Privacy Policy
We hope you enjoy using the Correspondents of the World website (the site), whether you’re exploring stories from around the globe or looking to get involved yourself. Your privacy is critically important to us. At Correspondents of the World, we have a few fundamental principles:
- We don’t ask for your personal information unless we truly need it.
- We don’t share your personal information with anyone except to comply with the law or protect our rights.
- We don’t store personal information on our servers unless required for the on-going operation of one of our services.
If you have questions about deleting or correcting your personal data please contact our support team at [email protected] of the world.
This site is operated by Correspondents of the World (we). It is our policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. You can find information about the terms and conditions of using the site in our Terms and Conditions.
Non-Personally-Identifying Information
Like many website operators, Correspondents of the World uses Google Analytics to collect non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. Our purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how our visitors use the website and improve it accordingly.
Aggregated Statistics
Correspondents of the World may also collect statistics about the behavior of visitors on the site. For instance, Correspondents of the World may monitor the most popular stories on the site and display this information publicly or provide it to others.
Cookies
Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behavior information. When you visit our site, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. You can find more information on cookies in our Cookie Policy.
Personally-Identifying Information
Certain visitors to Correspondents of the World’ website choose to interact with Correspondents of the World in ways that require Correspondents of the World to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that Correspondents of the World gathers depends on the nature of the interaction. In each case, Correspondents of the World collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfill the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with Correspondents of the World and it will be clearly indicated which information is collected and for what purposes. Correspondents of the World does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Protection of Certain Personally-Identifying Information
Correspondents of the World discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its members, contractors and affiliated organizations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on our or to provide services available at our website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Correspondents of the World’ will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone.
Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, Correspondents of the World discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when Correspondents of the World believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of Correspondents of the World, third parties or the public at large.
Correspondents of the World takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
Ads
Correspondents of the World proudly does not display any third party ads on the site.
Dissolving of the Foundation
If Correspondents of the World is dissolved, all user information will be destroyed.
Privacy Policy Changes
Although most changes are likely to be minor, Correspondents of the World may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in Correspondents of the World’ sole discretion. Correspondents of the World encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
Change log
First Version: March 18, 2021.
No changes to date.
Global Issues Through Local Eyes
We are Correspondents of the World, an online platform where people from all over the world share their personal stories in relation to global development. We try to collect stories from people of all ages and genders, people with different social and religious backgrounds and people with all kinds of political opinions in order to get a fuller picture of what is going on behind the big news.
Our Correspondents
At Correspondents of the World we invite everyone to share their own story. This means we don't have professional writers or skilled interviewers. We believe that this approach offers a whole new perspective on topics we normally only read about in the news - if at all. If you would like to share your story, you can find more info here.
Our Editors
We acknowledge that the stories we collect will necessarily be biased. But so is news. Believing in the power of the narrative, our growing team of awesome editors helps correspondents to make sure that their story is strictly about their personal experience - and let that speak for itself.
Vision
At Correspondents of the World, we want to contribute to a better understanding of one another in a world that seems to get smaller by the day - but somehow neglects to bring people closer together as well. We think that one of the most frequent reasons for misunderstanding and unnecessarily heated debates is that we don't really understand how each of us is affected differently by global issues.
Our aim is to change that with every personal story we share.
Topics
We believe in quality over quantity. To give ourselves a focus, we started out to collect personal stories that relate to our correspondents' experiences with six different global topics. However, these topics were selected to increase the likelihood that the stories of different correspondents will cover the same issues and therefore illuminate these issues from different perspectives - and not to exclude any stories. If you have a personal story relating to a global issue that's not covered by our topics, please still reach out to us! We definitely have some blind spots and are happy to revise our focus and introduce new topics at any point in time.
Environment
Discussions about the environment often center on grim, impersonal figures. Among the numbers and warnings, it is easy to forget that all of these statistics actually also affect us - in very different ways. We believe that in order to understand the immensity of environmental topics and global climate change, we need the personal stories of our correspondents.
Gender and Sexuality
Gender is the assumption of a "normal". Unmet expectations of what is normal are a world-wide cause for violence. We hope that the stories of our correspondents will help us to better understand the effects of global developments related to gender and sexuality, and to reveal outdated concepts that have been reinforced for centuries.
Migration
Our correspondents write about migration because it is a deeply personal topic that is often dehumanized. People quickly become foreigners, refugees - a "they". But: we have always been migrating, and we always will. For millions of different reasons. By sharing personal stories about migration, we hope to re-humanize this global topic.
Liberation
We want to support the demand for justice by spotlighting the personal stories of people who seek liberation in all its different forms. Our correspondents share their individual experiences in creating equality. We hope that for some this will be an encouragement to continue their own struggle against inequality and oppression - and for some an encouragement to get involved.
Education
Education is the newest addition to our themes. We believe that education, not only formal but also informal, is one of the core aspects of just and equal society as well as social change. Our correspondents share their experiences and confrontations about educational inequalities, accessibility issues and influence of societal norms and structures.
Corona Virus
2020 is a year different from others before - not least because of the Corona pandemic. The worldwide spread of a highly contagious virus is something that affects all of us in very different ways. To get a better picture of how the pandemic's plethora of explicit and implicit consequences influences our everyday life, we share lockdown stories from correspondents all over the world.
Growing Fast
Although we started just over a year ago, Correspondents of the World has a quickly growing community of correspondents - and a dedicated team of editors, translators and country managers.
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Contact
Correspondents of the World is as much a community as an online platform. Please feel free to contact us for whatever reason!