Privacy Policy

MIL, the Media & Information Literacy platform, was created as part of the Youth Empowerment in South Lebanon project, funded by UNIFIL and implemented by UNESCO. The MIL team is responsible for the personal information collected through the website and the contributor workspace.

We collect only what we need to run the platform, and we never sell your information.

Most of what we hold is information you give us directly:

Like any website, our servers record technical information when you visit, such as your IP address, browser type and the pages requested, to keep the service secure and fix problems.

MIL doesn't use advertising or tracking cookies. To make the website work, it keeps a few small items in your browser's storage:

We use your information only to run MIL, for the purposes below. We don't use it for advertising, and we don't make decisions about you based on automated processing alone.

We use it to:

When you use Ask MIL, your question and the conversation so far are sent to our AI service provider to generate an answer, and questions that need checking may also be searched on the web. The provider processes this content on our behalf and doesn't use it to train its models.

Conversations last only for your browser tab session. They are deleted automatically after six hours without activity, and our team never reads them. We keep a record of each question's length, cost and time, without its content, to manage limits and budgets. For visitors who aren't signed in, we store a one-way hash of the IP address instead of the address itself.

Your public profile name and photo, and your published contributions and comments, are visible to everyone who visits MIL.

Service providers process information only on our instructions, under agreements that require them to protect it; some may do so outside Lebanon, with appropriate safeguards in place. Beyond what's public, we share personal information only with:

We keep personal information only for as long as we need it:

We protect your information with encrypted connections (HTTPS), hashed passwords, access limited to the team members who need it, and a record of administrative actions. No system is completely secure, so please use a strong password you don't use anywhere else, and tell us straight away if you think your account has been compromised.

You stay in control of your personal information, and we answer every request within 30 days. You can ask us to:

MIL is made for young people, among others. Contributor accounts are for people aged 16 and over, and contributors under 18 need a parent's or guardian's agreement. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 16; if you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us and we'll delete it.

Contributions must not include images or details that identify minors without their guardian's consent.

We may update this policy when the platform or the law changes. The date at the top of this page shows when it last changed, and we'll email registered contributors about significant changes before they take effect.

For any question about this policy, or to exercise your rights, contact the MIL team using the details at the bottom of every page. If you aren't satisfied with our answer, you can contact the authority responsible for data protection in your country.