Privacy and cookie policy

  • Introduction

    The IZA (“IZA,” “we,” “our,” “us”) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

    This policy (together with our terms and conditions and any other documents referred to on it) sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, via wol.iza.org (the “Website”) will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our practises regarding your personal data and how we will treat it. By using the Website and/or submitting personal data via the Website you consent to the collection, storage, use, and disclosure of such personal data in accordance with the provisions of this privacy policy.

    For the purpose of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) the data controller is Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), Schaumburg-Lippe-Strasse 5-9, 53113 Bonn, Germany.

    The IZA as the data controller uses third party partners to process your personal data on behalf of IZA, such as Bloomsbury Publishing  plc, who have appropriate safeguards implemented to protect the rights and interests of data subjects.”
     

     

  • Information we may collect from you

    • Information that you provide by filling in forms on the Website, such as your name, email address, postal address, telephone or mobile number. This includes information provided at the time of registering to use the Website and/or a particular service provided by us (e.g. a newsletter). We may also ask you for information when you report a problem with the Website.
    • If you contact us or submit a contribution to the Website, we may keep a record of that correspondence or contribution and any personal information contained in or on it.
    • We may also ask you to complete surveys that we use for research purposes, although you do not have to respond to them.
    • Details of your visits to the Website (including, but not limited to, traffic data, location data, weblogs, and other communication data) and the resources that you access. This is explained further below, in the "Cookies used on this site" section.
  • What is a cookie?

    A cookie is a tiny text file stored on your computer when you visit certain web pages.
  • Why we use cookies

    We may use cookies to collect information about your computer, including operating system and browser type, for system administration. This is statistical data about our users' browsing actions and patterns, and does not identify any individual directly. We then use that information to monitor usage and improve the user experience.

    Please note: 'Cookies' cannot harm your computer. We don't store personally identifiable information in the cookies we create, but we do use information gathered from them to help improve your experience of the site.

  • Cookies used on this site

    The Website currently uses the cookies shown in the the table below.

    Cookie type Name Purpose Data saved Duration of cookie
    Google Analytics Cookies __utma Stores the amount of visits (for each visitor), the time of the first visit, the previous visit, and the current visit. Stores unique information about user. Duration - two years
    Google Analytics Cookies __utmz Stores the traffic source, allowing to understand where the user came to site. Stores unique information about user. Duration - 6 month (refreshed, after new page of site is loaded)
    Google Analytics Cookies __utmb Used to define new sessions or visits. Stores information about current user's session. Stores unique information about user. Duration - 30 mins
    Google Analytics Cookies __utmc Contain only the hash domain. Used to check is it necessary for the user to start a new session or visit. Stores unique information about user. Duration - session
    Google Analytics Cookies __ga Used to define different users. Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. Stores unique information about user. Duration - two years.
    Google Analytics Cookies NID This is a unique identifier used by Google applications to store information about user preferences. Stores unique information about user. Duration - one year
    Google Analytics Cookies Lang Remembers the user’s selected language version of a website. Stores unique information about user. Duration - session.
    Google Analytics Cookies metrics_token Counts the number of users that have a specific embedded Tweet or timeline. Allows to include twitter services on website. Stores unique information about user. Duration - 35 days.
    Google Analytics Cookies dc_gtm_UA-45947461-1 This cookie is used to inform, optimize and serve ads on sites across the internet based on your prior visits to this website. Cookie used by Google Tag Manager. Stores unique information about user. Duration - one day
    Google Recaptcha  _GRECAPTCHA This is a functional cookie, which protects our site from spam enquiries on  subscription and registration forms. Browsing device information Duration - session
    Session cookie _csrf-frontend Protection from csrf attacks Contains a token that stores encoded information about user This cookie is destroyed after browser is closed
    Site cookie close_subscribe Contains information that user will not see a news subscription popup Contains a token that stores encoded information about user One month
    Site cookie
    cookies_notice
    Contains information about cookies on this website, including web analysis cookies Contains a token that stores encoded information about user One month
    Internal cookie advanced-frontend Internal cookie which is used to define user in system, login functional in user’s account Contains a token that stores encoded information about user Expires after current browser session
    Internal cookie _identity-frontend Internal cookie which is used for currently logged user to identify user in system Contains a token that stores encoded informmation about user One month

    In addition, we may also use third-party re-marketing tracking cookies, including Google AdWorkds tracking cookies. This means we may show relevant ads tailored to you across the internet, specifically on Google’s and its partners’ websites, based on what parts of our website you have viewed. We respect your privacy and are not collecting any identifiable information through the use of Google’s or any other third-party remarketing system.

