AGI respects the privacy of our visitors’ and donors’ personal information. This Privacy Policy describes what information AGI collects and how it is used, protected, and disclosed. This Policy applies to your use of americangerman.institute (“site”) and constitutes an agreement between you and AGI relating to the use of our website. By visiting our site, you accept the practices described in this Policy. AGI may amend this Policy at any time; any changes made that affect your personal information will not take effect until 30 days after notice is posted on this site.

Information Collection

AGI collects personal and non-personal information on its website. You may browse the site without providing any personal information; however, some features may require you to provide us with personal information such as name, email, or other identifying information.

Cookies

All web servers track basic information about their visitors. When you use the site, we may track usage information that does not identify you, including IP address, general location information, device identifier, browser type, or language. This may also include information about your use of the site, such as search terms, search results, or additional traffic data.

The site uses cookies, web beacons, and similar tracking technologies that enable us to track your use of our site and make it more useful to you. If you don’t like cookies, you can have your web browser reject the cookies. Please see your browser functions to learn more. Some features of the site may not work if you set your web browser to decline or delete cookies. AGI may use service providers, such as Google Analytics, to collect information about your use of our site over time for non-advertising purposes. Your data collected via Google Analytics has been anonymized.

To learn more about what data Google Analytics collects, and download a browser add-on to opt-out of Google Analytics, please visit https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245

Information Use

AGI uses the information we collect to improve your experience on the site, to recommend specific content, and to perform statistical and demographic analysis of the users of the site.

If you choose to share personal data with us via the site or via email, we may store it and use it to communicate with you about events, registrations, and news from AGI. We may also store information you provide during AGI events in order to keep you informed of other related events or analysis. We may share your information with our service providers in order to maintain or enhance the functionality of our site and communications.

AGI will not sell, rent, loan, trade, or lease any personal information collected online or offline.

Email Opt-Out or Update

The AGI website and email communications offer users the possibility to opt-out of receiving communications from AGI. You may change your subscription setting or update your personal information provided to us by managing your account or clicking the “unsubscribe” link on AGI emails.

Email Tracking

When you receive system emails from AGI, including the AGI Advisor, AGI Alerts, and event invitations, we may collect information that indicates if you open the email or click on links in that email. This does not apply to emails sent from individual AGI email accounts.

Links to Third Party Sites and Services

This website contains links to third party sites that are not owned or operated by AGI and we are not responsible for the privacy policies or content on other sites.

AGI uses third party services to perform functions on our behalf. These may include hosting, content management, social media integration, analytics, billing, and other functions. These services may have access to personal information if needed to perform their activities and are required to maintain the confidentiality and security of the information provided.

Donations

If you choose to make a donation to AGI, either online or offline, we will request certain personal information from you for billing or payment purposes. We use this information to complete the transactions you request, and may contact you to discuss the terms of your donation. AGI does not share or sell a donor’s personal information and will not send donor mailings on another organization’s behalf.

Governing Laws and Security

The site is published in the United States and complies with all applicable laws of the United States and the District of Columbia.

We take the security of your personal information seriously. AGI uses industry-standard safeguards to help protect your personal information, and may encrypt information using technologies such as Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) technology.  Only authorized users have access to the information you provide to AGI.

Access to Information and Data

You have the right to request access, modify, correct, or remove your data collected in our database at any time. You may do so by managing your account or by contacting AGI at the email or address below.

Contact

Questions concerning this Privacy Policy may be sent to info@aicgs.org or

AGI
1755 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036

 

Last modified: May 26, 2018