Terms and Conditions: Cities of Peace, Inc., with its main program, International Cities of Peace (herein, Organization), has updated the Terms and Conditions of Use, including Copyright Policy, Data Policy, and Cookies Policy on November 1, 2023.
Highlights:
• When you provide information, photos, and graphics to Cities of Peace, Inc., you provide the Organization with the right to use that information as described in detail below,.
• When you submit photos for Cities of Peace, Inc. to use for profiles, promotions, and other of the Organization’s normal business functions, you take responsibility for NEVER submitting any copyrighted photos, nor requiring photo credits. Cities of Peace, Inc. maintains the right to reject information and photos for any reason. Plagiarism and copyright infringement is prohibited. Cities of Peace will endeavor, as best our technology and volunteer capabilities are able, to reject material when a reason is determined. The responsibility for legal use of photos and other content is with the individual or group that submits that material.
• When you submit a Contact Name and Email as the main contact for the City of Peace Listing and/or Profile, you give permission to list that information publicly as the Main Contact for the City of Peace initiative.
• We do not sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will.
Data Policy
This policy describes the information we process to support services, products and features offered by Cities of Peace, Inc.
- What kinds of information do we collect?
To provide Listings, Profiles, Web Pages, Classroom Training and other products and services, you provide the Organization with information about you. The types of information we collect depend on how you use our Services and Products (herein, Products). You can learn how to access and delete information we collect by sending an email to admin@internationalcitiesofpeace.org with a request for deleting your registration. The Organization will continue with the listing for the Community you established as a City of peace. However, we will remove any of your information from the listing and seek another Liaison between your community and the association of International Cities of Peace.
The Organization collects the content, communications and other information you provide when you use our Products, including when you sign up for an account, create or share content, and message or communicate with others. This can include information in or about the content you provide, such as the location of a photo or the date a file was created. It can also include what you see through features we provide. Our systems automatically process content and communications you and others provide to analyze context and what’s in them for the purposes described below.
- Data with special protections: You can choose to provide information in your profile fields about your religious views, political views, who you are “interested in,” or your health. This and other information (such as racial or ethnic origin, philosophical beliefs or trade union membership) could be subject to special protections under the laws of your country.
• Networks and connections. We collect information about the people and Pages you are connected to and how you interact with them across our Products, such as people you communicate with the most or groups to which you are a part. We also collect contact information if you choose to upload, sync or import it from a device (such as an address book or call log or SMS log history), which we use for things like helping you and others find people you may know and for the other purposes listed below.
• Your usage. We collect information about how you use our Products, such as the types of content you view or engage with; the features you use; the actions you take; the people or accounts you interact with; and the time, frequency and duration of your activities. For example, we might log when you’re using and have last used our Products, and what posts, videos and other content you view on our Products. We also collect information about how you use features.
• Information about transactions made on our Products. If you use our Products for purchases or other financial transactions (such as when you make a purchase on a special offer or make a donation), we collect information about the purchase or transaction. This includes payment information, such as your credit or debit card number and other card information; other account and authentication information; and billing, shipping and contact details.
• Things others do and information they provide about you. We also receive and analyze content, communications and information that other people provide when they use our Products. This can include information about you, such as when others share or comment on a photo of you, send a message to you, or upload, sync or import your contact information.
Device Information
As described below, we collect information from and about the computers, phones, connected TVs and other web-connected devices you use that integrate with our Products, and we combine this information across different devices you use. For example, we use information collected about your use of our Products on your phone to better personalize the content (including ads) or features you see when you use our Products on another device, such as your laptop or tablet, or to measure whether you took an action in response to an ad we showed you on your phone on a different device.
Information we obtain from these devices includes:
• Device attributes: information such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins.
• Device operations: information about operations and behaviors performed on the device, such as whether a window is foregrounded or backgrounded, or mouse movements (which can help distinguish humans from bots).
• Identifiers: unique identifiers, device IDs, and other identifiers, such as from games, apps or accounts you use, and Family Device IDs (or other identifiers unique to Meta Company Products associated with the same device or account).
• Device signals: Bluetooth signals, and information about nearby Wi-Fi access points, beacons, and cell towers.
• Data from device settings: information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location, camera or photos.
• Network and connections: information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, IP address, connection speed and, in some cases, information about other devices that are nearby or on your network, so we can do things like help you stream a video from your phone to your TV.
• Cookie data: data from cookies stored on your device, including cookie IDs and settings. Learn more about how we use cookies in the Facebook Cookies Policy and Instagram Cookies Policy.
Information from partners.
• Advertisers, app developers, and publishers can send us information through Services and Products that they offer or use, including social plug-ins (such as the Ultimate Member plugin). These partners provide information about your activities off of our Products—including information about your device, websites you visit, purchases you make, the ads you see, and how you use their services—whether or not you have an account or are logged into our Products. For example, a software developer could use our API to tell us what classes you take, or a business could tell us about a purchase you made in its store. We also receive information about your online and offline actions and purchases from third-party data providers who have the rights to provide us with your information.
