Privacy Policy
I. Introduction
Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the International Center
for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA). This privacy statement describes ICBA’s policy
concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through the ICBA Web
site. It applies to all “ICBA sites” – that is, all sites within the “biosaline.org.ae”
domain name and sites hosted by ICBA.
II. What Information Does the ICBA Collect?
Non personal information
In general, you can browse the ICBA site without telling us who you are or revealing
any personal information about yourself. The only information we gather during general
browsing is from standard server logs. These include your IP (Internet Protocol)
address, domain name, browser type, operating system, and information such as the
web site that referred you to us, the files you download, the pages you visit, and
the dates/times of those visits. These will not specifically identify you. The information
will be used internally only for Web site traffic analysis.
Personal information
If you register for a newsletter, log on to certain ICBA sites, order a book, request
information, provide feedback, apply for a job, join a discussion group or join
an electronic mailing list, you will be asked to provide personal information such
as your name, postal address and e-mail address. This information is collected only
with your knowledge and permission, and is kept in the ICBA databases and mailing
lists related to the services provided.
ICBA sites with specific requirements to collect personal information may publish
a privacy policy specific for that site, complementary to this general ICBA Privacy
policy.
For certain ICBA sites, registering or supplying personal information sets a cookie.
By setting this cookie, ICBA will remember your details the next time you visit,
so you don’t have to re-enter the information. This helps us to provide you with
a better service.
Joining electronic discussion groups may mean that other participants of the discussion
group (including non- ICBA employees) will see personal information that you have
volunteered. For open discussion groups, this information will be public.
III. What If I Don't Want to Share My
Information?
Registering on our site is optional. If you choose not to register or provide personal
information, you can still use the ICBA Web site, but you will not be able to carry
out certain actions such as purchase publications or register for a newsletter.
ICBA views the customer information that it collects as a trusted asset for which
we take great care in not misusing.
IV. Security
If you register for a newsletter, forum, consultation, or conference ICBA will not
share, sell, distribute or rent your personal information to any other organization
or entities.
Any information provided to ICBA by users of the ICBA site is held with the utmost
care and security, and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this
Privacy policy, or in any site-specific policies, or in ways to which you have explicitly
consented. ICBA employs a range of technologies and security measures to protect
the information maintained on our systems from loss, misuse, unauthorized access
or disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
All our employees who have access to, and are associated with the processing of
personal data, are obliged to respect the confidentiality of official business matters,
including personal data.
The ICBA site contains links to sites not hosted by ICBA. ICBA is not responsible
for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
V. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this ICBA Privacy policy, please contact
us at (icba@biosaline.org.ae).
VI. Notification of Changes
ICBA reserves the right to amend the present policy at its own discretion. If there
are any changes to this Privacy policy, we will post them on our home page at www.biosaline.org.ae
Glossary
Cookie: A cookie is a small amount of data, which often includes an anonymous
unique identifier that is sent to your browser from a web site's computers and
stored on your computer's hard drive. Each web site can send its own cookie
to your browser if your browser's preferences allow it, but (to protect your
privacy) your browser only permits a web site to access the cookies it has already
sent to you, not the cookies sent to you by other sites. Once the user has closed
the browser the cookie will no longer be accessed during that session.
IP Address: When your web browser or email application requests a web page
or email from another computer on the Internet, it automatically gives that computer
the address where it should send the information. This is called your computer's
"IP address." (IP stands for "Internet protocol.") For many
users accessing the Internet from a dial-up Internet service provider (ISP), the
IP address will be different every time you log on.
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