Privacy Notice
How Centre for Governance Studies, USA handles personal information through this website, event and newsletter forms, partnership and media inquiries, and related digital services.
Last updated: 25 July 2026
Information you provide
- Contact information, such as your name, email address, telephone number, organization, role, and location.
- Event information, such as registration choices, accessibility or dietary requests, attendance, questions, and participation preferences.
- Newsletter preferences and consent records.
- Inquiry, application, partnership, media, expert-network, mentorship, permission, or correction information you choose to submit.
- Donation and transaction information if a verified giving program is offered. Payment-card details should be handled by the payment provider rather than stored by CGS USA.
- Content, recordings, photographs, testimonials, or profile information you provide or permit us to use.
Information collected automatically
Our website and service providers may receive limited technical information such as IP address, browser and device type, pages viewed, referring page, approximate region, timestamps, and security or cookie identifiers. We configure these tools to collect only what is reasonably needed for security, operation, and approved measurement.
How we use information
- Provide, secure, maintain, and improve the website and services.
- Register participants, communicate about events, and provide requested accessibility arrangements.
- Send newsletters or other updates according to your choices and process unsubscribes.
- Respond to research, media, partnership, opportunity, privacy, accessibility, correction, and permission inquiries.
- Administer programs, applications, networks, support, records, and organizational governance.
- Protect rights, safety, systems, and legal interests; prevent fraud, abuse, and security incidents.
- Comply with applicable law, contracts, grants, audits, and valid legal process.
When we share information
We may share information with service providers that support hosting, email, event registration, video conferencing, forms, analytics, security, storage, professional advice, and payment processing; with event or project partners when disclosed and appropriate; with authorities or other parties when reasonably necessary for law, safety, or rights; and in connection with an organizational restructuring subject to appropriate safeguards. We do not sell personal information.
Public events and media
Some events are recorded, photographed, streamed, transcribed, or summarized. The event page or registration process will describe the planned use. Public speakers and participants who choose to speak in a recorded public session should expect their contribution may be published. Invitation-only or off-the-record treatment will be identified separately.
Cookies and analytics
We use essential technologies needed to operate and secure the site. If we enable optional analytics or embedded-media technologies, we describe them in the Cookie Notice and provide choices where required. Browser controls may also allow you to limit cookies.
Retention and security
We retain personal information only as long as reasonably needed for the purpose collected, records and legal obligations, disputes, security, and approved archival needs. We use administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information, but no method of storage or transmission is completely secure.
Your choices and requests
You may unsubscribe through the link in a marketing email. You may also contact us to request access, correction, deletion, or another privacy choice. We will respond as required by applicable law and may need to verify your identity. Some information may be retained where required or permitted.
Children
The website is intended for a general audience and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information online from a child under 13 without any notice and consent required by law. A parent or guardian who believes a child has provided information should contact us.
International visitors
CGS USA is based in the United States. Information may be processed in the United States and other locations used by our providers, where privacy laws may differ. We apply this notice to the data within its scope and provide additional rights where applicable.
Changes and contact
We may update this notice to reflect operational or legal changes. The updated date will appear above, and material changes may receive additional notice. To make a privacy request, use the Privacy category on the Contact page or write to the verified mailing address listed there.
Before this site moves to a production domain, every sentence above must be reconciled with the actual data map, vendors, cookie behaviour, retention schedule, international transfers, donation workflow, and state-law obligations.
Submit a privacy request
Use the Privacy category on the contact page for access, correction, deletion, or another choice.