The COVID-19 Design Challenge is a collaboration of the World Design Organization (WDO), IBM Design, and Design for America (DFA). We are committed to processing personal information responsibly, in compliance with applicable data protection laws, and we only process personal information with your consent.

We have done so during the period this Challenge was active and now that it is no longer active, we no longer collect personal information. Personal information that was collected during the active period has now been deleted.

The COVID-19 Design Challenge aimed to mobilize designers globally to contribute their skills to the challenges of the coronavirus spread, turn anxieties into action, and use design thinking skills to help us all get through the pandemic.

We thank everyone who helped with this amazing project.

Collection, Use and Sharing of Personal Information

When you contacted us via our webform to participate in a COVID-19 Design Challenge project, we collected your name, email address, the project you’re interested in, and information about the skills you can contribute in order to connect you to a project, and to communicate with you.

We also had a general webform for any comments or questions. That form collected your name and email address so that we could respond to you. We only used your personal information for these purposes, and we did not share personal information outside of the COVID-19 Design Challenge partnership.

As mentioned above, the project is no longer active so we are no longer collecting personal information and any such information collected during the active period of the project has been deleted.

Cookies

Our website uses only cookies that are necessary to allow for ease of navigation or use of our website and, as such, are not associated with an individual.

How We Protect Personal Information

We stored the personal information we collected in a secure cloud environment and implemented appropriate security measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, use and disclosure.

 We are committed to retaining personal information for only as long as is necessary to carry out the purpose for which it was collected

As mentioned above, the project is no longer active so we now no longer retain your personal information. 

Data Rights

During the active period of this project, you could withdraw your consent to process your data at any time and you may have had additional rights under local law to request access to, correction of or deletion of your personal information. The active period of this project is now over so all personal information has been deleted.

Changes to This Privacy Statement

We have updated this Privacy Statement to reflect changes due to the fact that the project is no longer in its active phase and we therefore no longer need to collect or retain personal information.