This privacy policy notice is for this website; Go Viral Festival & Network served by the Go Viral project of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting and governs the privacy of those who use it. The purpose of this policy is to explain to you how we control, process, handle and protect your personal information while browsing or using this website. If you do not agree to the following policy, you may wish to cease viewing or using this website.
Information Collection
When someone visits Go Viral Festival & Network we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behaviour patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. On our website we collect the following data:
- Name;
- Email address;
- City;
- IP Address.
The information collected from you is used:
- To process applications submitted when applying and signing up;
- To improve the website;
- To improve customer service;
- To send periodic emails.
Services
We do not include or offer third party products or services on our website.
Tracking and Personal Data
- We do not allow third party behavioural tracking and have not enabled Google Adwords on our site;
- We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer personally identifiable information.
- Your information will be stored in GoViral’s secure database which may be accessed by the GoViral implementers and the U.S. Department of State. The U.S. Embassy & Consulate In Kazakhstan’s privacy policy can be accessed here. You may withdraw your information at any time by emailing: info@goviral.kz
Use of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites that you visit. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.
We use cookies to:
- Improve performance of the site;
- Compile aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions in order to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We use Google Analytics to track this information on our behalf;
- We honour Do Not Track and do not track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place;
- Users can visit our site anonymously.
The table below explains the cookies we use and why.
| Name | Purpose | About |
| _gat | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to documentation it is used to throttle the request rate – limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 1 minute. |
| _gid | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It is used to distinguish users. |
| _ga | Performance | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. It expires after 2 years. |
| pll_language | Performance | This cookie name is associated with WorldPress. This cookie is used to to remember your language navigation. |
| cookie-agreed | Cookie notice | This cookie manages the cookie notice that pops up when you visit our site. It expires after 100 day |
How do I change my cookie settings?
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.
Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer’s website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Newsletters
We use a third-party provider, MailChimp, to deliver our newsletters and manage our subscriber lists. We gather statistics around email opening and clicks in order to improve our campaigns.
Subscribers are able to unsubscribe via a link placed in the footer of all our newsletters.
For more info please see MailChimp’s privacy policy.
Search
Our website search is powered by WorldPress custom search. Search queries and results are logged anonymously to help us improve our website and search functionality. No identifiable personal information is collected by us or WorldPress.
Website Security
We use WorldPress, a proven, secure CMS and application framework that stands up to the most critical internet vulnerabilities. WordPress is developed with high security standards in mind. There are also regular security updates that are released every now and then to address recent issues.
The connection between your browser and our website is encrypted using TLS v1.2 (Transport Layer Security protocol). It is the latest standard technology for keeping an internet connection secure by encrypting any data that is being sent between two systems, preventing criminals from reading and modifying any information transferred, including potential personal details.
HTTPS (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure) appears in the URL, when a website is secured by an SSL certificate. The details of the certificate, including the issuing authority and the corporate name of the website owner, can be viewed by clicking on the lock symbol on the browser bar.
Deleting data
To delete your account as well as all personal data on the goviral.kz website, please write to us at info@goviral.kz.
Queries
If you have any questions regarding this policy document, please email us at info@goviral.kz.