Last updated: October 1st, 2025

Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy notice explains how we collect and handle personal data from users who access the ConnectAmericas Web Site (Site), an interactive online source of information established and supported by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The IDB is an international organization established by treaty and is subject to its own policies and procedures, such as the Personal Data Privacy Policy. This notice applies to personal data, not aggregate data or data that does not identify you. For the purposes of this notice, personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable living individual. This notice does not apply to third-party websites. This Site is not directed to minors. Please note this site is also subject to the following  Terms of Use . This notice may change, so please review the posted notice from time to time. 

The personal data we collect about you may fall into one or more of the following categories.

Information You Provide to Us

Any information that you voluntarily provide to us when you register on the Site, such as your full name, e-mail address, country of residence, gender, profession, phone number, and social network (e.g., LinkedIn, Facebook) information  . In addition, even if you do not register, we may collect personal data from you in other ways, such as if you send us an e-mail via the “Contact Us” page of the Site, or post your personal data on the Site. Please be aware that some communication exchanges on the site (such as a bulletin board, blog or chatroom) are public (not private) communications and, therefore, any message that you post on the Site could be considered and treated as available for public use and distribution. 

Information we Collect by Automated Means 

We obtain certain information by automated means when you visit the Site. The information we collect using these technologies may include IP address of the device you use to connect to the Internet, browser type and language, and the pages accessed. By collecting this information, we learn how to best tailor the site to our visitors. This information may be obtained through cookies, web beacons, third party analytics (such as website analytics providers), and other tracking technologies (such as marketing partners, third party sites, and social media platforms). You can set your cookies preferences in the site. To learn more about cookies, click here.

We will use your personal data for the specific reason(s) for which it was provided. We may use your personal data for the following additional reasons, as applicable:

• to allow you to interact and participate in certain features of our Site;
• to provide you with information, products or services when you subscribe to a community, unless you decide to opt out through your account settings;
• to provide you with information, products or services via email which we feel may interest you, such as invitations to events, newsletters, descriptions of new projects and IDB activities, funding resources, etc., unless you decide to opt out using the link shared in such emails;      
• to contact you in response to your requests; 
• to operate and improve our Site, products and services, including to undertake data analytics to help us understand visitor experience, to analyze the Site and IDB’s objectives (you can set your cookies preferences in the Site);
• to carry out our obligations, including those arising from any contracts that you have entered into with us;
• to protect and defend our rights and interests; and
• to detect and prevent misuse or abuse of our Site, products and services.

We may also use your personal data for other reasons, provided we inform you of those reasons and that we have a legitimate purpose.

We may share the personal data we collect within the IDB Group, and with IDB partners or service providers who perform services to us. These partners and service providers are not authorized by us to use or disclose the personal data, except as necessary to perform specific services for the IDB. We require our partners and service providers to appropriately safeguard the privacy and security of personal data they process on our behalf. Where appropriate, we enter into data protection agreements with such third parties. We do not sell personal data.

When you submit information to us through the Site, including any personal data, such information is processed in the United States and member countries of the IDB. There are cases in which personal data may also be processed in non-member countries, in the context of certain agreements signed with the IDB. The data protection and other privacy laws of these countries may not afford the same level of protection as the laws of certain other countries.  By providing personal information to IDB you accept the transfer of your information in accordance with the measures described in this notice. 

In the event that some of the IDB’s assets are sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred to a party other than the IDB, we may transfer your personal data as part of the transaction. However, once your personal data is transferred in such a transaction, it will no longer be subject to this notice, and you will need to review the policies and practices of the party receiving the information to learn about the protection then accorded to the personal data.  

You may  review the personal data  you included in your profile, and correct it or update  it, by visiting the Registration section of the Site.         

We have appropriate technical, operational and organizational safeguards in place to prevent unauthorized processing and accidental loss, damage, or destruction of personal data. These safeguards take into account the sensitivity of the data, as well as the current state of technology. We also have procedures in place to deal with any suspected data breach and we’ll notify you accordingly when appropriate. 

Your personal data will be kept only as long as necessary for the purposes set out in this notice and in accordance with the IDB’s applicable records retention periods. The specific length of time will depend on the type of personal data, the reasons for which it is processed, and other obligations under IDB's policies and procedures.

Our privacy policy gives you certain rights when it comes to your personal data, subject to limitations. For more information about your rights and how to exercise them, please see our data subject request form.

This Site may contain links to third-party sites and applications. Our provision of a link to any of these is for your convenience and does not signify our endorsement of such sites or applications  or their content. We do not control sites, applications or other services operated by third parties and we are not responsible for the data protection and privacy practices so we recommend that you review their privacy policies and practices.

Nothing contained in this Site or in this notice shall operate or be regarded as a waiver, renunciation or modification of any right, privilege, or immunity of IDB pursuant to the Agreement Establishing the Inter-American Development Bank, international conventions, or any other applicable laws.   

If you have any questions or comments regarding our privacy practices or the use of personal data, contact us via email at dataprivacy@iadb.org.