Effective Date: November 11, 2022.
This Privacy Notice explains how Camber Foundation and its GCF Global program (GCF , “we”, “us”, “our”) collect your personal information as you use on GCFGlobal.org (the “Website”), how we use this personal information, with whom we share your personal information, and your choices in connection with this.
The Data Controller, i.e., the party making decisions on the means and purpose of the processing of your personal information, is Camber Foundation located at 5000 Chin Page Rd, Durham, NC, 27703, and its GCF Global program.
We collect personal information, which is information that identifies, relates to, describes, is capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with you.
If you choose to engage in the services offered on our Website, we will collect personal information from you. We collect personal information from you when you:
Sign-in/Create Account: When you create an account on the Website or sign-in to your account, we collect from you your identifiers (first name and last name) and account login information (email address, username and password). We use this personal information to create your account, communicate with you about our services, and facilitate your access to the Website. The legal basis for this is your consent. You may revoke your consent at anytime, with effect going forward, by making a withdrawal of consent to us through our Contact Us form. Once your account is created, we will store your username and password, and use it to facilitate access to your account. If you decide to provide additional information, we will collect your date of birth, gender, and favorite topics to learn about. We will use this information to provide learning resources that are most relevant to your demographic and interests. The legal basis for the processing of information collected is your consent and you can revoke it at any time, with effect going forward, by making a withdrawal of consent to us through our Contact Us form.
Contact Us: When you contact us with a question or comment through our “Contact Us” form, we collect, from you, your identifiers (email address) and any other information you choose to include in your correspondence. We use this personal information to respond to your questions or inquiries, troubleshoot where necessary, and address any topics you inquire. The legal basis for this is performance of our contract with you. If you do not provide this information, we will not be able to respond to your correspondence and assist you with your inquiry.
GCF may also use the personal information we collect as described in this section to comply with the law, to efficiently maintain our business, and for other limited circumstances as described in HOW WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION. GCF may also deidentify or aggregate the personal information for benchmarking purposes.
In addition to the personal information you provide, when you use our Website, GCF automatically collects the following information via cookies and similar technologies:
The legal basis for collecting this information is your consent. The legal basis for the placement of these cookies is your consent. You can revoke your consent by following the instructions in the YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION CHOICES section below.
To collect this information, we use cookies and other tracking technologies. Cookies are small pieces of text sent by your browser to your device. Cookies can be persistent (cookies that remain on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them) or session (cookies that are deleted as soon as you close your browser). When you use or access the Website, we and our third party providers may place a number of cookies on your device. These cookies include:
To control the information collected about you using cookies and other technologies see YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION CHOICES below.
Particular third-party cookies on our Website to note include:
For information on how we use cookies, please see our Cookie Policy. In general, to disable cookies and limit the collection and use of information through them, you can set your browser to refuse cookies or indicate when a cookie is being sent. When you opt-out an opt-out cookie will be placed on your device. The opt-out cookie is browser and device specific and will only last until cookies are cleared from your browser or device. [For future use: To set your cookie preference (opt into and out of cookies) please see our Cookie preference center.] The legal basis for the processing of information collected via these cookies is your consent and you can revoke it at any time, with effect going forward, by making a withdrawal of consent to us through our Contact Us form.
GCF may also use your personal information to perform automated decision-making to predict what lessons may be of interest to you. We use your Website browsing history (what lessons and courses you have visited) to offer additional lessons that may be relevant to you. To object to the automated decision-making related to your personal information, you may contact us at [email protected].
General Sharing
GCF may need to make the personal information identified in this Privacy Notice available within GCF, with service providers, or with other third parties. These instances include:
With Third Parties. We may need to disclose your personal information to third parties, such as legal advisors, law enforcement agencies, or governmental/regulatory bodies in order to protect our legal interests and other rights, protect against fraud or other illegal activities, prevent harm, for risk management purposes, and to comply with our legal obligations. The legal basis for this is compliance with the law.
In the Event of a Corporate Reorganization. In the event that we enter into, or intend to enter into, a transaction that alters the structure of our business, such as a reorganization, merger, acquisition, sale, joint venture, assignment, consolidation, transfer, change of control, or other disposition of all or any portion of our business, assets or stock, we would share personal information with third parties, including the buyer or target (and their agents and advisors) for the purpose of facilitating and completing the transaction. We would also share personal information with third parties if we undergo bankruptcy or liquidation, in the course of such proceedings. The legal basis for this is our legitimate interest in carrying out business operations efficiently.
If you are a consumer in the State of Nevada, you may request to opt-out of the current or future sale of your personal information. We do not currently sell any of your personal information under Nevada law, nor do we plan to do so in the future. However, you can submit a request to opt-out of future sales by contacting us at [email protected]. Please include “Opt-Out Request Under Nevada Law” in the subject line of your message.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), individuals are entitled to the following rights. The rights available to you depend on our reason for processing your information.
In the event of death the above-mentioned rights referring to your personal data may be exercised by those who have their own interest in doing so, or act to protect you as an agent, or for family reasons deserving of protection. You may expressly prohibit the exercise of certain rights listed above by those entitled by sending a written statement to GCF at the email address provided below. The statement may be revoked or modified later on using the same procedures.
Please note that requests to erase data are subject to current legal and regulatory obligations on the storage of documents.
To exercise your rights, you may send an email at any time to [email protected] or write to 5000 Chin Page Rd, Durham, NC, 27703.
Under Brazil's Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados Pessoais (LGPD), individuals are entitled to the following rights:
To exercise your rights, you may send an email at any time to [email protected] or write to 5000 Chin Page Rd, Durham, NC, 27703.
Under Colombia's Data Protection Law, individuals are entitled to the following rights:
To exercise your rights, you may send an email at any time to [email protected] or write to: 5000 Chin Page Rd, Durham, NC, 27703.
The personal information collected by the GCF will be transferred to countries or jurisdictions outside of the European Union or country of your residence, including to the United States of America, Brazil, and Colombia. The countries to which the personal information is transferred may not be as comprehensive as those in your country of residence. If this occurs, the transfers will be carried out pursuant to Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission incorporating such supplemental measures determined necessary by GCF. For a copy of the Standard Contractual Clauses executed by GCF, please contact GCF's via the contact information in above.
We keep your personal information for a limited period of time depending on the purpose for which it was collected. After such period, your personal information will be deleted or otherwise rendered anonymous in an irreversible way. The retention period is different depending on the purpose of the processing. The criteria used to determine our retention periods include (i) to execute transactions with you (such as completing your coursework), (ii) for as long as we have an ongoing relationship with you (such as maintaining your online account or sending you a newsletter); (iii) as required by a legal obligation to which we are subject; or (iv) as is advisable in light of our legal position (such as in regard of applicable statutes of limitations, litigation, or regulatory investigations).
We do not respond to Do Not Track (“DNT”) requests. Do Not Track is a preference you can set in your web browser to inform the Website that you do not want to be tracked. You can enable or disable Do Not Track by visiting the Preferences or Settings page of your web browser. For further details, click here.
We implement and maintain reasonable security measures to protect the personal information we collect and maintain from unauthorized access, destruction, use, modification, or disclosure. However, no security measure or modality of data transmission is 100% secure and we are unable to guarantee the absolute security of the personal information we have collected from you.
This Privacy Notice is subject to change. Changes to the Privacy Notice will be posted on this page and will indicate the date the changes go into effect. Please check back frequently and review the Privacy Notice for any changes. If we make any changes that materially affect your privacy rights, we will notify you via email or by prominent posting on our Website.
If you have any questions or concerns on this Privacy Notice, please contact us at [email protected].