Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

Your privacy matters. Any personal data collected through Code for All’s website — through our website, mailing list, programs or analytics — must be maintained and used responsibly.

WHAT IS COVERED IN THIS POLICY

  • Who we are
  • Info we may collect and how your info may be used 
  • Cookies 
  • Where and how we store/transfer your data
  • How long we store your info for 
  • Your rights

WHO WE ARE

This policy covers the processing of personal data by Code for All (CfAll) (“we” or “us” or “our”), powered by Fundacja Moje Państwo, whose registered address is at ul. Nowogrodzka 25 lok. 37 00-511 Warszawa, Poland.

CfAll respects the privacy of our users (“user” or “you”) and is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal information in our efforts to amplify the impact of good ideas through our global network and the dissemination of information relevant to our work. Likewise, our aim is to provide the best user experience possible through our digital platforms.

We want our websites to be enjoyable and secure for everyone. CfAll, like any other institution that stores or processes personal information about international citizens, has a legal duty to protect any personal information and use it in a transparent manner. For this reason, and taking into account our audience, we adhere to what is established in the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) (‘GDPR’). 

This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and protect your personal information on our website. It is important to clarify that CfAll doesn’t keep or gather the information that is not deemed necessary and below we seek to be transparent in detailing what information we are storing and how we are using it.

By submitting your personal information on our websites, you agree to the terms in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these terms, please do not use our websites.

In case of any concern or question regarding your personal information, please contact us at contact@codeforall.org.

INFO WE MAY COLLECT AND HOW YOUR INFO MAY BE USED 

We may collect and process the following information about you:

Derivative dataThe information our servers automatically collect when you access the Site, such as your IP address, your browser type, your operating system, your access times, and the pages you have viewed directly before and after accessing the Site.
SlackWhen you register to our Slack, the platform requires your name and email.
These will be used for communication purposes related to the network. This data is administered through a third party: Slack.
Marketing CommunicationsWhen you sign up to our mailing list, we require your name, email and ask for your organisation.
These will be used for mailing campaigns purposes related to our work or that of others where we have an affiliation or partnership. This data is administered through a third party: Active Campaign.
AnalyticsWhen you navigate through our website, Google Analytics, WordPress Stats and Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel)
Personal Data: Cookies; Usage Data
User database managementActive Campaign Personal Data: Cookies; email address; various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Posting a comment on the websiteWhen you post comments, contributions or other content to the Site, your posts may be viewed by all users. When posting a comment on the website we collect name, email and IP in order to track comments and to help spam detection.
Attending an eventWhen you register for any of our events, we ask for specific personal data: name, surname, organization, country and email.
This is in order to keep a record for our events and be able to send the information and details for joining the virtual meeting when online or for the specific place when held in person.
This data is collected through a third party: Eventbrite and Active Campaign.
Application to become a memberWhen you apply to become a member of CfAll, we require your full name, email and city/country. You may also voluntarily provide other personal information to us in response to the questions asked. This data is collected with your explicit consent. This information is used to process your application and communicates with you through the application process.
Becoming a memberWhen you become a member, you sign a commitment form, where you provide your name and signature.
We also ask you to provide specific personal data: name, surname, phone number(s), email(s), social media handles, city and country of residence. This data is collected with your explicit consent.
This information is collected in order to administer membership, facilitate communication between members, coordinate our work and keep you updated on developments and events that might be of interest.
Adhoc interactionsWe may also ask you for information when you report a problem with our website and if you contact us, we may keep a record of that correspondence.
FundraisingWe store only very limited, if any, financial information that we collect. Otherwise, all financial information is stored by our payment processor, PayPal, and you are encouraged to review their privacy policy and contact them directly for responses to your questions.
The personal data we collect when you make an online donation includes: Your name, address, email address, the domain from which you access the Internet, IP address, the operating system on your computer and information about the browser you used when visiting the site, date and time when you submit the form, address of the page on our website or Donorbox, our online fundraising software.

COOKIES

This website is making use of essential cookies to enhance your online experience and the functionality of the CMS used, WordPress. It also makes use of Google Analytics in order to gather anonymous information that helps us to create better strategies for the diffusion of information and proposal of new content. We don’t store IPs, names, or information that can identify any user at any given time. Your use of our Sites indicates your consent to such use of Cookies.

Essential cookies:

If you leave a comment on our site you may opt into 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.

Embedded content from other websites:

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. images, videos, articles, etc.). Please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

SECURITY OF YOUR INFORMATION

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse. Any information disclosed online is vulnerable to interception and misuse by unauthorized parties. Therefore, we cannot guarantee complete security if you provide personal information.

WHERE AND HOW WE STORE/TRANSFER YOUR DATA

CfAll uses the following third parties and services to use and store your data: 

  • Slack
  • Typeform
  • Active Campaign
  • Metricool
  • Google Analytics
  • Eventbrite
  • Social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Linkedin and Youtube)
  • Spam detector 

We share the information with third parties that provide services for us. However, we guarantee that your data is never sold to other companies. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely as we do and in accordance with this privacy policy. It must be recognised that, unfortunately, the internet is not 100% secure and no transmission of information is therefore completely without risk. We will do our very best to protect your personal data, but we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to our Site. 

Any transmission is always then completed at your own risk. Information we receive, we will process using strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorised access. Access to information is tightly controlled and only provided to specific members or teams where there is a legitimate interest and need.

HOW LONG WE STORE YOUR INFO FOR

We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary to operate the services we provide to you in accordance with legal requirements. Where your information is no longer required, we will ensure it is disposed of in a secure manner. 

YOUR RIGHTS

You as a user have the right to be informed about the information we have about you. CfAll also acknowledges your right to be forgotten or, in other words, your right that any person would have to remove any information stored in any of our systems or partner services. 

More specifically, you have the right to request:

  • Access to the personal data we hold about you.
  • The correction of your personal data when incorrect, out of date or incomplete. 
  • The erasure of your personal data. 
  • That we stop any consent-based processing of your personal data after you withdraw that consent. 
  • The right to request a transfer of your data to another service provider.

To exercise any of these rights, you need to contact us via email, clearly setting out your request. We will adhere to the GDPR timescales which are 1 month as the maximum to completely finalise the process. CfAll does not charge any fee for processing any requests of this nature. Please note, we may ask you for further proof of your identity before sharing any personal data that we hold.

CHANGES TO OUR PRIVACY POLICY

We keep our privacy notice under regular review. We reserve the right to make changes to this Privacy Policy at any time and for any reason. We will alert you about any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date of this Privacy Policy. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately upon posting the updated Privacy Policy on the Site, and you waive the right to receive specific notice of each such change or modification. By continuing to use our site, you shall be deemed to have accepted such changes.

EFFECTIVE DATE 

This version of the policy is effective August 18, 2021.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or complaints related to our websites, please contact us by email at contact@codeforall.org