Privacy Policy

Effective date: April 28, 2025

The Center for Global Law and Justice (CGLJ) is a Center of Excellence at the Northeastern University School of Law. Northeastern University is based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

CGLJ’s website is https://law.northeastern.edu/academics/centers/global-law-and-justice/.

CGLJ values the privacy of our donors, partners, online visitors, and all those with whom we interact online. We are committed to protecting your privacy, and we will never sell or rent your information to anyone. We will not use your personal information for any purpose other than communicating with you, sharing news and information about our work, or soliciting your support. You may unsubscribe from a CGLJ mailing list and may opt to remove your information from our lists at any time by sending an email to cgljresourcehub@northeastern.edu.

By continuing to visit and use our website, you are accepting the terms and practices described in this Privacy Policy.

How CGLJ Collects Data

CGLJ does not collect personal data from people who simply visit or use our website. You can browse cglj.org and download CGLJ’s materials without revealing to us your identity or any personal information.

CGLJ collects information from online visitors and donors on a limited and voluntary basis. We collect personal information, provided to us directly from the individual, through the following interactions:

• Online sign-ups to our mailing lists (via Constant Contact)
• Online and printed forms to register for, attend, or sign in at an CGLJ event

Types of Information Collected by CGLJ

The types of personal information we collect, when provided to CGLJ by an individual, can include:

• First and last names
• Email addresses

CGLJ also collects non-personal data for purposes of assessing our impact and improving our site and communications. This non-personal information is aggregated through tools including Google Analytics and WordPress, and may include:

• Browser type
• Device type
• Operating system
• Language
• Country location
• Pages visited on our site
• Links clicked on our site
• Sites that referred visitors to our site

By using CGLJ’s website and other online platforms, you consent to the collection of this information through cookies and other technologies, unless you opt out. You can opt out by clicking the preferences in the bottom and disabling the non-necessary cookies in the cookie notification bar on our website. Please check your web browser if you want to learn what information your browser sends and how to change your settings.

We do not process any financial transactions through the CGLJ website and do not collect credit card information or other sensitive financial information. CGLJ does not charge any fees to access, use, or download resources from our website.

Our website is secured by an SSL certificate.

Information Collected by Third Parties

Our site is hosted by Digital Ocean and built on WordPress. You can see each company’s privacy policy at the following links: Digital Ocean Privacy Policy and WordPress Privacy Policy.

CGLJ uses a third-party communication tool: Constant Contact. Constant Contact may also collect and store your data, in accordance with their own privacy policies, available at the following links:  Constant Contact Privacy Center.

How CGLJ Uses Your Data

CGLJ does not share, sell, or rent the personal data and non-personal data that we collect, except in the circumstances outlined in this policy. Our ordinary use of this data is limited to tailoring and improving our services, communicating with you, sharing information and invitations with you, requesting feedback and other information from you, and soliciting your support for CGLJ’s work.

Except as necessary to comply with the law or a legal process, CGLJ will not disclose the personal data that we collect. Third party service providers that also collect or have access to this data are not subject to CGLJ’s privacy policy.

Cookies & Embedded Content

CGLJ uses services that rely on cookies and similar technologies to collect and analyze non-personal information about the use of our website and other online platforms. The CGLJ website uses cookies from: Google Analytics.

The CGLJ website features embedded content, including images and videos, from other websites. Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

Google Analytics is our primary tool for collecting and analyzing this non-personal data. CGLJ uses this information to understand who, when, and how our informational resources and other services reach people around the world. This helps us better identify the kinds of information and tools that are useful, and know where we are having success in reaching the people we are committed to helping. See Google’s explanation of its data collection practices with regard to sites that use its services for additional information. You may opt out of providing any information from your browser to Google Analytics through a browser add-on. View Google’s privacy policy for details and instructions on how to limit the data you share.

Your Consent to Communications

CGLJ sends e-mail messages to our users. If you no longer want to receive such emails from us going forward, you may opt-out via the “unsubscribe” link provided in each such email.

Personal Information of Minors

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13, and we request that children under 13 not provide personal information to us online.

International Cross-Border Data Transfer

CGLJ uses servers hosted in the United States. Please note that we may be transferring your information outside of your region for storage and processing in the United States and around the globe. By using our website and other online platforms, you consent to the transfer of information to countries outside of your country of residence, including the United States, which may have data protection rules that are different from those of your country.

Contact CGLJ

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or would like for us to update or remove your personal information, please contact us through email or postal mail:

Elizabeth Ennen
cgljresourcehub@northeastern.edu

Center for Global Law and Justice
214 Knowles Center
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

We will respond to all requests, inquiries, or concerns within 30 days.