Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

(1) What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

(a) Information about your visits to and use of this website;

(b) Information about any transactions carried out between you and us on or in relation to this website, including information relating to the registration you do to take part in the Symposium;

(c) Information that you provide to us for the purpose of registering with us and/or subscribing to our website services and/or email notifications;

(2) Information about website visits

We may collect information about your computer and your visits to this website such as your IP address, geographical location, referral source, length of visit and number of page views. We may use this information in the administration of this website and to improve the website’s usability.

We use cookies on this website. A cookie is a text file sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The text file is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We may send a cookie which may be stored on by your browser on your computer’s hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the website’s usability. We may also use that information to recognize your computer when you visit our website, and to personalize our website for you.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookie by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites, including this one.

(3) Using your personal data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

In addition to the uses identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may use your personal information to:

(a) send information (other than marketing communications) to you which we think may be of interest to you by post or by email or similar technology;

(b) send to you marketing communications relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology.

We will not without your express consent provide your personal information to any third parties for the purpose of direct marketing.

(4) Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk); and

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

(5) Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information. Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

All personal information will be held remotely on our secure servers, sensitive information such as credit card information is held on PayPal's servers, which is transmitted securely by SSL technology.

You are responsible for keeping your password confidential. We will not ask you for your password.

(7) Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

(8) Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes. You can also instruct us not to use your personal data for marketing purposes by email (to chw.bd@icddrb.org) at any time.

(9) Third party websites

The website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies of third party websites.

(10) Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to info@icddrb.org or by post to icddr,b, GPO Box 128, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh.