Privacy Policy

The Humanitarian Innovation Group is committed to the privacy of individuals who visit and interact with www.hig-global.org (the “User/s”), and follows the privacy policy outlined below. This privacy policy applies to all Humanitarian Innovation Group sites - that is, all sites within the "www.hig-global.org" domain name (the “Site”).

Personally Identifiable Information

Visitors are not asked to provide any personally identifiable information to access the Site. Users may be asked to share their email address to subscribe to email alerts or newsletters. In this event, the Humanitarian Innovation Group will store this information securely and will not share, rent or sell it to anyone other than Humanitarian Innovation Group partner organizations. We reserve the right to share names, addresses, and account history with our affiliated local partners for purposes that include provision to you of information on fundraising activities and appeals for donations. In no case will any sensitive financial information be shared. See below for the use of information related to online donations.

Non-personally identifiable information

By accessing the Site, certain information such as Internet protocol (IP) addresses, navigation through the Site, the browser used and the time spent, along with other similar information, will be stored on our servers and on a third party analytics software. This information is treated confidentially.

The purpose of this data collection is to understand better the preferences of the Site’s visitors and improve their experience on our pages. This information is never connected with any personal information that visitors supply to us if they register on our Site.

Use of cookies

A cookie is a piece of data stored on the user's hard drive containing information about the user. Usage of a cookie is in no way linked to any personally identifiable information while on the Site.

By setting a cookie, Humanitarian Innovation Group will remember the User the next time he/she visits the Site and therefore Humanitarian Innovation Group will not have to ask questions that the User has already answered (like address information).

The User is always free to decline our cookies if his/her browser permits, although in that case he/she may not be able to use certain features on the site and may be required to re-enter information more frequently to use certain services on the Site.

Delete Your Personal Data

You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.

Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.

You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by contacting Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.

Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.

Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.

If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.

Donations to the Humanitarian Innovation Group

The Humanitarian Innovation Group requests information from the User on its donation page. Here the User must provide contact information (like name and address) and financial information (like credit card number, expiration date). This information is used to conduct the transaction and help us better manage donors. If we have trouble processing a donation, this information is also used to contact the User. Humanitarian Innovation Group will store this information securely and will not share it, rent or sell it to anyone other than our partner organizations. We reserve the right to share names, addresses, and account history with our affiliated local partners for purposes that include provision to you of information on fundraising activities and appeals for donations. In no case will any sensitive financial information be shared.

Opting-out

Users may elect to receive communications such as newsletters and other material from Humanitarian Innovation Group. If they do, they will have the opportunity to stop receiving such communications at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the emails.

Notification of Changes

If the Humanitarian Innovation Group decides to change its privacy policy, Humanitarian Innovation Group will post those changes to this page so Users are always aware of what information we collect and how we use it.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about the Humanitarian Innovation Group privacy policy please email contact@hig-global.org.

Mailing address

1325 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 2700

New York, NY 10019, USA

Links to other sites – Disclaimer

The Site may contain hypertext links to other sites. The Humanitarian Innovation Group assumes no responsibility for those sites including the privacy practices or the content of such web sites.

Privileges and Immunities

Nothing in or relating to this privacy policy or this Site shall be deemed a waiver of any of the privileges and immunities of Humanitarian Innovation Group under the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies.

Content Sharing Terms

By submitting video content to the Humanitarian Innovation Group, you: (i) represent and warrant that you are of legal age of consent in the jurisdiction of your domicile; (ii) grant the Humanitarian Innovation Group a non-exclusive, worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free sub licensable and transferable license to use, display, distribute, reproduce, modify, remix, transcode, excerpt, adapt, prepare derivative works of and compilations, publicly perform and publicly display such video content in any media format or medium for any purpose whatsoever in connection with Humanitarian Innovation Group activities; (iii) represent and warrant that the video content is original or that you hold the necessary rights to publish the video content you submit and grant the Humanitarian Innovation Group the license hereunder; and (iv) agree to indemnify and hold the Humanitarian Innovation Group, its officers, agents and employees harmless from any claim or loss made by any third party due to or arising out of video content you submit.