    Pursuant to the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (SI 2011/1208) we require you to agree to the above referred to cookies. You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies. However, if you select this setting you may be unable to access certain parts of our site. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies when you log on to our site. For further information see www.allaboutcookies.org. To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

  • Use of Google Analytics

    This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site (see above).

    The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. In case of activation of the IP anonymization, Google will truncate/anonymize the last octet of the IP address for Member States of the European Union as well as for other parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases, the full IP address is sent to and shortened by Google servers in the USA. On behalf of the website provider Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website provider. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser (see below). However, please note that if you do this, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website.

    Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

    Further information concerning the terms and conditions of use and data privacy can be found at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or at https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

    Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat.anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).

  • How to check cookies are enabled for PCs

    Google Chrome

    • Click on the ‘tools’ icon at the top of your browser window and select ‘Settings’
    • Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button.
    • Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’.

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0

    • Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options', then click on the 'Privacy' tab.
    • Ensure that your Privacy level is set to Medium or below, which will enable cookies in your browser. Settings above Medium will disable cookies.

    Mozilla Firefox 7

    • Click on 'home' at the top left of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon.
    • Click on Tracking and untick ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’.
  • How to check cookies are enabled for Macs

    Safari

    • With a Safari window open, click on the Safari entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Select the Privacy tab.
    • Check the “Block cookies from third parties and advertisers” is selected.

    Mozilla Firefox 7

    • With a Firefox window open, click on the Firefox entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Select the Privacy tab.
    • Ensure the ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’ option is not selected.

    Google Chrome

    • With a Chrome window open, click on the Chrome entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button.
    • Now select ‘Allow local data to be set’.

    All other browsers

    • Please consult your documentation or online help files.
  • How to disable cookies on PCs

    Please note that disabling cookies can seriously affect your user experience on the web.

    Google Chrome 

    • Click on the ‘tools’ icon at the top of your browser window and select ‘Settings’.
    • Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button.
    • Now select ‘Block sites from setting any data’.

    Microsoft Internet Explorer 9.0

    • Click on 'Tools' at the top of your browser window and select 'Internet options', then click on the 'Privacy' tab.
    • Ensure that your Privacy level is set to High, which will block all cookies.

    Mozilla Firefox 7

    • Click on 'home' at the top left of your browser window and select Options, then select the Privacy icon.
    • Click on Tracking and tick ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’.
  • How to disable cookies on Macs

    Please note that disabling cookies may seriously affect your user experience on the web.

    Safari

    • With a Safari window open, click on the Safari entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Select the Privacy tab.
    • Check the Block cookies option is set to “Always”.

    Mozilla Firefox 7

    • With a Firefox window open, click on the Firefox entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Select the Privacy tab.
    • Ensure the ‘Tell web sites I do not want to be tracked’ option is selected.

    Google Chrome

    • With a Chrome window open, click on the Chrome entry on your top tool bar and select Preferences from the menu.
    • Click the ‘Under the bonnet’ tab, locate the ‘Privacy’ section, and select the ‘Content settings’ button.
    • Now select ‘Block sites from setting any data’.

    All other browsers
    Please consult your documentation or online help files.

  • Data collected without the use of cookies

    Data concerning the users saved without the use of cookies is collected on submission of the form on the ‘Newsletter Registration’ page. This page allows visitors to register their interest in a newsletter and has a form that requires the user to enter their personal details for delivery to IZA World of Labor. IZA World of Labor will then use this information to send newsletters to the visitor. The information collected is detailed in the table below.

    Field Field type Mandatory Description
    First name Text field Yes Visitor's first name
    Last name Text field Yes Visitor's last name
    Email address Text field Yes Visitor's email address
    Verify email address (for account registrations only) Text field Yes Visitor's email address
    Password (for account registrations only) Text field Yes Visitor's password
    Area of interest Drop down No Visitor's area of interest
    I would like to receive updates from the IZA World of Labor Tick box No Visitor can tick this box if they would like to receive additional updates from IZA World of Labor
    I would like to receive new article alerts in my field of interest Tick box No Visitor can tick this box if they would like to receive new article alerts
    I would like to receive updates from IZA Tick box No Visitor can tick this box if they would like to receive additional updates from IZA
  • Third-party data collection

    The following third parties are used in the provision or management of the website and they store and use data on user behaviour as per the table below.

