Last Updated: 01 December 2022
By visiting our website, you are accepting the terms described in our privacy policy. If you do not agree to the terms, please do not use the website.
Our privacy policy exists to help explain what information we collect, how we use it, whom we may share it with, and your rights in connection with it. By providing information to us—whether by applying for employment, grants, or fellowships, attending events or programs, or utilizing our website—you consent to our use of that information in accordance with this policy.
This policy is incorporated into our website terms and conditions and applies to our website, events, and activities related to our grants and fellowships. In addition to applicable laws, additional policies disclosed at the time of collection may also apply (e.g., in connection with a specific event or program).
How to contact us
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us by sending an e-mail at info@af4sd.org or writing to:
Armenian Fund for Sustainable Development
10/ avenue Azatutyun 0037 Yerevan, Armenia
Information we collect
We collect information when you voluntarily provide it to us and when you visit certain parts of our website that automatically collect information. We collect information provided by you in various ways, including online, by telephone, and offline, for instance, when you visit our facilities in person as a guest of our Fund.
Below we cover the types of information we may collect.
Information you provide directly to us.
Contacting us – When you contact us via phone, email, or in-person to submit a job inquiry; request information about applications, programs, activities, or events; participate in surveys, panels, or research; register for and partake in our programs, activities, and events; participate in interactive services or online communities hosted by us; interact with us via social media including Twitter, YouTube, Facebook,
LinkedIn, and Instagram; or for any other reason knowingly volunteer information to us, we may collect the following information:
Name, address, date of birth, e-mail address, and telephone number
Organization name, address, e-mail address, and telephone number
Survey responses
Preferences, information about a disability, or requests for accommodations to the extent disclosed to us.
Other information that you choose to provide
Website visits – When you visit our website or sign up for our email lists via the website, we may collect the following information:
Name and e-mail address
Other information that you choose to provide
Employment applicants – If you apply for a position with the foundation, we may collect the following information:
Name, address, date of birth, gender, e-mail address, and telephone number
Resume, work history, work authorization status, education, skills, professional licenses, permits or certifications, and references
Other information you choose to provide
If we offer you employment, you may be required to complete a background check and other screenings prior to beginning work.
Grant or fellowship applicants – If you apply for a fellowship or grant from the foundation, or if your employer or organization includes information about you in a grant application or annual report, we may collect the following information:
Name, address, date of birth, gender, e-mail address, and telephone number Resume, work history, qualifications, education, skills, professional licenses, permits or certifications, and references
Other Interactions with the Fund and our agents:
In some instances, foundation personnel and agents may observe and/or document information in programs, events, or activities (e.g., a career-coaching seminar for fellows) where you are a participant. Personal information collected in this manner is used in accordance with our philanthropic mission to further our work, advance potential collaborations, identify programmatic initiatives in which an individual may want to participate, and identify constituents for the foundation to engage in support of its mission.
Information automatically collected
When you visit our website, we may automatically collect information linked to your computer or device but does not directly identify you personally, including:
IP address, the type of browser or device you are using, referring and exit pages, domain, and other system settings and operating systems.
Information regarding how you interact with the website, including the date and time of your visits, webpages visited, and links clicked.
Consistent with most websites, we use cookies and pixel tags to collect such activity information. Cookies are small text files used to collect information, and pixels are transparent images that allow us to understand how users interact with our website.
The cookies we use fall into three categories.
Necessary: Necessary cookies help make the website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Functional: Functional cookies record information about your choices and allow us to tailor the website to you. These cookies mean that when you continue to use or come back to the website, we can provide you with the services you have requested.
Analytics: Analytics cookies help us understand how our visitors use our website.
These cookies can provide us with information to help us understand which parts of the website interest our visitors and if they experience any errors. We use these cookies to test different designs and features for our site and to help us monitor how visitors reach the website. We may receive reports based on the use of these technologies by these companies.
How we use the Information, we collect
We may use the information you provide us to:
Send email newsletters
Process your grant or fellowship applications Administer or run programs, grants, fellowships, or events in which you participate Respond to your inquiries and/or requests Compare and review your personal information for errors, omissions, and accuracy Recommend you for fellowships, grants, or other opportunities
Solicit grant or fellowship applications
Manage compliance, fraud monitoring, and security
Provide you information relevant to the programs, grants, fellowship, or other activities we think might interest you (e.g., to notify you about a conference, research opportunity, or job opening)
Process your employment application, including assessing your qualifications for a job, conducting reference checks, communicating with you the status of an application, and conducting background checks if we offer you a position, as permitted by applicable law
Send you information regarding changes to our terms and policies
For other purposes disclosed at the time of collection or otherwise compatible with the above and applicable law
We may use information that we collect automatically from our website
to:
Administer, maintain and improve our website
Understand the demographics of our website visitors;
Perform data traffic, e-commerce, and other trend analyses
Manage fraud monitoring and prevention or other security purposes.
We may combine this information with data we receive from publicly available
sources.
Additionally, we may use your information as we believe to be necessary or allowed:
(a) under applicable law; (b) to comply with legal process and our legal obligations; (c) to respond to requests or requirements from public, law and government authorities (including national security and law enforcement requirements) and private parties; (d) to enforce our terms and conditions; (e) to protect our operations; (f) to protect our rights, privacy, safety or property, and/or that of you or others; (g)
to allow us to pursue available remedies or limit the damages that we may sustain; and (h) to prevent or stop activity we may consider to be, or to pose a risk of being, illegal, unethical, or legally actionable activity.
Links to other websites
As a convenience to you, our website may contain links to other sites or platforms.
We do not control these third-party sites and are not responsible for their privacy practices or content. Unless this policy is expressly noted as controlling, you should refer to the privacy statements of such third-party sites to find out how they collect and use your information.
Changes to this policy
We may update portions of this policy from time to time. You can find the date at the top of the page. When you visit our website, you are accepting the current version of this policy as posted on the website at that time. We recommend that you revisit this policy on occasion to learn of any changes.
Your rights regarding your data
Once you have provided us with your data, you will have the right to:
• request access to the personal data we have from you;
• request rectification, erasure, or restriction of processing of your personal data unless there is any legal objection;
• object to processing your date.
WE DON’T SHARE YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES.