Privacy policy
LAST UPDATED November 20, 2024
The Leitner Center is committed to protecting the privacy of all users. This Privacy Policy represents our commitment to your right to privacy. This Privacy Policy sets out the Leitner Center’s information processing practices relating to you and your personal data and applies when we collect and process personal data from you through various sources, and describes your rights regarding your personal data.
By accessing or using our website or our social media platforms, you are consenting to the collection, use, and disclosure of your information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. If you do not wish to consent, please do not access or use our website or social media platforms.
We may modify this Privacy Policy at any time without any prior notice to you and will post the revised Privacy Policy here. The revised Policy will be effective 180 days from when the revised Policy is posted and your continued access or use of the website and social media platforms after such time will constitute your acceptance of the revised Privacy Policy. We therefore recommend that you periodically review this page.
“Leitner Center for International Law and Justice” or “Leitner Center” refers to the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice at Fordham Law School (also referred to as “we”, “us”, or “our”). The Leitner Center is the data controller to which this policy refers to.
When and how we collect your information:
The Leitner Center collects personal data about you when you: Visit our website or social media platforms; Make a donation; Volunteer; Register for a Leitner Center event; Contact us; Subscribe to a newsletter or other online publication; Apply for a student program, scholarship, or employment.
What information we collect from you:
We may collect some or all of the following types of information, some of which may constitute personal data under applicable law, including: contact information; information about your mobile devices; other basic information which does not directly identify you, but which may correspond with you or a particular device. We use this information to learn more about how our website is used and to otherwise improve and administer the site. Automated technologies may include the use of web server logs to collect IP addresses and “cookies.”
How we use your information:
We will use the information that we collect about you for the following purposes: managing and processing inquiries, registrations, and requests made by you; feedback collection; sending information to you that you have consented to receive; improving website performance and improvement. If we want to use your information for any other purpose, we will ask you for consent and will use your information only on receiving your consent and then, only for the purpose(s) for which grant consent unless we are required to do otherwise by law.
How we share your information:
We will not transfer your personal information to any third party without seeking your consent, except in limited circumstances, specifically: Analytics, Data collection & process. We require such third party’s to use the personal information we transfer to them only for the purpose for which it was transferred and not to retain it for longer than is required for fulfilling the said purpose.
We may also disclose your personal information for the following: (1) to comply with applicable law, regulation, court order or other legal process; (2) to enforce your agreements with us, including this Privacy Policy; or (3) to respond to claims that your use of the Service violates any third-party rights. If the Service or our company is merged or acquired with another company, your information will be one of the assets that is transferred to the new owner.
Your rights:
Depending on the law that applies, you may have a right to access and rectify or erase your personal data or receive a copy of your personal data, restrict or object to the active processing of your data, ask us to share (port) your personal information to another entity, withdraw any consent you provided to us to process your data, a right to lodge a complaint with a statutory authority and such other rights as may be relevant under applicable laws. To exercise these rights, you can write to us at leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu. We will respond to your request in accordance with applicable law.
Note that if you do not allow us to collect or process the required personal information or withdraw the consent to process the same for the required purposes, you may not be able to access or use the services for which your information was sought.
Cookies, etc.:
To learn more about how we use these and your choices in relation to these tracking technologies, please refer to our Cookie Policy.
Security:
The security of your information is important to us and we will use reasonable security measures to prevent the loss, misuse or unauthorized alteration of your information under our control. However, given the inherent risks, we cannot guarantee absolute security and consequently, we cannot ensure or warrant the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Third Party links & use of your information:
Our website may contain links to other websites that are not operated by us. This Privacy Policy does not address the privacy policy and other practices of any third parties, including any third party operating any website or service that may be accessible via a link. We strongly advise you to review the privacy policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites or services.
Grievance: If you have any queries or concerns about the processing of your information that is available with us, you may email leitnercenter@law.fordham.edu. We will address your concerns in accordance with applicable law.