Who we are
The GeoAmericas 2024 website is located at https://www.geoamericas2024.org and supports this 5th Pan-American Conference on Geosynthetics. The website is managed by TRI Minerva and IGS North America. This Privacy Policy document contains the types of information that is collected by GeoAmericas 2024 and how it can be used.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at general@geoamericas2024.org.
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
We are a Data Controller of your information.
IGS North America and TRI Minerva have a legal basis for collecting and using the personal information described in this Privacy Policy depends on the Personal Information we collect and the specific context in which we collect the information:
- IGS North America or TRI Minerva needs to perform a contract with you
- You have given IGS North America and TRI Minerva permission to do so
- Processing your personal information is in IGS North America or TRI Minerva legitimate interests
- IGS North America and TRI Minerva need to comply with the law
IGS North America and TRI Minerva will retain your personal information only for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your information to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our policies.
If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you have certain data protection rights. If you wish to be informed what Personal Information we hold about you and if you want it to be removed from our systems, please contact us.
In certain circumstances, you have the following data protection rights:
- The right to access, update or to delete the information we have on you.
- The right of rectification.
- The right to object.
- The right of restriction.
- The right to data portability.
- The right to withdraw consent.
The personal data we collect will be used for the following purposes:
- To contact about future congresses and events
- To communicate information about current events
- Delivery of the GeoAmericas 2024 newsletter and associated details via the GeoAmericas 2024 app
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies & Web Beacons
Cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Third Party Privacy Policies
The GeoAmericas 2024 Conference Privacy Policy does not apply to other advertisers or websites linked to from the website. Please consult the respective Privacy Policies of these third-party ad servers for more detailed information. It may include their practices and instructions about how to opt-out of certain options. You may choose to disable cookies through your individual browser options.
Who we share your data with
Data collected via the website or app are used exclusively for serving contracts associated with the conference; serving the needs of the attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors; and complying with all regulations affiliated with the event, including compliance with event guidelines from the International Geosynthetics Society. At no point does IGS North America or TRI Minerva sell the data.
How long we retain your data
If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
Log Files
The GeoAmericas 2024 Conference follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This privacy policy (GDPR Privacy Policy created at GDPRPrivacyPolicy.net) applies only to our online activities and is valid for visitors to our website with regards to the information that they shared and/or collect in the GeoAmericas 2024 Conference. This policy is not applicable to any information collected offline or via channels other than this website.
Consent
By using our website, you hereby consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.