Privacy Statement

Developing Freedom is a project by United Nations University. UNU is committed to the privacy of individuals who visit and interact with DevelopingFreedom.org. This privacy policy statement is intended to cover what personally-identifiable information is collected on this website and how it is used.

Aggregated data on web trends – Developing Freedom uses the IP address from your internet connection to aggregate user behavior, administer the site, track users’ movements on the site and gather broad geographic information for aggregate use. The IP addresses are not linked to any personally identifiable information.

We do not sell, rent or share – The manager of DevelopingFreedom.org (UNU) is the sole owner of the information collected on this site. We will not sell or rent this information to others, in ways different from the practices disclosed in this statement. UNU may share aggregated contact, demographic and other information from DevelopingFreedom.org within the UNU system for feedback and evaluation purposes. It will not sell or rent your information with any other entity.

Newsletter – Information collected for the Developing Freedom newsletter is not stored on DevelopingFreedom.org. The contact list is sorted on an external platform. Subscribers – those who have subscribed through accessing the report – provide affirmative consent to opt-in. Information may also in some instances be stored locally, and only for limited periods of time. Newsletter subscribers provide consent to be contacted by UNU researchers and consultants.

External links – This privacy statement applies solely to information collected by this website. DevelopingFreedom.org contains links to other sites. Please note that UNU is not responsible for the privacy practices of these other sites. We encourage our users to be aware when they leave our site, and to read the privacy statements of each and every website that collects personally identifiable information.

Notification of changes – DevelopingFreedom.org will use information in accordance with the privacy policy under which the information was collected. If UNU decides to change its privacy policy, those changes will be posted to this page so that DevelopingFreedom.org users are always aware of what information is collected and how it is used. Users will be given the choice as to whether or not to allow us to use their information in this different manner.