Privacy policy

Overview

At livismclimate.org, accessible from https://livismclimate.org, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors.

This Privacy Policy document details information about you that is collected and recorded by livismclimate.org and how we use it.

If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

This Privacy Policy applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that you shared with us and/or that we collected in livismclimate.org. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.

Who we are

Livism climate is an international network of communications professionals in the field of climate. You can contact us at: [email protected]

Data we collect

If you contact us directly, we receive information about you such as your name, email address, organisation, the contents of the message and/or attachments you may send us, and any other information you may choose to provide. This personal data collection is based on your consent. We also use cookies subject to your consent on our website for measurement and content performance: and they collect your IP address, connection data and navigation data, pages consulted, length of visit, sources of traffic, etc. The information is provided to us when you:

  • browse our site and consult our content
  • contact us directly
  • answer a satisfaction survey

Why do we collect this information and how we use your information

Your personal data is processed on our behalf by service providers: web development, hosting and analytics companies.

We use service providers to carry out a range of operations on our behalf. We only provide them with the information they need to perform the service and ask them not to use your personal data for any other purpose. We always make every effort to ensure that all such third parties we work with maintain the confidentiality and security of your data.

We collect your information and use it for the following purposes:

  • Provide, operate, and maintain our website
  • Improve, personalise, and expand our website
  • Understand and analyse how you use our website
  • Develop new services, features, and functionality
  • Communicate with you, either directly or through one of our partners, including for customer service, to provide you with updates and other information relating to the website, and for marketing and promotional purposes
  • Send you emails
  • Find and prevent fraud

Legal basis for processing

The processing of your personal data is justified on different grounds (legal basis) depending on the use we make of the personal data. Below are the legal bases and retention periods that we apply to our main processing operations.

Among the applicable legal bases:

  • Consent: you agree to the processing of your personal data through express consent (tick box on the contact form). You may withdraw your consent at any time.
  • Legitimate interest: Livism Climate has a legitimate interest in processing your data that is justified, balanced and does not infringe your privacy. With certain exceptions, you may object to processing based on legitimate interest at any time by notifying Livism Climate at [email protected]
  • The law: the processing of your personal data is required by law or regulation.

How long do we keep your personal data?

We keep your personal data for a period of one year from the date on which your contact form is sent to us.

Log Files

livismclimate.org follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this as part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analysing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.

Cookies and Web Beacons

Like any other website, livismclimate.org uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimise the users’ experience by customising our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.

When you make use of our website, we use Google analytics to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way that does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google analytics to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. For more general information on cookies, please read “What Are Cookies”.

Advertising Partners Privacy Policies

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technologies like cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons that are used in their respective advertisements and links that appear on livismclimate.org, which are sent directly to users’ browsers. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. These technologies are used to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalise the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit. Note that livismclimate.org has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

Third-Party Privacy Policies

livismclimate.org may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of those websites too. We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

You can choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options. To know more detailed information about cookie management with specific web browsers, it can be found at the browsers’ respective websites.

CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information)

Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to:

Request that a business that collects a consumer’s personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

Request that a business delete any personal data about the consumer that a business has collected. Request that a business that sells a consumer’s personal data, not sell the consumer’s personal data. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

GDPR Data Protection Rights

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

  • Where we use consent as a basis for our processing of your personal information, under GDPR, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent means that the collected personal data will not be used any longer. However, use made of your data in the past remains valid. Please direct all requests to us using our contact form.
  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request that we complete the information you believe is incomplete.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to our processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
  • If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

For EU citizens, please note that you always have the right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory authority of the EU country of your choice. Click here for more information

Children’s Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity.

livismclimate.org does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.