Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy for WorldPopulationHistory.org

This Privacy Policy is provided by Population Connection d/b/a Population Education to underscore our commitment to privacy includes being transparent about the nature and extent of what information we collect and process and the rights that may be available to you with respect to your information. Population Education exercise reasonable precautions when it receives information from you in connection with accessing and using this website (the “Site”). We have created this Privacy Policy to inform you of the type of information we gather, what we do with that information, and the circumstances under which we may disclose your information. For example, Population Education does not collect personal information about individuals except when specifically, and knowingly provided by such individuals. Population Education does not share personal information to any third parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy. We ask that you please read this Privacy Policy carefully.

1. General Policy
The policy of Population Education is to respect and protect the privacy of our users. To fulfill this policy, Population Education agrees to exercise reasonable precautions to maintain the confidentiality of information provided by you in connection with accessing and using this website (the “Site”). Population Education also agrees to post prominently and in plain language its specific privacy policies. Population Education does not collect personal information about individuals except when specifically, and knowingly provided by such individuals. Population Education does not share personal information to any third parties except in the limited circumstances described in this Privacy Policy.

2. Web Data and Cookies
In addition to your personal information, Population Education may also collect standard Web server traffic pattern information generated by your use of the Site. General traffic, site usage, and length-of-stay information may be collected and stored in log files for the purpose of improving the user experience. This type of information is shared externally only on an aggregated basis.

Visitors should be aware that non-personal and some personal information and data may be automatically collected on the Site through the use of “cookies.” Cookies are small text files stored as text on a computer hard drive. Websites can use cookies to recognize repeat visitors, facilitate the visitor’s ongoing access to and use of the site, and allow a site to track usage behavior and compile aggregate data that will allow content improvements. Population Education uses cookie technology to obtain non-personal and personal information from its online visitors in order to improve visitors’ online experience, facilitate their visit within our site and advertise products and services that may be of interest to users. We do not, however, connect cookie data to personal data that includes names, email addresses, or other identifiable information.

If a visitor does not want information collected through the use of cookies, there is a simple procedure in most browsers that allows the visitor to deny or accept the cookie feature. You can choose to prevent Population Education from establishing a unique user-ID. Population Education recommends that you visit any of the commonly available Cookie FAQs on the Internet to learn more about this.

Furthermore, if you wish to make sure that Population Education does not use cookies to target ads to you in the future, you should visit this URL which we have set up to allow visitors to “opt-out” of any ads that rely on cookies from Population Education: https://populationeducation.org/privacy-opt-out. If you visit the website from more than one browser or device, you will need to visit the URL from each browser or device. If you clear your cookies, you will need to visit the URL again.

We use a tool called “Google Analytics” to collect information about use of the Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve the Site. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personal information. Although Google Analytics uses a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit a site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to our Site by disabling cookies on your browser.

3. Links
This Site contains links to websites and resources maintained by other individuals and organizations. Population Education is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content on any of these other web sites. Note also that the linked sites may collect personal information from you when you link to their site and that this collecting of information is not subject to the control of Population Education. To ensure protection of your privacy, always review the privacy policies of the site you visit by linking from this Site.

4. Notice and Procedure for Making Claims of Copyright Infringement
It is Population Education policy to respond to notices of alleged copyright infringement that comply with applicable international intellectual property law (including, in the United States, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act). If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, please provide Population Education Copyright Agent with the written information specified below. Please note that this procedure is exclusively for notifying Population Education and its affiliates that your copyrighted material has been infringed.

  • An electronic or physical signature of the copyright owner or the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright interest;
  • A description of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed upon;
  • A description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located;
  • Your address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
  • A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law; and
  • A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorized to act on the copyright owner’s behalf.

Population Education Copyright Agent for notice of claims of copyright infringement can be reached as follows:

Pam Wasserman
Population Connection
2120 L Street, NW Suite 500
Washington, DC 20037
Email: pwasserman@populationeducation.org