Who we are
The Washington Kurdish Institute (WKI) is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, research and educational organization that was established in September 1996 Our website address is: https://dckurd.org
The personal information we collect
We may collect personal information from you in the course of your use of our website, or when you contact or request information from us.
The personal information that we process includes:
- Basic identifying information, such as your name, your preferred form of address, the company you work for, your job title or position, your IP address
- Contact information, such as your postal and email addresses, and phone and fax number(s)
- Financial information, such as bank account information needed to process contributions
- Technical information, such as information from your visits to our website or in relation to electronic communications we send to you, your unique personal identifier, your
- Information you provide to us in connection with meetings and events we organize
The personal information we collect may include special categories of data.
How we collect personal information
- We collect information from monitoring use of our website
- We collect information from monitoring email communications we send and receive
- We receive personal information provided to us directly, for example when you speak on the telephone with any of our personnel or you register to receive communications from us
- We may collect or receive information about you from other sources. For example we may use publicly available sources or third-party vendors to allow us to maintain the accuracy of contact details we hold for you or provide missing information
- We collect information as part of our due diligence procedures when entering into contracts with suppliers or vendors
How we use personal information
We use the information that we collect in a number of ways, including:
- To manage our organization and our relationships with our readers
- To market our services. We do this in a variety of ways, including sending announcements, memoranda, publications and details of seminars and other events. You may choose at any time not to receive marketing materials from us by emailing us at info@dckurd.org
- To fulfill our legal and regulatory obligations, including reporting obligations and in connection with potential or actual legal or regulatory proceedings or investigations
- To provide and improve this website, including auditing and monitoring its use, to provide users with a customized experience, and
- To provide information requested by you
- In connection with the administration of events
- To analyze whether event invitations and other emails sent by The Washington Kurdish Institute have been successfully sent or have been opened
Other uses in the ordinary course of our business that are permissible under applicable law
The grounds on which we process personal information
We process personal information on one or more of the following grounds:
- For the legitimate business purposes described above
- On the basis of consent from the relevant individual
- To comply with legal and regulatory obligations
Sharing personal information
We may also share your personal information with third parties in accordance with contractual arrangements in place with them, including:
- suppliers or vendors who provide support services to us, such as translation and photocopying
- IT service providers
- organizations who assist us or work alongside us in hosting or organizing events or seminars
- our own professional advisers and auditors
In some circumstances, we may also pass information to regulatory authorities, courts, tribunals, government agencies and law enforcement agencies. We may be required to disclose your information to comply with legal or regulatory requirements. Where possible, we will use reasonable efforts to notify you before disclosing your information, but we may be legally restricted from doing so.
Protecting personal information
We use a variety of technical and organizational measures to help protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration or destruction consistent with applicable data protection laws.
Individuals’ rights regarding their personal information
The GDPR and other applicable data protection laws provide certain rights for data subjects. Broadly speaking you have, or may have, the right (as more fully provided in applicable data protection laws):
- to request details of the information we hold about you and how we process it
- to have your personal information rectified if it is inaccurate or deleted
- to restrict our processing of your personal information
- to withdraw a previously provided consent to processing of your personal information
- to stop unauthorized transfers of your personal information to a third party
- to have your personal information transferred to another person
- to complain about our processing of your personal information to a local supervisory authority
It is important to be aware that these rights may not be absolute. For example, if you withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information, we may be able to continue to process your personal information to the extent required or otherwise permitted by law, in particular in connection with exercising and defending our legal rights or meeting our legal and regulatory obligations.
Keeping personal information
Your personal information will be retained in accordance with our Data Privacy Policy.
We retain personal information of different types, or relating to different categories of people, for different periods, taking into account its business purpose. For example, information about individuals who have applied for employment with us will be retained for a shorter period than information about individuals who have actually worked for us.
The periods for which we retain information are based on the requirements of applicable data protection laws and the purpose for which the information is collected and used. We take into account legal and regulatory provisions which require information to be retained for a minimum period. We also consider the limitation periods for taking legal action and good practice in the legal industry.
If you have any questions on the matters covered in this policy, please contact us at (202.484.0140)
Changes to our privacy policy
We regularly review this Privacy Policy and may make changes as our services or privacy practices change, or as required by applicable laws or regulations. Future versions of our Privacy Policy will be available on our website. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to be informed of how we use your personal information.
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Information Policy Relating to Cookies
This web site uses cookies.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that is sent by our web server to your computer or mobile device when you access our web site. Our web site uses persistent cookies, which enable our web server to recognize your device and browsing preferences each time you visit our web site. For more information on cookies, visit www.allaboutcookies.org
Our web site uses cookies in the following ways:
- Binder Feature. We use a persistent cookie in the “binder” feature, which you can use to collect various pages throughout the web site and combine them into a single PDF. The cookie tracks which pages you have collected.
- Text Size Adjuster. We use a persistent cookie in the “text size” feature, which you can use to increase or decrease the size of the font throughout the web site. The cookie tracks your preference.
- Mobile Site. When you access the site using a mobile device, you can choose to view the desktop version of the web site instead of the mobile version. We use a persistent cookie to remember your preference.
- Login. Certain portions of our web site are accessible only by username and password. In such areas, upon logging in, cookies are used to mark the status of your session as you browse from page to page.
We use cookies only to assist visitors in accessing our web site and to collect information that will help us to improve the quality of our visitors’ browsing experience. We use the information that we collect through our use of cookies only for our own analysis of how visitors use our website.
Cookies can be disabled by changing the settings on your browser, though some parts of the web site may not function well if you choose to do so.
By continuing to use the web site of The Washington Kurdish Institute without changing your browser settings, you agree to our use of cookies as described above.