Privacy Notice

Web Privacy

Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).  This privacy statement describes UNDP’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through the UNDP web site.  It applies to all “UNDP sites” – that is, all sites within the “UNDP.org” domain name.  By visiting the UNDP website you are accepting the practices described in this policy.  This policy complies with the UNDP Privacy Policy.  

What information does UNDP collect?

Normal website usage

In general, you can browse the UNDP 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 downloaded, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.  

Collection of personally identifiable information  

If you register for a newsletter, log on to certain UNDP sites, 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 various UNDP databases.  If you are making a donation, you may be asked to provide your credit card details.    

UNDP sites with specific requirements to collect personal information may publish a privacy policy specific for that site.  In these cases, the site-specific policies will be complementary to this general UNDP privacy policy.  

Joining electronic discussion groups may mean that other participants of the discussion group (including non-UNDP employees) will see personal information that you have volunteered.  For open discussion groups, this information will be public.  

Use of cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on the site.  

By setting a cookie, UNDP will remember you the next time you visit the site and therefore UNDP will not have to ask questions that you have already answered (like address information).  

You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, although in that case you may not be able to use certain features on the site and may be required to re-enter information more frequently to use certain services on the site.  

What does UNDP do with the information it collects?

Normal web usage  

The information gathered during general browsing of the “UNDP.org” domain is used to analyse trends and usage of the UNDP site and to improve the usefulness of the site.  It is not connected with any personal information.  However, if you have registered with UNDP in connection with any activity on the UNDP site, the information we collect about your normal web usage will be identifiable to you.  

Personally identifiable information  

UNDP may use the personal information you provide to:  

Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, etc. to you, and we also may provide the information to the UNDP country offices so they can contact you as well;  

Manage and process your job application;  

Confirm your registrations on the site;  

Obtain payment for donations through the site (via credit card);  

“Remember” your online profile and preferences;  

Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests, and help us create site contents most relevant to you; Undertake statistical analysis.  

Security  

We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the UNDP site to any third party without prior consent.  We do, however, share some user information with our partners and local country offices so that the whole UNDP family can respond to your needs.  UNDP employs a range of techniques and security measures based on the best practices of ISO 277001 and ISO 27701 to protect the information maintained on our system from loss, misuse, unauthorised access or disclosure, alteration, or destruction. However, UNDP assumes no responsibility for the security of information.  In the event of a potential data compromise affecting your personal data, UNDP will notify you of the potential compromise in a timely manner.  

Links to other sites – Disclaimer  

The site contains hypertext links to other sites external to the UNDP domain. UNDP assumes no responsibility for those sites including the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.  

Notification of Changes  

If UNDP decides to change its privacy policy, UNDP will post those changes to this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.