Effective Date: October 10, 2025
Website: https://new.nber-bd.org
At NBER Bangladesh (“we”, “our”, or “us”), we respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your data when you visit our website.
1. Who We Are
We are NBER Bangladesh — a non-profit research and policy organization. Our website address is https://new.nber-bd.org.
2. Information We Collect and Why
Comments: When visitors leave comments, we collect the information shown in the comment form, as well as the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent to help detect spam. An anonymized string (hash) from your email may be sent to the Gravatar service to check if you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval, your profile picture becomes visible to the public with your comment.
Media: If you upload images to our website, please avoid including embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from uploaded images.
Cookies: If you leave a comment, you may opt-in to saving your name, email, and website in cookies for convenience. These last for one year. When you visit the login page, we set a temporary cookie to check if your browser accepts cookies. It contains no personal data and is deleted when you close your browser. When you log in, cookies save your login info and screen display choices. Login cookies last two days; screen options cookies last one year. “Remember Me” keeps your login active for two weeks. Logging out removes these cookies. When you edit or publish an article, a cookie will store the post ID. It expires after one day and contains no personal data.
Embedded Content: Articles on this site may include embedded content (videos, images, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves as if you visited those websites directly, which may collect data, use cookies, and track interactions.
3. Analytics
We may use analytics tools to understand visitor behavior and improve our content. This data is aggregated and does not personally identify you.
4. Data Sharing
We do not sell or rent your personal data. Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.
5. Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely to recognize and approve follow-ups automatically. For registered users, we store personal information in their user profile. All users can view, edit, or delete their personal data (except their username). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
6. Your Rights
If you have an account or have left comments, you can request: (a) a copy of your personal data we hold, and (b) deletion of your personal data (except information we must retain for legal, administrative, or security purposes).
7. Data Protection
We use reasonable administrative, technical, and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.
8. Data Breach Procedure
If a data breach occurs, we will promptly assess the situation, contain the issue, and notify affected users as required by applicable law.
9. Third-Party Data
We may receive anonymized or aggregated data from third-party services that help us improve functionality or content.
10. Automated Decision-Making
We do not use automated decision-making or profiling that produces significant effects on users.
11. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy periodically. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated “Effective Date.”
By using our website, you consent to this Privacy Policy.