November 2024 – The IMPRESS project is completed and this website will no longer be updated

IMPRESS Project is committed to protecting your privacy and developing technology that gives you the most powerful and safe online experience. This Statement of Privacy applies to the IMPRESS Project Web site and governs data collection and usage. By using the IMPRESS Project website, you consent to the data practices described in this statement.

Collection of your Personal Information

IMPRESS Project collects personally identifiable information, such as your e-mail address, name, home or work address or telephone number. IMPRESS Project also collects anonymous demographic information, which is not unique to you, such as your ZIP code, age, gender, preferences, interests and favorites.

There is also information about your computer hardware and software that is automatically collected by IMPRESS Project . This information can include: your IP address, browser type, domain names, access times and referring Web site addresses. This information is used by IMPRESS Project for the operation of the service, to maintain quality of the service, and to provide general statistics regarding use of the IMPRESS Project Web site.

Please keep in mind that if you directly disclose personally identifiable information or personally sensitive data through IMPRESS Project public message boards, this information may be collected and used by others. Note: IMPRESS Project does not read any of your private online communications.

IMPRESS Project encourages you to review the privacy statements of Web sites you choose to link to from IMPRESS Project so that you can understand how those Web sites collect, use and share your information. IMPRESS Project is not responsible for the privacy statements or other content on Web sites outside of the IMPRESS Project and IMPRESS Project family of Web sites.

Use of your Personal Information

IMPRESS Project collects and uses your personal information to operate the IMPRESS Project Web site and deliver the services you have requested. IMPRESS Project also uses your personally identifiable information to inform you of other products or services available from IMPRESS Project and its affiliates. IMPRESS Project may also contact you via surveys to conduct research about your opinion of current services or of potential new services that may be offered.

IMPRESS Project does not sell, rent or lease its customer lists to third parties. IMPRESS Project may, from time to time, contact you on behalf of external business partners about a particular offering that may be of interest to you. In those cases, your unique personally identifiable information (e-mail, name, address, telephone number) is not transferred to the third party. In addition, IMPRESS Project may share data with trusted partners to help us perform statistical analysis, send you email or postal mail, provide customer support, or arrange for deliveries. All such third parties are prohibited from using your personal information except to provide these services to IMPRESS Project , and they are required to maintain the confidentiality of your information.

IMPRESS Project does not use or disclose sensitive personal information, such as race, religion, or political affiliations, without your explicit consent.

IMPRESS Project keeps track of the Web sites and pages our customers visit within IMPRESS Project , in order to determine what IMPRESS Project services are the most popular. This data is used to deliver customized content and advertising within IMPRESS Project to customers whose behavior indicates that they are interested in a particular subject area.

IMPRESS Project Web sites will disclose your personal information, without notice, only if required to do so by law or in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to: (a) conform to the edicts of the law or comply with legal process served on IMPRESS Project or the site; (b) protect and defend the rights or property of IMPRESS Project ; and, (c) act under exigent circumstances to protect the personal safety of users of IMPRESS Project , or the public.

Use of Cookies

The IMPRESS Project use “cookies” to help you personalize your online experience. Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. They cannot be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your computer. They are uniquely assigned to you, and can only be read by a web server in the domain that issued the cookie to you. Cookies in themselves do not identify individual users but identify only the computer used. Many websites use cookies to track traffic flows, whenever users visit those websites.

One of the primary purposes of cookies is to provide a convenience feature to save you time. The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize IMPRESS Project pages, or register with IMPRESS Project site or services, a cookie helps IMPRESS Project to recall your specific information on subsequent visits. This simplifies the process of recording your personal information, such as billing addresses, shipping addresses, and so on. When you return to the same IMPRESS Project  , the information you previously provided can be retrieved, so you can easily use the IMPRESS Project features that you customized.

When users login to the IMPRESS Project , their computers will automatically be issued with ‘session cookies’ to assign a unique ID. This cookie is essential for the online application to operate. The IMPRESS Project uses some third-party cookies to measure use of the website including number of visitors, how frequently pages are viewed, and the city and country of origin of users. This helps to determine what is popular and can influence future content and development. For this purpose, IMPRESS Project uses Google Analytics to measure and analyse usage of the website. The information collected by IMPRESS Project may include IP Address, pages visited, browser type and operating system. The data will not be used to identify any user personally.

IMPRESS Project session cookies are deleted on departure from the website. However, those from third parties may persist. Users have the opportunity to set their computers to accept all cookies or not to receive cookies at any time. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of the IMPRESS Project and certain personalised services provided to the user.

The table below explains the cookies we use and why.

Cookie	Name	Purpose	More information
Google Analytics	_utma _utmb _utmc _utmz	These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from and the pages they visited.	Click here for an overview of privacy at Google
General Cookies	ab akm_mobile cookietest  twostep_auth	ab – used for AB testing of new features. akm_mobile – stores whether a user has chosen to view the mobile version of a site. cookietest – checks if cookies are enabled to provide appropriate user experience. twostep_auth – set when the user is logged in using two factor authentication.
Registered Users	twostep_auth wp-settings-{user_id}	twostep_auth – set when the user is logged in using two factor authentication. Only set for registered WordPress.com users. wp-settings-{user_id} – used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. Only set for registered WordPress.com users.
Functionality	akm_mobile botdlang wordpress_logged_in* wp-settings-{user_id} wp_sharing_{id}	akm_mobile – stores whether a user has chosen to view the mobile version of a site. botdlang – used to track the language a user has selected to view popular blogs in. wordpress_logged_in* – used to check whether the current visitor is a logged in WordPress.com user. wp-settings-{user_id} – used to persist a user’s wp-admin configuration. wp_sharing_{id} – used to track whether or not a user has already performed an action.
Performance	ab nux_flow_name signup_partner_ref signup_referrer tk_ni|tk_ai|tk_qs	ab – used for AB testing of new features. nux_flow_name – identifies which user signup flow was shown to the user. signup_partner_ref – tracks the source of new user signups. signup_referrer – tracks the source of new user signups. tk_ni|tk_ai|tk_qs – collection of internal metrics for user activity, used to improve user experience.
Advertising/Tracking	ads wordpress_eli	ads – tracks if a visitor has clicked an ad before. wordpress_eli – reduces display of ads for repeat visitors.
Third Party/Embedded Content		Sites hosted on WordPress.com make use of different third party applications and services to enhance the experience of website visitors. These include social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter (through the use of sharing buttons), or embedded content from Youtube and Vimeo. As a result, cookies may be set by these third parties, and used by them to track your online activity. We have no direct control over the information that is collected by these cookies.

Security of your Personal Information

IMPRESS Project secures your personal information from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. IMPRESS Project secures the personally identifiable information you provide on computer servers in a controlled, secure environment, protected from unauthorized access, use or disclosure. When personal information (such as a credit card number) is transmitted to other Web sites, it is protected through the use of encryption, such as the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.

Changes to this Statement

IMPRESS Project will occasionally update this Statement of Privacy to reflect company and customer feedback. IMPRESS Project encourages you to periodically review this Statement to be informed of how IMPRESS Project is protecting your information.

Contact Information

IMPRESS Project welcomes your comments regarding this Statement of Privacy. If you believe that IMPRESS Project has not adhered to this Statement, please contact IMPRESS Project at Ioannis.Basinas@iom-world.org. We will use commercially reasonable efforts to promptly determine and remedy the problem.