The information on this site is subject to a privacy and security notice.

Thank you for visiting the INTEGRATING ACCs (sustdev-ncps.com) Web site and reviewing our privacy and security notice. We remind you that if you link to a site outside of sustdev-ncps.com, you are subject to the policies of the new site.

Privacy

Here is how we handle information about your visit to our Web site:

A. Information Collected and Stored Automatically

If you visit our site to read or download information, we collect and store the following information about your visit:
The name of the Internet domain (for example, "xcompany.com" if you use a private Internet access account, or "yourschool.edu" if you are connecting from a university's domain) and the IP address (a number that is automatically assigned to your computer when you are using the Internet) from which you access our site;
» The type of browser and operating system used to access our site;
» The date and time you access our site;
» The Internet address of the Web site from which you linked directly to our site; and
» The pages you visit and the information you request.
This information is primarily collected for statistical analysis and technical improvements to the site. This computer system uses software programs to create summary statistics, which may be used for such purposes as assessing what information is of most and least interest, determining technical design specifications, and identifying system performance or problem areas. In certain circumstances, however, we may take additional steps to identify you based on this information and we may share this information, including your identity, with other government agencies.

B. If You Send Us Personal Information

If you choose to provide us with personal information, such as by sending an e-mail or by filling out a form and submitting it through our Web site, we will use that information to respond to your message or to fulfill the stated purpose of the communication. Remember that e-mail is not necessarily secure against interception. If your communication is sensitive or includes personal information you may prefer to send it by postal mail instead.
We may share the information you give us with another government agency if your inquiry relates to that agency, and with the National Contact Point for the 6th Framework Programme. In other limited circumstances, such as responses to requests from Government and private individuals, we may be required by law to disclose information you submit. Before you submit personal information, such as on an online form, you may be given more specific guidance as to how your personal information may be used.
Electronically submitted information is maintained and destroyed according to the principles of the Data Protection Act, and in some cases may be covered by other related Acts.

C. Cookies

"Cookies" are small bits of text that are either used for the duration of a session ("session cookies"), or saved on a user's hard drive in order to identify that user, or information about that user, the next time the user logs on to a Web site ("persistent cookies").
The Integrating ACCs web site and its component sites make use of use persistent cookies. One or more of the Council's component sites may use session and persistent cookies to provide streamlined navigation throughout their sites. These session cookies are deleted from the component's server seven days after your session ends and are not collected or saved.

Security

For site security purposes and to ensure that this service remains available to all users, the MCST computer system employs software programs to monitor network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information, or otherwise cause damage. Anyone using this system expressly consents to such monitoring and is advised that if such monitoring reveals evidence of possible abuse or criminal activity, such evidence may be provided to appropriate law enforcement officials. Unauthorized attempts to upload or change information on this server are strictly prohibited and may be punishable by law.
This policy is not intended to contravene any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law. Visitors ignoring this disclaimer do so at their own risk.

Permission Policy

INTEGRATING ACCs administrators send permission-based emails through the mailing list module. You receive email from us because your email address has been identified as having "opt-in" status (i.e. the owner of your email address has voluntarily shared that address for the purpose of receiving information.)
When a registered National Contact Point (NCP) sends out email to a list they have asked to be loaded into the mailing list, we require that the members of the list have agreed to receive emails from them. Consequently, we ask those NCPs to supply the source of their customer data to us in the event recipients or any ISP complain to us about receiving unsolicited email from us.
We encourage registered NCPs to personalize their communication with information that indicates they have an existing relationship with their members/customers.
If NCPs use a list that has been provided to them for the purposes of emailing, they are solely responsible for the content of the correspondence and any complaints.

The sending of unsolicited commercial email is not permitted using this system.
We use security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of data used by our system.
If you wish to no longer receive emails from the MCST please unregister from the mailing list and you will be removed automatically from their mailing list.
If you feel that you have received unwanted, unsolicited email from this system, please forward a copy of this email with your comments to info@mcst.org.mt
We take abuse very seriously and will get back to you within 24 hours.
This disclaimer is subject to change without notice.