How the Wallerstein Institute for World Futures handles personal data on this website, and the rights you have over it. Last updated 14 September 2026.
Who is responsible
The data controller is the Wallerstein Institute for World Futures (Institut Wallerstein pour futurs mondiaux), a non-profit organisation registered at the Fondation Maison des sciences de l’homme, 54 boulevard Raspail, 75006 Paris, France. You can reach us about anything in this policy at info@wallersteininstitute.org.
What we collect, and why
When you write to us through the contact form
We collect your name, email address, the affiliation and subject you choose to give, and your message. We use them only to read and answer your enquiry. The message is emailed to the Institute and a copy is stored on the website’s server so that we can find it again if we need to. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering people who contact us, and, where your enquiry leads to a working relationship, the steps needed to enter into it.
Messages are kept for [to confirm: 12 months] after our last exchange, then deleted.
When you simply visit
The website is hosted by hostinger. Like any web server it records the IP address, time, page requested and browser type of each request in technical logs, which are used to keep the site running securely and are retained. We do not use advertising services and we do not build profiles of visitors. With your consent we measure visits with Google Analytics, described next.
Visit statistics
If you agree to it in the cookie banner, the site uses Google Analytics (Google Ireland Limited) to count visits and see which pages are read. Google receives your IP address and technical details of your browser, and sets cookies that give your browser a random identifier for up to two years. The Institute sees only aggregate reports; it does not use the data to identify individuals or for advertising. The legal basis is your consent, which you can withdraw at any time from “Cookie settings” in the footer: the cookies are then deleted and the measurement stops. Google’s handling of the data is governed by Google’s privacy policy.
Fonts
The body typeface, Public Sans, is served from this website’s own server and involves no third party. The display typeface, Arboria, is served by Adobe Fonts (Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited): when a page loads, your browser requests the font files from Adobe’s servers, which means Adobe receives your IP address. No cookies are set by this. Arboria’s licence requires it to be served by Adobe.
Embedded map
The Contact page can show a Google map of the Institute’s location. The map is not loaded until you agree to it, either in the cookie banner or by choosing “Load the map”. Once loaded, Google receives your IP address and may set its own cookies, governed by Google’s privacy policy. Your choice is remembered for six months and can be changed at any time from “Cookie settings” in the footer.
Cookies
The site sets a single cookie of its own, to remember your cookie choices. Full details are in the cookie notice.
Who else sees your data
Nobody outside the Institute, apart from the technical providers named above (our hosting provider, Adobe for the display typeface, and Google for the visit statistics and the map, in the circumstances described). We do not sell or share personal data for marketing. Where a provider is outside the European Economic Area, transfers rely on the European Commission’s standard contractual clauses or an adequacy decision.
Your rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation and the French loi Informatique et Libertés you can ask us to access, correct, delete or restrict the personal data we hold about you, object to our processing it, and receive a copy in a portable form. You can also withdraw consent you have given, such as for visit statistics or the map, at any time. Write to info@wallersteininstitute.org; we will answer within one month.
If you believe we have not handled your data properly you may complain to the French supervisory authority, the CNIL (www.cnil.fr), or to the authority in your own country. Visitors from South Africa have equivalent rights under the Protection of Personal Information Act and may contact the Information Regulator.
Changes
We will update this page if what the site does changes. The date at the top shows the current version.
