This privacy policy describes what information is made available to BasTrevol. Any information voluntarily disclosed to BasTrevol by users of BasTrevol website is held with the utmost care and security and will not be used in ways other than as set forth in this privacy policy. Through this website you may reach or be directed to other sites that relate to BasTrevol, such as the sites of our national partners which are fundraising on behalf of BasTrevol. All these sites have their own privacy statements which are similar to this one but may vary slightly.
How we use your personal information
Providing information is your choice. When you undertake certain actions on our website, such as donating, signing up for our email newsletter, or filling in a form to register your interest in our activities or to apply for a job, you knowingly provide us with personal information about you, such as your name, email address, postal address and other information.
You will only be contacted by BasTrevol for purposes related to the work of BasTrevol and you can request to have your name removed from our mailing list at any time (see below how to opt out).
Through the use of personal data such as your email address, we can target messages for you on social media platforms and identify other people on the Internet who are most likely to support BasTrevol work and help refugees. This may require uploading an encrypted list of email addresses to social media platforms of service providers such as Facebook. This data is not stored or reused by such service providers and is only held for the duration of the matching process. If you would not like your data to be used in this way, please fill out our contact form.
Cookies
Aside from the personal information that you disclose to us for a specific purpose, BasTrevol also collects anonymous information about your browsing behaviour when you visit our website, through the use of cookies. By using BasTrevol website, you agree that we can place the types of cookies set out below on your computer, mobile phone or handheld device.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files made up of letters and numbers placed onto your computer or other mobile devices when you access BasTrevol website. BasTrevol uses cookies to collect information about you to the extent necessary to ensure its website functionality and performance as well as for the purpose of targeting its audience and tailoring the content offered to the public both on its website and elsewhere. We send cookies when you visit unhcr.org, respond to online surveys or polls, or request information. Accepting the cookies used on BasTrevol website does not give us access to your personally identifiable information, but we can use the cookies to identify your computer. Encrypted information gathered from cookies is used to understand the performance of our website as well as our fundraising partners’ websites , improve your experience while using it, and to remind you of BasTrevol work and how you can support us after you have left BasTrevol website in a relevant manner. However, this information is anonymous and based on behaviour rather than on personally distinguishable features.
Disabling cookies
If you do not wish to have cookies installed on your computer or mobile device, you can set your browser to notify you before you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether to accept it. You can also set your browser to turn off cookies. If you do so, however, some areas of BasTrevol website may not function properly.
How cookies are used on BasTrevol website
BasTrevol wishes to be transparent with users about how cookies are used, so that you are clear on how your privacy is protected when using BasTrevol website.
We use cookies for the following reasons:
To improve your experience on our website – Cookies enable us to ensure that we are providing you content that is relevant to your interests while deprioritising content that is not relevant to you. For example, cookies can tell us if you have shown interest in learning about a specific emergency or campaign, so we could ensure that the next time you visit BasTrevol website, information about this emergency or campaign is prioritised over other content. In the same way, cookies can tell us if, for instance, you have filled in a BasTrevol form or signed a petition, so that we don’t present this to you the next time you visit our website. Cookies can also provide us with an understanding about other factors relating to your visit that can help us to enhance your website experience, such as: which part of the world you are visiting from, if you came to the site because of an email or social media post we sent you, or whether your website browser supports the different technologies used on BasTrevol website. To understand how BasTrevol website and other communication efforts are performing – Cookies help to provide us with anonymous statistics that tell us about how many users visit our website, where they came from and how they interact with it. This information is very useful for us to be able to see which pages and content on BasTrevol website is most popular so that we can modify it accordingly. Data gathered through cookies can also help us understand how our other activities, such as social media content and emails affect the use of BasTrevol website. To improve the relevance of BasTrevol campaign and marketing messages displayed to you after you leave our website – Cookies can help us to ensure that you receive personalised advertising banners from advertising services when you browse other websites, based on the content you interacted with on BasTrevol website. For example, cookies can tell us if you visit a web page about a particular humanitarian emergency, so that campaign messages about this particular emergency can be displayed to you when you visit another website. None of BasTrevol commercial partners providing such services collect or use any personally identifiable information.