    Third party User data usage
    Amazon web services None
    Google Analytics See "Cookies used on this site"
    www.addthis.com None. This is used to provide the ability to share pages.
  • Uses made of the information

    We use information collected and held about you in the following ways:

    • To personalize the way content is presented to you according to your individual preferences and interests.
    • For service administration, which means we may contact you in connection with services (e.g. newsletter services) or products that you request from us or with queries about your registration.
    • To provide you with information, products, or services which we consider may interest you, or to allow selected third parties to do the same, where you have consented to be contacted for such purposes.
    • To carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us.
    • To contact you in connection with contributions you make to the Website. If you post or send offensive, inappropriate, or objectionable content in or to the Website, or otherwise engage in any disruptive behavior, we may use your personal information to prevent such behavior.
    • For statistical and marketing analysis.
    • For the purposes of administering, maintaining, developing, and improving the Website.
    • To notify you about changes to the Website and/or our services.
    • You will not receive unsolicited marketing communications from us and/or from third parties selected by us unless you have expressly agreed to this.
    • IZA World of Labor newsletter and article alerts are ‘opt-in’ which means that you will not be sent any newsletters or alerts unless you specifically request them. Our newsletters and article alerts also contain simple instructions for quickly discontinuing your subscription should you wish to do so.
  • Disclosure of your information

    We may disclose your personal information to any member of our group, which means our subsidiaries, our ultimate holding company, and its subsidiaries, as defined in section 1159 of the UK Companies Act 2006.

    We may disclose your personal information to third parties:

    To the extent necessary to enable us to carry out our obligations arising from any contracts entered into between you and us or to fulfil any request you have made for particular services.

    In the event that we sell all or substantially all of our business or assets to a third party, in which case we may disclose your personal data to the prospective buyer of such business or assets, and may sell and transfer personal data collected through the Website in connection with and pursuant to the sale of any such business or assets. Special categories of data and data subject to confidentiality regulations (such as data revealing racial or ethnic origin, trade union membership, political opinions, religious or philosophical beliefs) will not be disclosed without prior consent of the data subject, except where it is strictly necessary and demanded of IZA to prevent threats to state and public security or to prosecute serious crimes.

    For marketing purposes (by third parties), but only where you have consented to such disclosure when submitting your personal information.

    If we are under a duty to disclose or share your personal data in order to comply with any legal obligation, or in order to enforce or apply our terms and conditions and other agreements; to operate our systems properly; or to protect the rights, property, or safety of IZA World of Labor, or others.

  • Where we store your personal data

    The data that we collect from you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area ("EEA"). By submitting your personal data, you agree to this transfer, storing, or processing outside the EEA. We will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that your data is treated securely and in accordance with this privacy policy and, to the extent that such transfer is within our control, with the relevant protections required by law in place.

    The Website is accessible via the internet and so may potentially be accessed by anyone around the world. Other users may access the site from outside the EEA. This means that where you choose to post your data on a public area of the Website, it could be accessed from anywhere around the world and therefore a transfer of your data outside of the EEA may be deemed to have occurred. You consent to such transfer of your data for and by way of this purpose.

  • Security

    Where we have given you (or where you have chosen) a password which enables you to access certain parts of the Website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share a password with anyone.

    The transmission of information via the internet is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your personal data, we cannot guarantee the security of your data transmitted to the Website; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will use strict procedures and security features to try to prevent unauthorized access.

