Privacy policy
Your privacy on the Internet is of utmost importance to the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform administrators. This privacy statement describes the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform’s policy concerning the gathering and sharing of visitors’ information through the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform web site. The WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site may publish supplementary privacy policies with particular requirements to collect personal information if the need arises. In these cases, the site-specific policies will be complementary to this general WHO AMR Community Exchange platform privacy policy and will give details about the additional information to be collected and its purpose.
What information does the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform collect?
Normal web site usage
In general, you can browse the public WHO AMR Community Exchange platform 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 download, the pages you visit, and the dates/times of those visits.
Personally identifiable and contact information
If you register with the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site in order to gain access to closed content including the discussion groups, you will be asked to provide personal identifying information such as your name, country of residence, job title and contact information such as e-mail address. We will also ask you to identify your areas of interest. This information will be collected only with your knowledge and permission, and will be stored securely in the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform database and mailing lists. Your information will not be distributed for any purpose but will be available to other AMR Community Exchange members in the members directory - this is to facilitate networking among members. You may choose to share your contact information with other WHO AMR Community Exchange platform members or keep it private.
Information provided during discussions
Information that you provide during discussions will be available to other members of the discussion group and to the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform administration. Most discussions will be available to any WHO AMR Community Exchange platform member who lists the subject material as an interest. Some discussions may be restricted to specific groups as determined by the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform Moderator or Discussion Group Leader.
You will be responsible for your contributions to discussions, therefore:
· you must ensure that any material and information you post do not violate or infringe upon the copyright, patent, trademark or any other personal or proprietary rights of any party. If any content subject to such rights is considered for posting, you must first obtain all necessary permissions for posting from the owner of such rights;
· you should be careful with humour and the tone of your postings, remembering that WHO AMR Community Exchange platform members come from different age groups and cultural backgrounds.
The discussion forums are meant for professional subject matter discussions only. No criticism against peoples, gender, race, religious beliefs, sexual preferences, countries or regions will be tolerated. To maintain the quality and consistency of the contents in compliance with the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform policy and steering group guidance, the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform Moderator and Discussion Group Leaders may remove or modify messages that do not respect the above mentioned rules. In the event that you find another member’s submission to be offensive, you may report this to the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform Moderator or Discussion Group Leader who will determine whether the material should be removed or modified.
In no event shall the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform or the World Health Organization (WHO) as the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform Secretariat be responsible for the accuracy of information posted by you or other members on the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site or liable for any negative consequences arising from the participation in the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform or the use of the website contents.
What does the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform do with the information it collects?
Normal web site usage
The information gathered during general browsing of the WHO AMR community exchange platform site will be used to analyse trends and usage of the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform and to improve the usefulness of the site. It will not be connected with any personal information.
Personally identifiable information
The WHO AMR Community Exchange platform may use the personal information you provide to:
· Verify your affiliation and institutional approval for membership in the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform;
· Confirm your registration on the site;
· Contact you – either in response to a query or suggestion, or to mail newsletters, documents, publications, invitations to meetings etc. to you;
· Notify you if a new discussion has been started in one of your selected areas of interest or if new information has been added to an existing discussion
· “Remember” your online profile and preferences;
· Help you quickly find information that is relevant to you based on your interests;
· Help us create site content most relevant to you;
· With your permission, share your contact information with other WHO AMR Community Exchange platform members who may wish to contact you.
What if I don’t want to provide personal information?
Providing personal information on the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site is optional. If you choose not to provide personal information, you can still browse and use the public WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site, but you will not be able to log into the site for browsing the closed contents such as documents shared with members or joining in the discussion groups.
Opting out and changing your information
At any time, you may cancel your membership or modify your information by returning to the web page where you first provided the information and contacting the moderator. If you change your institution/organisation affiliation, the administrators should be notified by you or your institution/organisation.
Security
We do not sell or share any personally identifiable information volunteered on the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site to any third party. Any information provided to the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform by its users 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. The WHO AMR Community Exchange platform 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 the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform administrators 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 WHO AMR Community Exchange platform site contains links to sites external to the WHO AMR community exchange platform. The WHO AMR Community Exchange platform and WHO are not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such sites.
Notification of changes
Changes to this privacy policy will be posted on the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform.
Contact
For questions or queries regarding this privacy policy, please contact the WHO AMR Community Exchange platform administrators at [email protected]