A. General

1. Terms not otherwise defined in this Privacy Statement are defined in the ICT Decisions Website Terms and Conditions of Use.

2. Hosts treats personal data about ICTdec website visitors with the utmost confidentiality and scrupulously abides by applicable law pertaining to personal data protection.

3. The following privacy policy is an integral part of ICTdec website's Terms and Conditions of Use, available at Terms and Conditions of Use. ITU reserves the right to amend this Privacy Policy occasionally.

4. Any requests or comments regarding the content or the application of the following Privacy Policy should be directed to ITU through the comments form.

B. ICTdec Website User Data

5. Any ICTdec website user data gathered is deemed confidential. ICTdec user information is only gathered for purposes of establishing statistics about visits to the site and for improving the services provided, such as website navigation, the ICTdec website search engine and the ICTdec website feedback form. All personal ICTdec user data gathered is never used to either identify or try to identify individuals. ICTdec website user data is never divulged to third parties without the user's explicit consent, except (1) when required by law or (2) in cases where unauthorized or abusive use of the ICTdec website resource has been made. Further details on unauthorized or abusive usage of ICTdec website may be found in ICTdec website's Terms and Conditions of Use. Any ICTdec website user data gathered is deemed confidential. ICTdec user information is only gathered for purposes of establishing statistics about visits to the site and for improving the services provided, such as website navigation, the ICTdec website search engine and the ICTdec website feedback form. All personal ICTdec user data gathered is never used to either identify or try to identify individuals. ICTdec website user data is never divulged to third parties without the user's explicit consent, except (1) when required by law or (2) in cases where unauthorized or abusive use of the ICTdec website resource has been made. Further details on unauthorized or abusive usage of ICTdec website may be found in ICTdec website's Terms and Conditions of Use.

ICTdec User Visit Information

6. Technical information about access, navigation and searches performed by ICTdec users is automatically logged and retained. Such information pertains to the user's computer and to the computer's of the website. More specifically, this information consists of:

• The computer's IP address and its corresponding domain name;
• The computer's operating system and the Web browser used;
• The referring site address, if ICTdec was accessed from another site;
• The query made on the referring site's search engine, when applicable;
• The addresses of the pages visited on ICTdec;
• The date, time and duration of the visit;
•  The queries made on ICTdec's search engine.

7. Any analysis of this data is strictly for improving the technical quality of the services provided and to evaluate the number of visits to the ICTdec website.

Cookies

8. Navigating the ICTdec website does not require the use of cookies.

Feedback Form

9. When a user completes the ICTdec website comments form, the user has the option of providing his/her name, an organization name and an e-mail address. Such information is collected only for the purposes of addressing the user's particular concern or comment and to follow-up on requests received at ITU through this form. Names and e-mail addresses are never added to any mailing list and are duly deleted immediately after the user request or comment has been addressed.

Personal Data Security

10. Information collected about ICTdec website users and their computers is maintained in a secure environment. Host personnel are strictly bound to ensure the confidentiality of any personal user data.

11. Host strives to maintain a consistently high level of security to ensure the confidentiality of ICTdec website user data. However, except in cases of intentional or gross fault and without limiting the generality of any dislaimers contained in the Terms and Conditions of Use, the host declines all liability for any damage or harm caused by any third person managing to access any such stored data.

C. Personal Information Contained Within Published Documents

12. ICTdec Website publishes documents as received from telecommunications decision making bodies. These documents are already of a public nature. Host considers that the complete and unabriged dissemination of these documents, including any personal information these documents contain, is paramount to the realization of the principle of openness governing the global telecommunications sector.

Personal Information Contained in Decisions

13. Telecommunications decisions published on ICTdec website are meant to be of a public nature. Host respects the public nature of decisions and publishes the complete and unabriged textual content of these documents, including any possible personal information contained within these decisions.

14. Host hereby expressly disclaim any and all liability resulting from any prejudice caused by the lawful publication of any public document containing personal information on the ICTdec website, or by the eventual dissemination or re-use of these public documents by a third person.

15. In certain exceptional cases, the principle of complete and unabriged publication of decisions is waived by national law. In these cases, the law prohibits the disclosure of some pieces of information such as information that would allow for the identification of certain participants in the decision making process. ITU abides by these legal restrictions on publication, in collaboration with the decision making bodies involved.

Requests regarding the Content of Published Documents

16. Any request regarding the content of a document published on the ICTdec website must be sent through the comments form. ITU decides whether a document should remain, be replaced or removed from the ICTdec website only after having obtained the advice from the decision making body involved.