By proceeding the application you have fully agreed with below Terms &
Conditions:
Privacy Policy
This privacy policy explains how we collect, use and
protect your personal
information.
About our privacy policy
This privacy policy applies to our websites including
programs and events, that refer or
link to this privacy policy. This policy may be supplemented by additional
privacy statements, terms or notices
provided to you.
Information we collect
We collect information about you from your input and
your institution. The user must
ensure that the content filled in is true and effective. For users who submit
false information, we will reserve
the right to pursue legal liability.
Information you provide to us
The personal information that we collect directly from
you depends on the content and
features of the form we provide, it may include:
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Contact details, such as your name, email address,
postal address, phone
number;
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Account login credentials, such as usernames and
passwords, password hints and
similar security information;
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Other account registration and profile
information, including educational,
professional and other background information, such as your field of study,
current position, practice area
and areas of interests, gender, ID number and photo;
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Content that you upload and share or store in your
account, such as annotations,
comments, contributions and replies;
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Information that you communicate to us, such as
questions or information you send to
customer support;
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Communications preferences, such as your preferred
language and the frequency, type
and format of the alerts you sign up to receive.
Data from your institution
We may obtain information about you from the
institution with which you are employed or
affiliated in order to activate and manage your access to ICTP-AP,
including:
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Contact details, such as your name and
institutional email address, postal address
and phone number;
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Other account registration information, such as
job title; and/or
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Institutional user ID.
Device and usage data
The system may collect information about how you and
your device interact with the
system, such as:
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Computer, device and connection information, such
as IP address, browser type and
version, operating system and other software installed on your device,
unique device identifier and other
technical identifiers, error reports and performance data;
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Usage data, such as the features you used, the
settings you selected, URL
clickstream data, including date and time stamp and referring and exit
pages, and pages you visited on the
Service;
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For location-aware services, the physical location
of your device.
How we use your information
We might use your personal information to:
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Provide, activate and manage your access to and
use of ICTP-AP website;
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Process and fulfill a request, order, download,
subscription or other
transaction;
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Offer you customized content and other
personalization to make our service more
efficient for you and more relevant to your interests and geography;
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Enhance and improve our services, such as add new
content and features;
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Notify you about changes, updates and other
announcements;
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Deliver targeted advertisements, promotional
messages, and other information related
to your interests;
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Provide technical, product and other support and
help to keep our website working,
safe and secure;
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Identify usage trends and develop data analysis,
including for the purposes of
research, audits, reporting and other business operations.
We may also use your personal information to:
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Respond to your requests, inquiries, comments or
concerns;
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Conduct and administer user testing and surveys as
well as sweepstakes, competitions
and other activities;
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Provide you with relevant messages about events
and opening positions of us.
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Comply with our legal obligations, resolve
disputes and enforce our
agreements.
Legal reasons
We also will disclose your personal information if we
have a good faith belief that such
disclosure is necessary to:
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meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process
or other legal obligation;
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detect, investigate and help prevent security,
fraud or technical
issues;
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protect the rights, property or safety of ICTP-AP,
our users, employees or
others;
Accessing and updating your
information
The system may allow registered users to directly
access their account information and
make corrections or updates.
Keeping such information up to date is the
responsibility of the user. Registered users
may also close their account by contacting our site administrator’s
support.
You have the right under privacy and data protection
laws, as may be applicable, to
request:
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Access to and correction and deletion of your
personal information;
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Restriction of our processing of your personal
information, or to object to our
processing;
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Portability of your personal information.
If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please
contact us through
ictp-ap@ucas.ac.cn. We will respond to your request consistent with applicable
laws. To protect your privacy and
security, we may require you to verify your identity. You may designate an
authorized agent to make a request on
your behalf subject to proof of identity and authorization.
Data retention
We retain your personal information for as long as
necessary and fulfill the
transactions you have requested, or for other essential purposes such as
complying with our legal obligations,
maintaining records, resolving disputes, maintaining security, detecting and
preventing fraud and abuse, and
enforcing our agreements.
Data security
We take precautions to safeguard your personal
information against loss, theft and
misuse and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration and destruction through
the use of appropriate technical
and organizational measures.
Changes
We will update this privacy policy from time to time.
Any changes will be posted
on this page with an updated revision date. If we make any material changes, we
will provide notice through our
website or by other means.
Contact
If you have any questions, comments, complaints or
requests regarding this privacy
policy or our processing of your information, please contact the ICTP-AP Office
via email:
ictp-ap@ucas.ac.cn