect a variety of different kinds of personal information from a variety of different individuals. What information we collect and the purposes for which it is collected will depend on the context of our activities or the Service that is being performed. Therefore, just because this Policy lists a particular data collection practice does not mean that we have necessarily collected that data from you. Instead, please review the applicable disclosures below to learn about how we may have collected personal information from you depending on how you have interacted with us.
When possible, we collect personal information directly from you. However, in the course of providing our Services or administering our Website, we may collect personal information about you from another source. For example, if you access our Website through an external platform or click on external links, we may receive some information about you from that referring website. We also may collect information from social media platforms that may share information about how you interact with our social media content. The collection, use, and disclosure of your information and your use of those sites will also be subject to the privacy policies and other terms of such external parties and platforms. We have no control over the information collection and processing practices of such external parties and you should review such privacy policies or terms of the websites or parties to which you give your information.
Website Visitors
If you visit our Website, we may collect the following information about you for the described purposes and disclose it to the described recipients:
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Categories Collected The personal information we collect may include: |
Sources of Collection We may collect your personal information from: |
Business Purpose The purposes of our collection, use and disclosure include: |
Categories of Third Parties to Which Personal Information is Disclosed We may disclose your personal information to: |
| Identifier Information (includes your name, email address, workplace, internet protocol (IP) address, and online identifiers; your name, e-mail, affiliation) |
you, directly referring websites |
personalizing and facilitating your use of our Sites enforcing any applicable terms of service or other applicable agreements or policies securing our networks, systems and databases against external threats marketing and advertising of our Services developing, maintaining and enhancing our sites, products and services as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (marketing services vendors, security monitoring providers, data analytics providers, database and hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates other entities during a corporate transaction entities that operate plug-ins or social media features on our sites our online advertising and marketing partners courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
| Geolocation Information |
you, directly referring websites |
personalizing and facilitating your use of our Sites measuring, tracking and analyzing trends and usage in connection with your use or the performance of our Website marketing and advertising of our Services developing, maintaining and enhancing our sites, products and services as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (marketing services vendors, security monitoring providers, data analytics providers, database and hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates entities that operate plug-ins or social media features on our sites other entities during a corporate transaction courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
| Internet or Other Electronic Network Activity Information (includes your time zone setting, auth0 logs, pages visited, pages viewed, events and page loads, browser plug-in types and versions) |
you, directly referring websites |
personalizing and facilitating your use of our Sites measuring, tracking and analyzing trends and usage in connection with your use or the performance of our Sites marketing and advertising of our services developing, maintaining and enhancing our Sites, products and services as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (marketing services vendors, security monitoring providers, data analytics providers, database and hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates entities that operate plug-ins or social media features on our sites other entities during a corporate transaction courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
| Device Information (your operating system and platform and other technology on the devices you use to access the sites) |
you, directly referring websites |
personalizing and facilitating your use of our Sites measuring, tracking and analyzing trends and usage in connection with your use or the performance of our sites marketing and advertising of our services developing, maintaining and enhancing our sites, products and services as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (marketing services vendors, security monitoring providers, data analytics providers, database and hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates entities that operate plug-ins or social media features on our sites other entities during a corporate transaction courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
Further, we may collect personal information from you in the form of cookies. For information regarding how we collect, process and disclose personal information in the context of cookies, view our Cookies Policy.
Current or Prospective Donors or Business Partners
If you are an employee of one of our partners, vendors or other entity and who is involved in our relationship with your employer, or if you engage with us as a donor or potential donor, we may collect the following information about you for the described purposes and disclose it to the described recipients:
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Categories Collected The personal information we collect may include: |
Sources of Collection We may collect your personal information from: |
Business Purpose The purposes of our collection, use and disclosure include: |
Categories of Third Parties to Which Personal Information is Disclosed We may disclose your personal information to: |
| Contact Identifier Information (includes your name, e-mail, phone number, fax number, physical address and job position information) |
you, directly referral sources publicly available sources |
administrating and facilitating our relationship with you or your employer securing our networks, systems and databases against external threats corresponding with you providing business event planning, provision and operation services marketing and advertising of our services developing, maintaining and enhancing our sites, products and services as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (includes our marketing services vendors, communication vendors, database hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates other entities during a corporate transaction courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
| Sensitive Financial Information (payment card, bank account and related payment information) | you, directly |
facilitate donations or payments as required by law or to resolve, investigate or manage actual or suspected legal claims |
our service providers (includes payment processors database hosting vendors and our auditors) our affiliates state and governmental entities other entities during a corporate transaction courts, litigants, regulators, arbitrators, administrative bodies or law enforcement for legal purposes |
Deidentified and Aggregated Information
We may process your personal information into aggregated, anonymized or de-identified form for any purpose. Aggregated, anonymized or de-identified information is information that can no longer reasonably identify a specific individual and is no longer “personal information.”
How long we reatin your information
We may retain your personal information for a period of time that is consistent for us to perform our Services, as well as to comply with applicable law, applicable statute of limitations and our data retention practices. We may also retain your personal information as we believe is reasonably necessary to comply with legal process or governmental request, to detect or prevent fraud, to collect fees owed, to resolve disputes, to address problems, to assist with investigations, to enforce other applicable agreements or policies or to take any other actions consistent with applicable law. Cookies are stored on your own device. You can find out more information about the retention of cookies in our Cookies Policy.
Marketing and promotional communications
You may opt-out of receiving marketing and promotional messages from us, if those messages are powered by us, by following the instructions in those messages. If you decide to opt-out, you will still receive non-promotional communications that are necessary in the performance of our Services.
Integrations and links to other sites
This Policy applies only to our Website, and not to other companies’ or organizations’ websites to which we link from our Website. ACLED is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites or organizations, including any websites that may indicate a special relationship or partnership with us (such as co-branded pages or “powered by” or “in cooperation with” relationships). Other linked websites may collect personal information from you that is not subject to our control. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policy of the websites you may visit.
Security
We take reasonable measures, including administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, to protect your information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. We hold information about you at our own premises and with the assistance of service providers. Further public disclosure here of our security measures could aid those who might attempt to circumvent those security measures. If you have additional questions regarding security, please contact us directly using the information provided under Contact Us.
Changes to this privacy policy
We may amend this Policy at any time by posting revisions on our Website. If we make any material changes in the way we collect or process your personal information, we will notify you by prominently posting notice of the changes on our Website.
Contact us
To submit questions, you can e-mail us directly at [email protected].