• Partners receive your data when you visit or use their services or through third parties they work with. We require each of these partners to have lawful rights to collect, use and share your data before providing any data to us.
- How do we use this information?
We use the information we have (subject to choices you make) as described below and to provide and support the Cities of Peace network, International Cities of Peace, and other Products as described in the Organization’s Terms. Here’s how this happens:
Provide, personalize and improve our Products.
We use the information we have to deliver our Products, including to personalize features and content and make suggestions for you (such as groups or resources you may be interested in or topics you may want to follow) on and off our Products. To create personalized Products that are unique and relevant to you, we use your connections, preferences, interests and activities based on the data we collect and learn from you and others (including any data with special protections you choose to provide); how you use and interact with our Products; and the people, places, or things you’re connected to and interested in on and off our Products. Learn more about how we use information about you to personalize your experience, including features, content and recommendations in the Organization’s website and social media outlets.
Information across Cities of Peace Products and devices:
We connect information about your activities on different Products and devices to provide a more tailored and consistent experience on all Products you use, wherever you use them. For example, we can suggest that you join a group that includes people you follow on social media and/or partner websites. We can also make your experience more seamless, for example, by automatically filling in your registration information (such as your phone number) from one Product when you sign up for an account on a different Product.
Location-related information:
We use location-related information-such as your current location, where you live, the places you like to go, and the businesses and people you’re near-to provide, personalize and improve our Products, including ads, for you and others. Location-related information can be based on things like precise device location (if you’ve allowed us to collect it), IP addresses, and information from your and others’ use of our Products (such as check-ins or events you attend).
Product research and development:
We use the information we have to develop, test and improve our Products, including by conducting surveys and research, and testing and troubleshooting new products and features.
Ads and other sponsored content:
We use the information we have about you-including information about your interests, actions and connections-to select and personalize ads, offers and other sponsored content that we show you.
Provide measurement, analytics, and other business services.
We use the information we have (including your activity off our Products, such as the websites you visit and ads you see) to help advertisers and other partners measure the effectiveness and distribution of their ads and services, and understand the types of people who use their services and how people interact with their websites, apps, and services. Learn how we share information with these partners.
Promote safety, integrity and security.
We use the information we have to verify accounts and activity, combat harmful conduct, detect and prevent spam and other bad experiences, maintain the integrity of our Products, and promote safety and security on and off of our Products. For example, we use data we have to investigate suspicious activity or violations of our terms or policies, or to detect when someone needs help.
Communicate with you.
We use the information we have to send you marketing communications, communicate with you about our Products, and let you know about our policies and terms. We also use your information to respond to you when you contact us.
Research and innovate for social good.
We use the information we have (including from research partners we collaborate with) to conduct and support research and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being. For example, we analyze information we have about migration patterns during crises to aid relief efforts. Learn more about our research programs.
III. How is this information shared?
Your information is shared with others in the following ways:
• Sharing on our Products and social media outlets
• People and accounts you share and communicate with
When you share and communicate using our Products, you choose the audience for what you share. For example, when you post on our pages, you select the audience for the post, such as a group, all of your friends, the public, or a customized list of people. Your network can also see actions you have taken on our Products, including engagement with ads and sponsored content. We also might let other accounts see who has viewed their Facebook or other social media streams.
Public information can be seen by anyone, on or off our Products, including if they don’t have an account. This includes your username; any information you share with a public audience; information in your public profile on social media; and content you share on the Organization’s website or social media outlets, and other public account or any other public forum. You, other people using our site and other social media, and we can provide access to or send public information to anyone on or off our Products, including in other of the Organization’s Products, in search results, or through tools and APIs. Public information can also be seen, accessed, reshared or downloaded through third-party services such as search engines, APIs, and offline media such as TV, and by apps, websites and other services that integrate with our Products.
• Content others share or reshare about you
You should consider who you choose to share with, because people who can see your activity on our Products can choose to share it with others on and off our Products, including people and businesses outside the audience you shared with. For example, when you share a post or send a message to specific friends or accounts, they can download, screenshot, or reshare that content to others across or off our Products, in person or in virtual reality experiences such as Horizon Worlds. Also, when you comment on someone else’s post or react to their content, your comment or reaction is visible to anyone who can see the other person’s content, and that person can change the audience later.
People can also use our Products to create and share content about you with the audience they choose.
• Information about your active status or presence on our Products.
People in your networks can see signals telling them whether you are active on our Products.
• Apps, websites, and third-party integrations on or using our Products.
When you choose to use third-party apps, websites, or other services that use, or are integrated with, our Products, they can receive information about what you post or share.
