Privacy Policy

Welcome to our Privacy Policy
Your privacy is critically important to us.

It is SINA’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website.

This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/”). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.

  • Website Visitors
    Like most website operators, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s purpose in collecting non-personally identifying information is to better understand how Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s visitors use its website. From time to time, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
    Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ blog posts. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
  • Gathering of Personally-Identifying Information
    Certain visitors to Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s websites choose to interact with Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ in ways that require Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. For example, we ask visitors who sign up for a blog at https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ to provide a username and email address.
  • Security
    The security of your Personal Information is important to us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
  • Links To External Sites
    Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
    We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites, products or services.
  • Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ uses Google AdWords for remarketing
    Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ uses the remarketing services to advertise on third party websites (including Google) to previous visitors to our site. It could mean that we advertise to previous visitors who haven’t completed a task on our site, for example using the contact form to make an enquiry. This could be in the form of an advertisement on the Google search results page, or a site in the Google Display Network. Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on someone’s past visits. Of course, any data collected will be used in accordance with our own privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy.
    You can set preferences for how Google advertises to you using the Google Ad Preferences page, and if you want to you can opt out of interest-based advertising entirely by cookie settings or permanently using a browser plugin.
  • Aggregated Statistics
    Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ may collect statistics about the behavior of visitors to its website. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
  • Cookies
    To enrich and perfect your online experience, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
    A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ uses cookies to help Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/, and their website access preferences. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
    By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s use of cookies.
  • E-commerce
    Those who engage in transactions with Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ – by purchasing Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Collection, processing and use of personal data for donations
In the case of a donation, we collect and use your personal data only to the extent necessary to fulfil and process your donation and, if applicable, to process your enquiries. The provision of the data is
necessary for the processing of the donation process. A non-delivery means that your donation cannot be received. Processing takes place on the basis of Art. 6 (1) lit. b DSGVO and is necessary for the processing of the donation. Your data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. Excluded from this are only our service partners, which we need to process the donation or service providers we use in the context of order processing. In addition to the recipients named in
the respective clauses of this data protection declaration, these are, for example, recipients of the following categories: Payment service provider, service provider for the dispatch of the donation receipt. In all cases, we strictly observe the legal requirements. The scope of data transmission is limited to a minimum. You have the possibility to revoke your consent to data processing at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations.

Twingle
This website uses the donation form of twingle GmbH, Prinzenallee 74, 13357Berlin, Germany. The twingle GmbH provides the technical platform for the donation process for this donation form. The data you enter when making a donation (e.g. address, bank details, etc.) will only be stored by twingle on servers in Germany for the purpose of processing the donation. We have concluded a contract with twingle for order data processing and when using the twingle donation form we fully implement the strict requirements of the EU data protection basic regulation and the German data protection authorities.Your data will be transmitted on the basis of Art. 6 para. 1 lit. a DSGVO (consent) and Art. 6 para. 1 lit. b DSGVO (processing for the fulfilment of a contract). If you have given your consent for data processing, you can revoke your consent at any time. A revocation does not affect the effectiveness of past data processing operations.

Use of Matomo
In the donation form of twingle, data is collected and stored using the web analysis service software Matomo (www.matomo.org), a service of the provider InnoCraft Ltd., 150 Willis St, 6011 Wellington, New Zealand, (“Matomo”) on the basis of twingle’s legitimate interest in the statistical analysis of user behaviour for optimisation purposes in accordance with Art. 6 para. 1 lit. f DSGVO. From this data, pseudonymised user profiles can be created and evaluated for the same purpose. Cookies can be used for this purpose. Cookies are small text files that are stored locally in the cache of the Internet browser of the page visitor. The cookies enable, among other things, the recognition of the Internet browser. The data collected using Matomo technology (including your pseudonymised IP address) is processed on twingle servers.The information generated by the cookie in the pseudonymous user profile is not used to personally identify the visitor to this website and is not merged with personal data about the bearer of the pseudonym. If you do not agree with the storage and evaluation of this data from your visit, you can object to its storage and use at any time by mouse click. In this case, a so-called opt-out cookie will be stored in your browser, which means that Matomo does not collect any session data. Please note that the complete deletion of your cookies means that the opt-out cookie will also be deleted and may have to be reactivated by you.

Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/’s sole discretion. Https://www.socialinnovationacademy.org/ encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.