Privacy Policy of www.imf.org

This privacy policy statement applies to www.imf.org only. It does not apply to information collected and stored by a means other than this website. You can find the International Financial Statistics Online privacy policy statement here.

Privacy of Personal Information

Out of respect for the privacy of its users, the IMF Sites refrain from obtaining personal information from users without their explicit consent, other than as described below.

You can use many areas of the IMF Sites without providing any personal information. However, some functions, such as myeLibrary, statistical data downloads or listing print purchases in a shopping cart, require that you provide us with some personal information. Any information you give us will be treated as confidential. Your individual personal details will not be passed on to any third party without your consent.

The IMF Sites, either directly or through a third-party vendor, may collect anonymous visitor information including, but not limited to, IP addresses, browser types, the accessing app, or referring pages and websites. This information is used by the IMF to understand which countries the users of the Sites visit from, when they visit, and other information about how users access the Sites. The intention is to inform analysis about how to improve and develop the IMF Sites. The IMF also monitors network traffic to identify unauthorized attempts to upload or change information or to otherwise cause damage to the Sites. Only summaries of visitors’ behavior are produced. This information is never connected with any personal information you supply to us if you register on our Sites.

The IMF does not distribute, sell or rent any personal information collected via its Sites. This is also true for personal information (for example, email and postal addresses) sent to the Sites’ email addresses. The IMF does not send emails to users of its Sites unless specifically authorized by the user. The transmission of personal information entered via the Sites’ registration forms (e.g. IMF Online Employment Application form, Annual and Spring Meetings registration form) is protected by standard security features.

Email sent to us may not be secure. If you choose to send us an email message we may retain the content of the email, your email address and our response, and it becomes the property of the IMF.

Linked Sites

The IMF provides links to a variety of other Internet resources. These sites are not governed by this privacy policy and users are encouraged to view the privacy policy of such other web sites before using or providing any information to the site.

Modifications

We encourage users of the IMF Sites to review the IMF Privacy Policy periodically for updates. The IMF reserves the right to change its privacy policies at any time. Changes are effective when posted to the Sites.

Policy on Cookies

The IMF Sites use both persistent cookies (text cookies) and session cookies. Your browser software should permit you to disable the use of cookies, if you do not want the IMF Sites to collect this information. More about cookies