Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

The Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG) is committed to safeguarding your privacy. Contact us at info@a11ysig.org if you have any questions or problems regarding the use of your Personal Data and we will gladly assist you.

By using this site or/and joining A11ySIG you consent to the processing of your Personal Data as described in this Privacy Policy.

Table of Contents

  1. Definitions used in this Policy
  2. Data protection principles we follow
  3. What rights do you have regarding your Personal Data
  4. What Personal Data we gather about you
  5. How we use your Personal Data
  6. Who else has access to your Personal Data
  7. How we secure your data
  8. Information about cookies
  9. Contact information

Definitions

Personal Data – any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
Processing – any operation or set of operations which is performed on Personal Data or on sets of Personal Data.
Data subject – a natural person whose Personal Data is being Processed.
Child – a natural person under 16 years of age.
We/us (either capitalized or not) –

Data Protection Principles

We promise to follow the following data protection principles:

  • Processing is lawful, fair, transparent. Our Processing activities have lawful grounds. We always consider your rights before Processing Personal Data. We will provide you information regarding Processing upon request.

  • Processing is limited to the purpose. Our Processing activities fit the purpose for which Personal Data was gathered.
  • Processing is done with minimal data. We only gather and Process the minimal amount of Personal Data required for any purpose.
  • Processing is limited with a time period. We will not store your personal data for longer than needed.
  • We will do our best to ensure the accuracy of data.
  • We will do our best to ensure the integrity and confidentiality of data.

Data Subject’s rights

The Data Subject has the following rights:

  1. Right to information – meaning you have to right to know whether your Personal Data is being processed; what data is gathered, from where it is obtained and why and by whom it is processed.
  2. Right to access – meaning you have the right to access the data collected from/about you. This includes your right to request and obtain a copy of your Personal Data gathered.
  3. Right to rectification – meaning you have the right to request rectification or erasure of your Personal Data that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  4. Right to erasure – meaning in certain circumstances you can request for your Personal Data to be erased from our records.
  5. Right to restrict processing – meaning where certain conditions apply, you have the right to restrict the Processing of your Personal Data.
  6. Right to object to processing – meaning in certain cases you have the right to object to Processing of your Personal Data, for example in the case of direct marketing.
  7. Right to object to automated Processing – meaning you have the right to object to automated Processing, including profiling; and not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated Processing. This right you can exercise whenever there is an outcome of the profiling that produces legal effects concerning or significantly affecting you.
  8. Right to data portability – you have the right to obtain your Personal Data in a machine-readable format or if it is feasible, as a direct transfer from one Processor to another.
  9. Right to lodge a complaint – in the event that we refuse your request under the Rights of Access, we will provide you with a reason as to why. If you are not satisfied with the way your request has been handled please contact us.
  10. Right for the help of supervisory authority – meaning you have the right for the help of a supervisory authority and the right for other legal remedies such as claiming damages.
  11. Right to withdraw consent – you have the right withdraw any given consent for Processing of your Personal Data.

Data we gather

Information you have provided to us
This might be your e-mail address, name, address and other information that is necessary for enhancing your A11ySIG participation and our understanding of our membership. We use the information you provide us for no other purpose.

Information automatically collected about you
This includes information that is automatically stored by cookies and other session tools. TWhen you participate in A11ySIG, your activities may be logged. We do not further process this data in any way.

How we use your Personal Data

We use your Personal Data in order to:

  • to identify you;
  • facilitate and engage you as a member of A11ySIG, and your communication and interaction with your fellow members, and provide admin functions e.g.
  • notices of elections and other events.
  • operation of participation platforms

Who else can access your Personal Data

We do not share your Personal Data with anyone else, except as much as you consent to it being made public, e.g. on our wiki. However we do co=ordinate basic membership details, name, location + email, with the Internet Society.

How we secure your data

We do our best to keep your Personal Data safe.  We use safe protocols for communication and transferring data (such as HTTPS). We monitor our systems for possible vulnerabilities and attacks.

Even though we try our best we can not guarantee the security of information. However, we promise to notify suitable authorities of data breaches. We will also notify you if there is a threat to your rights or interests. We will do everything we reasonably can to prevent security breaches and to assist authorities should any breaches occur.

Children

We do not knowingly collect information from children. We do not however currently discriminate A11ySIG membership by age.

Cookies and other technologies we use

We do not actively use cookies for any purpose other than facilitate your use of our website. Choosing to disable cookies may hinder your use of certain functions.

We do not use Google Analytics to measure traffic on our website.

Contact Information

If you have any questions, please contact info@a11ysig.org

Changes to this Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to make change to this Privacy Policy.
Last modification was made April 25, 2019.