Social Scientists Without Borders

This privacy policy sets out how Social Scientists Without Borders uses and protects any information that you give Social Scientists Without Borders when you use this website.

Social Scientists Without Borders commits to ensuring that your privacy is protected. In the event that in the future we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then Social Scientists Without Borders guarantees that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.

Social Scientists Without Borders may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 3 June 2010.

What we collect

In order to help build partnerships, develop projects, or provide volunteer opportunities, Social Scientists Without Borders may be required to collect some basic information from you. This information may include:

• name and job title,
• contact information including email address,
• demographic information such as postcode, preferences, interests, and areas of expertise and knowledge.

What we do with any information that we collect

We require the collection of information so that we can understand your needs and determine how we can work together in partnerships, projects of volunteer opportunities. This information is useful for:

• Internal record keeping.
• We may use the information to improve our projects, and services.
• We may periodically send you newsletters or information that we think is useful and informative via our mailing list (only if you have opted into our mailing list) using the email address which you have provided.

Security

Social Scientists Without Borders are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. Social Scientists Without Borders ensures that your information will not be provided to third parties without us first seeking your approval or unless we are obliged by the law to do so.

Links to other websites

The Social Scientists Without Borders website contains links to other websites with which we have partnerships and/or projects with, or which we think may be of interest to those that visit our site. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, Social Scientists Without Borders does not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and any such sites are in no way governed by Social Scientists Without Borders’ privacy statement. We ask all of the people that visit our website to exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the any external websites in question.

Your personal information

If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.