The Platform
The Platform
Your right to privacy is important to us. The following terms are provided to explain how we collect and use information about you so that you can make an informed choice about using this Website.
The Decade of Healthy Ageing: The Platform Website (“The Platform”; www.decadeofhealthyageing.org) is managed by the Decade of Healthy Ageing Secretariat (“Decade Secretariat”), currently hosted
at the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland.
The Decade of Healthy Ageing and the Decade Secretariat are not legal entities. Management of the Platform, the Decade of Healthy Ageing, and the Decade Secretariat is led by WHO and we operate within the principles of the WHO’s Privacy Policy.
Normal web site usage
In general, you can browse the Platform 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.
Collection of personally identifiable information
If you register for a newsletter, submit content through our submission forms, sign-up and log-in to a Platform account, request information, provide feedback, join a discussion group or join an electronic mailing list, you will be asked to provide
personal information such as your name, institutional affiliation, and e-mail address.
Personal data is not stored nor captured through the Platform without the prior knowledge and consent of users. Where personal information is captured (e.g. through web-based forms for feedback, registration, requests, posting of comments etc.), the
user will be informed as to what personal information is being collected, who will use it, and for what purpose(s) it will be used.
Any personal data that you give us will be treated with the utmost care and security. We will hold your personal information on our systems for as long as it is still used for the purpose stated when originally requested.
Registering or supplying personal information on the Platform may set a cookie*. By setting this cookie, the Platform will remember your details the next time you visit, so you do not 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-WHO employees) will see personal information that you have volunteered. For open discussion groups, this information will be public.
Normal web site usage
The information gathered during general browsing of the “decadeofhealthyageing.org” domain is used to analyze trends and usage of the Platform and to improve the usefulness of the site. It is not connected with any personal information.
Personally identifiable information
WHO and the Decade Secretariat may use the personal information you provide to:
What if I don’t want to provide personal information?
Providing personal information on the Platform is optional. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still browse and use the Platform, but you will not be able to carry out certain actions such as submit content through our
submission forms, subscribe to newsletters, or sign-up for a Platform account.
At any time, you can cancel or modify your information by Contacting Us.
We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the Platform to any third party. Any information provided to WHO or the Decade Secretariat by users of the Platform 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. WHO 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 Platform contains links to sites external to the decadeofhealthyageing.org and who.int domains. WHO and the Decade Secretariat are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
Changes to this privacy policy will be posted on the decadeofhealthyageing.org website’s Privacy Policy page.
For questions or queries regarding this privacy policy, please Contact Us.
*Cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data that is sent from a web server to your browser. It is normally used to assign a unique identification to your computer and securely store information such as user IDs, passwords, preferences, and online profiles.
It is stored on the hard drive of your computer. You can choose not to have cookies delivered by the Platform by changing your browser settings. Different web sites can send their own cookies to your computer. To protect your privacy, your browser only allows a web site to access the cookies it has already sent you, not the cookies sent by other sites.