Devices and operating systems providing native versions of applications will have access to all information you choose to share with them, including information your friends share with you, so they can provide our core functionality to you.
New owner.
If the ownership or control of all or part of our Products or their assets changes, we may transfer your information to the new owner.
Sharing with Third-Party Partners
We work with third-party partners who help us provide and improve our Products or who use International Cities of Peace to facilitate their businesses, which makes it possible to operate our companies and provide free services to people around the world. We don’t sell any of your information to anyone, and we never will. We also impose strict restrictions on how our partners can use and disclose the data we provide. Here are the types of third parties we share information with:
• Partners who use our analytics services.
We provide aggregated statistics and insights that help people and businesses understand how people are engaging with their posts, listings, Pages, videos and other content on and off the Organization’s Products.
• Advertisers.
We may provide advertisers with reports about the kinds of people seeing their ads and how their ads are performing, but we don’t share information that personally identifies you (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to contact you or identifies who you are) unless you give us permission.
• Measurement partners.
We share information about you with companies that aggregate it to provide analytics and measurement reports to our partners.
• Partners offering goods and services in our Products.
When you subscribe to receive premium content, or buy something from a seller in our Products, the content creator or seller can receive your public information and other information you share with them, as well as the information needed to complete the transaction, including shipping and contact details.
• Vendors and service providers.
We provide information and content to vendors and service providers who support our business, such as by providing technical infrastructure services, analyzing how our Products are used, providing customer service, facilitating payments or conducting surveys.
• Researchers and academics.
We also provide information and content to research partners and academics to conduct research that advances scholarship and innovation that support our business or mission, and enhances discovery and innovation on topics of general social welfare, technological advancement, public interest, health and well-being.
• Law enforcement or legal requests.
We share information with law enforcement or in response to legal requests in the circumstances outlined below.
- How do the Organization’s Products work together?
Individual Products of the Organization share infrastructure, systems and technology with other Products of the Organization to provide an innovative, relevant, consistent and safe experience across all of the Organization’s Products that you use. We also process information about you across the Organization for these purposes, as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with their terms and policies.
- How do the Organization’s Products work together?
Individual Products of the Organization share infrastructure, systems and technology with other Products of the Organization to provide an innovative, relevant, consistent and safe experience across all of the Organization’s Products that you use. We also process information about you across the Organization for these purposes, as permitted by applicable law and in accordance with their terms and policies.
- How can I manage or delete information about me?
We provide you with the ability to access, rectify, port and erase your data. The Organization provides a means for deletions and changes: www.internationalcitiesofpeace.org/information/.
We store data until it is no longer necessary to provide our Products, or until your account is deleted – whichever comes first. This is a case-by-case determination that depends on things like the nature of the data, why it is collected and processed, and relevant legal or operational retention needs.
- How do we respond to legal requests or prevent harm?
We access, preserve and share your information with regulators, law enforcement or others:
• In response to a legal request (like a search warrant, court order or subpoena) if we have a good faith belief that the law requires us to do so. This may include responding to legal requests from jurisdictions outside of the United States when we have a good-faith belief that the response is required by law in that jurisdiction, affects users in that jurisdiction, and is consistent with internationally recognized standards.
• When we have a good-faith belief it is necessary to: detect, prevent and address fraud, unauthorized use of the Products, violations of our terms or policies, or other harmful or illegal activity; to protect ourselves (including our rights, property or Products), you or others, including as part of investigations or regulatory inquiries; or to prevent death or imminent bodily harm. For example, if relevant, we provide information to and receive information from third-party partners about the reliability of your account to prevent fraud, abuse and other harmful activity on and off our Products.
Information we receive about you (including financial transaction data related to purchases made on our Products) can be accessed and preserved for an extended period when it is the subject of a legal request or obligation, governmental investigation, or investigations of possible violations of our terms or policies, or otherwise to prevent harm. We also retain information from accounts disabled for terms violations for at least a year to prevent repeat abuse or other term violations.
VII. How do we operate and transfer data as part of our global services?
We share information globally, both internally within the Organization, and externally with our partners and with those you connect and share with around the world in accordance with this policy. Your information may, for example, be transferred or transmitted to, or stored and processed in the United States or other countries outside of where you live for the purposes as described in this policy. We utilize standard contract clauses, rely on the European Commission’s adequacy decisions about certain countries, as applicable, and obtain your consent for these data transfers to the United States and other countries.
VIII. How will we notify you of changes to this policy?
We’ll notify you by newsletter before we make changes to this policy and give you the opportunity to review the revised policy before you choose to continue using our Products.
- How to contact us with questions
If you have questions about this policy, you can contact us as described below.
You can contact us online or by mail at:
Cities of Peace, Inc., 5818 Wilmington Pike, #234, Dayton, Ohio 45459
