MEGA Generation Blog

Privacy Policy


Introduction

Welcome to the MEGA Generation Website and Blog!

We are MEGA Generation – a research-training-and-consultancy organization that explores ways to practice nature conservation and sustainable development, educates both individuals and organizations about those ways, and thus empowers new generation to create eco-innovative projects, businesses, and solutions to the most pressing environmental issues in the world.

The present Privacy Policy describes MEGA Generation’s policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of your information when you access and use our Website and Blog. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including off-line) or from other sources.

By accessing and using our Website and Blog, you are consenting to the use of your personal information in the manner set out in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to any of the provisions of this Privacy Policy, you should not use the MEGA Generation Website and Blog.

Collection and Use of Information

Comments

When you leave comments on the MEGA Generation Website and Blog, we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also your IP address and browser user agent string to help in spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the MEGA Generation Website and Blog, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the Website and Blog can download and extract any location data from images here.

Cookies

If you leave a comment on the MEGA Generation Website and Blog you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

If you have an account and you log in to this site, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded Content

Articles on the MEGA Generation Website and Blog may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Storage of Information

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on the MEGA Generation Website and Blog (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). We as Website and Blog administrators can also see and edit that information.

Rights over Data

If you have an account on the MEGA Generation Website and Blog, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Sharing of Information

We do not disclose information to any third party other than as described in this Privacy Policy. MEGA Generation will not sell or otherwise distribute your personal information to affiliate or third parties.

However, your comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or concerns / complaints about how you think we handle your personal information, please contact us at hello@megageneration.com.

Written inquiries can be sent to:

MEGA Generation

11, Moscova Str., MD 2068 Chisinau, Moldova