Third party cookies
Some of the cookies you may receive when visiting BasTrevolwebsite are not related to BasTrevol For example, if you visit sections of BasTrevol website that contain embedded content such as YouTube video or a Twitter feed, or contain a plugin such as a Facebook like button, you may receive cookies delivered from these websites. As detailed above, we also use third-party cookies for targeted advertising services and for tracking our website awareness-raising and communications performance.
BasTrevol does not govern the settings or use of these third-party cookies, so we suggest that you visit these websites for more information about their cookies and applicable privacy policies.
BasTrevol cannot be held responsible for the privacy of data collected by websites that it does not own or manage, even if these websites link to BasTrevol website. Modern web browsers provide the ability to disable all cookies or only third-party cookies.
Responsibilities of Users
BasTrevol may ask its stakeholders and community to share their photos and videos with the public on its websites.
Users of BasTrevol website acknowledge that such content is treated as being non-proprietary and non-confidential. If you send this material to us, either via email, by tagging content on a social network, or via a specifically designed upload site, you are granting BasTrevol the irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide right to use, reproduce, modify and publish such material elsewhere in its websites and publications. Furthermore, you grant BasTrevol the right to use the name that you submit in connection with such material. However you still own and can continue to use your content as you like including the ability to also allow others to use it.
If you upload or share your material with a BasTrevol website or social media account, it might be used by any BasTrevol websites or social media accounts across the globe.
When we ask our community to share content with us, we explain how we intend to use the content. Mostly, we will re-share content on our social media channels or on our websites. If it is particularly strong, we may use content shared with us on BasTrevol promotional materials. In those cases, we will attempt to contact you to discuss whether you agree for it to be used, and to ask whether and how you would like to be credited.
Conditions to upload content
When you submit content to or share material with BasTrevol , you must only submit/share your own original content. If your content contains the work(s) of others (e.g. music, images and/or video) you must have obtained the necessary rights or permissions to use that material.
If your content clearly identifies anyone else you will need to ensure that the persons concerned have consented to the content being used by BasTrevol . Where your content clearly identifies children under the age of 16 you must ensure that their parent or guardian has provided their consent as set out above.
BasTrevol also requires that you do not submit or share any material or information:
- That is knowingly false or misleading, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, threatening or invasive of a person’s privacy or unlawful in any way;
- Which you do not own or for which you have not obtained all necessary licenses and/or approvals as may be required by law;
- Which is technically harmful (including, without limitation, files that contain viruses, corrupted files or any other similar software or programs that may damage the operation of another’s computer);
- or Impersonating any person or entity, or falsely stating or otherwise misrepresenting your affiliation with anyone or any entity. Deleting any author attributions, legal notices or proprietary designations or labels in any file that is uploaded;
- Falsifying the origin or source of software or other material contained in a file that is uploaded;
- Advertising or offering to sell any goods or services, or conducting or forwarding surveys, contests or chain letters, or downloading any file posted by another user of BasTrevol websites that you know, or reasonably should know, cannot be legally distributed in such a manner.
You should be aware that BasTrevol is entitled to reveal your identity (or any information which it has about you) to any third party who is claiming that any of that material violates any of their rights or to any government or regulatory authority that may request BasTrevol to do so.
Uploading Content to Social Networks
If you upload content to a social network and then tag BasTrevol , your submission will be subject to that website’s terms of use and privacy policy. Please be aware of a website’s terms and privacy policy, which may differ from BasTrevol , when submitting your content to it.
Notification of changes
We will revise or update this policy if our practices change, or as we develop better ways to keep you informed about them. We thus encourage you to visit this section of BasTrevol website regularly in order to keep up to date with any changes. Changes to the policy will apply from the date they are posted on our site and shall not apply retroactively.