Why does GFRAS collect data from me?
The Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) is a network committed to the exchange of knowledge and experience between and the participatory learning of different individual, groups, institutsions and organisations. A pre-requisit of this exchange is the sharing of a minimum of personal contact information.
All contact or furhter personal data that you provide to GFRAS to enable it to fulfill its core function will be only used for these core functions. No datasets or any part of it will be forwarded to third parties without your explicit consent.
Where does GFRAS collect data from me?
This policy covers the following services of GFRAS:
- website www.g-fras.org
- website nelk.g-fras.org
- the GFRAS Annual Meeting
- the GFRAS contact database
What data exactly is collected?
a) on www.g-fras.org
You're free to choose wich level of detail of your personal information you're comfortalbe to share. GFRAS distinguisches the following levels:
- Regular Affilaite: an email address with an option name.
This is used as a mailing list for the electronic newsletter of GFRAS. Note that we collect some user data regarding the newsletters (clicked links per user, who openned the newsletters, user IP address / geolocation / browser version / platform) to optimise our services. - Registered Affilaite: a full sign-up on the website with name, email, username, password and a number of additional optional data.
This entitles you to access speical featrues of the website. Additionally, you will be listed in a public list of GFRAS registered affiliates to enable other people to contact you. The contacting itself is done via an website internal messging system whereby your email address is not revealed. - Member of the Roster of Extension Experts: a comprehensive set of data that enhances the profile of a registered affilaite.
This enables you to promote your services an an expert in your field(s) offering your services to the GFRAS community or people and organisations from outside GFRAS. The GFRAS Roster of Extension Experts constitutes again a public list. The contacting is done with an webiste internal messaging system, your email address is not revealed.
b) nelk.g-fras.org
This website hosts the e-leaarning platfrom for the New Extensionsit Learning Kit NELK. To start the online modules a full sign-up on www.g-fras.org ir required. The platfrom collects some course specific data (how many tasks are completed, where do you stand in the course) that are aimed at facilitating your learning experience. The data is visilbe to the course administrator(s) but not to other learners.
c) GFRAS Annual Meeting
In the process of the organisatioon of the yearly GFRAS Annual Meeting a number of personal data points are collected when you apply for participation. These data points are necessary for the special selection process and to facilitate travel arrangements. All data will be deleted after the event has taken place. The onyl exception is your email addess if you have opted in to receive the electronic newsletter of GFRAS.
d) GFRAS contacts database
GFRAS maintains a contact database of partners and stakeholders. It contains the basic contact inforamtions and is purely used inside the GFRAS secretariat.
How can I control my data?
You can unsubscribe to the electronic newsletter by a link inside the newsletter. You're address will then be permanently deleted from teh mailing list.
As a registered affilaite or a member of the GFRAS Roster of Extension Experts you can chose wheater your profile is visilbe to the public or only to other users that have registered. In addition you can deactivate or delete your profile entirely.