  • Your rights

    You have the right to ask us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes. We will usually inform you (before collecting your data) if we intend to use your data for such purposes or if we intend to disclose your information to any third party for such purposes. You can exercise your right to prevent such processing by choosing not to check certain boxes on the forms we use to collect your data. You can also exercise the right at any time by contacting the IZA World of Labor Office and asking us to cease contacting you for such purposes.
  • Third-party websites

    The Website contains links to and from the websites of third parties, including our partner networks, advertisers, and affiliates. If you follow a link to any of these websites, please note that these websites have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies or the privacy practices of such third parties. Please check these policies before you submit any personal data to these websites. This privacy policy relates only to information collected by us.
  • Access to information

    You can ask to review personal information we hold about you and to have any inaccuracies corrected by contacting the IZA World of Labor Office.
  • Changes to our privacy policy

    Any changes we may make to our privacy policy in the future will be posted on this page and you should check this page from time to time to take notice of any changes we might make.
  • Contact

    Questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy policy are welcomed and should be addressed to the IZA World of Labor Office.
  • Information for contributors

    The website currently deploys Manuscript Manager™ and ProduXion Manager™ for online manuscript submission, peer-review tracking, and production management.

    The following details the specific policy for authors, reviewers, or editors (“Contributors”) to the Website, and sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us.

    There are two primary methods through which we may collect personal information from Contributors: “Registration Information,” which is collected from all Contributors, and “User Information,” which is collected (in addition to Registration Information) from authors.

     

    Registration Information

    This is specific personally identifiable information that is collected from all Contributors in connection with the account registration process. Registration Information for the Website is set out below:

     
    Field Field type Mandatory Description
    Enter preferred user name Text Yes Contributor's unique reference on the platform
    Password Text Yes Contributor's password
    Re-type password Text  Yes Contributor's password
    Title Text Yes Contributor's title
    Given/First name Text Yes Contributor’s given/first name
    Middle Name Text Yes Contributor’s middle name
    Family/Last Name Text Yes Contributor’s family/last name
    Degree Text No Contributor’s academic title(s)
    Preferred Name Text No Contributor’s preferred name
    Primary Phone Text No Contributor’s primary phone number
    Secondary Phone Text No Contributor’s secondary phone number
    Secondary Phone is for: Option No Phone type of contributor’s secondary phone number (e.g. mobile, home, pager)
    Fax Number Text No Contributor’s fax number
    E-mail Address Text Yes Contributor’s email address
    Preferred Contact Method Option Yes Contributor’s preferred contact method
    Position Text No Contributor’s job title
    Institution Text No Name of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    Department Text No Name of the department within the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    Street Address Text No The street address of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    City Text No The city of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    State or Province Text No The state or province of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    Zip or Postal Code Text No The zip or postal code of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    Country or Region Text Yes The country or region of the organization or institution with which the contributor is affiliated
    Address is for Option Yes Address type for information provided
    Personal Classifications Drop down Yes Contributor’s area of research expertise
           





































































     

    User Information

    This is personally identifiable information that may be made available by authors in connection with the submission, editing, and/or review of a Manuscript, and/or the uploading, submission, or transmission of other User Submissions. While User Information may assist in the review and publication process, you are under no obligation to provide any User Information. If you do provide User Information, you are thereby consenting to the use and disclosure of such User Information in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Terms of Use and this Privacy Policy. User Information specific to authors contributing to the website is set out below:

     
    Field Field type Mandatory Description
    Personal website Text No Contributor's personal website
    Twitter handle Text No Contributor’s twitter handle
    RePEc ID  Text No Contributor’s RePEc ID
    Personal statement about IZA World of Labor Text No Short statement from the contributor on why they think this project is important or why they decided to participate.
    Media Text No Media quote, media contacts, or upcoming relevant events from the contributor
    Most important paid affiliations Text No Organizations or institutions with which the contributor is affiliated via a paid role
    Highest university degree Text No Contributor’s highest university degree
    Current position Text No Contributor’s job title and organizational affiliation
    Most important past academic positions Text No Contributor’s most important past academic positions
    Most important positions or functions as policy advisor in recent years
     
    Text No Contributor’s most important positions or functions as policy advisor in recent years
    Most important own publications (in economics journals or books) Text No Contributor’s most important own publications (in economics journals or books)
    Research interests Text No Contributor’s research interests
    Competing interests Text No Contributor’s competing interests









































     

    Uses made of the information

    We use information collected and held about you in the following ways:
    • Registration Information enables authors to submit manuscript files and metadata, as well as act on revision requests.
    • User Information enables the creation of an author page on the website giving biographical details and an author photo, and provides detail to help market and promote author’s contributions.
    • To contact you for professional reasons such as when your article is being promoted as the ‘Featured article’ or if a journalist wishes to find out more about your article and speak to you directly.