Welcome to the International Board of Quality Education (IBQE). Your privacy is important to us, and this Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you use our website, https://ibqe.org.
Who we are
Our website address is: https://ibqe.org.
We are committed to ensuring the confidentiality and security of your information as part of our mission to enhance educational quality.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the site, we collect:
The visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string for spam detection.
The data shown in the comments form.
If you use Gravatar, an anonymized string (hash) created from your email address may be shared with the Gravatar service to check for an existing account. Their privacy policy is available at: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After comment approval, your profile picture (if linked) is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
If you upload images to our website:
Visitors can download and extract location data from uploaded images.
Avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS).
Cookies
If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
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.
Who we share your data with
- Password Resets: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
- Spam Detection: Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
How long we retain your data
- Comments: Retained indefinitely along with metadata to allow automatic approval of follow-up comments.
- Registered Users:
- Personal information provided in user profiles is stored indefinitely.
- Users can view, edit, or delete their personal information (except usernames).
- Website administrators can also edit this information.
What rights you have over your data
You have the right to:
- Request the deletion of personal data we hold, except data required for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
- Request an exported file of personal data we hold about you, including any data you’ve provided.
Where your data is sent
Visitor comments may be checked through automated spam detection services.
Updates to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with the updated effective date.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us:
Email: [email protected]