The Cyber Nuclear Forum (CNF) is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This is why we want you to know that we collect personal information about you when you visit and use our website. We have written this policy to explain exactly when we collect this information, why we ask for it, how we use it, the conditions under which we may disclose it to others, and how we keep it secure.
We may change this policy from time to time, so please check this page occasionally to ensure that you are aware of—and agree with—any changes. By using our website, you are agreeing to be bound by this policy.
Please send any questions you may have about our privacy practices to luka.cekic@wins.org
Who are we?
The Cyber Nuclear Forum unites experts from nuclear facilities around the globe to confront the escalating and dynamic threat of cyberattacks. Through trusted collaboration and the exchange of practical insights, the Forum aims to fortify cyber resilience across the nuclear sector – where a single breach could jeopardize global safety and erode public confidence in civilian nuclear energy. The CNF is administered by the World Institute for Nuclear Security (WINS).
How do we collect information from you?
We obtain information about you when you visit our website, contact us about services, apply to become a CNF member, register for communications, or apply to participate in an event.
What type of information do we collect?
If you visit the website as a non-member without using a login, we collect standard website analytics data, including your IP address and the webpages you visited. This allows us to analyse and improve the quality of our website.
If you apply to become a CNF member, we ask for the following information:
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Name
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Email
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Country
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Job Title
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Organisation
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Organisation Head Office Address / subsidiary location
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Telephone Number
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Message (optional)
If you apply for a CNF event and you are not a member of CNF, we ask for the following information:
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Name
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Email
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Country
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Organisation
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Job Title
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Message (optional)
How do we use your information?
We may use your information to:
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Process an application that you have made to join CNF, attend an event, etc.
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Carry out the obligations arising from any contracts we have entered into
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Seek your views or comments on the services we provide, including sending you a questionnaire
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Notify you of changes to our services
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Send you communications that you have requested or that may be of interest to you. Examples could include information about our events, news stories and other CNF-related information
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Analyse CNF membership database
CNF Events
In addition to the above, some applicants for CNF events are not CNF Members. In addition, some CNF events are by invitation only and have specific criteria for people who would like to attend. Consequently, we need to collect some basic personal information, so we are able to evaluate applications.
Some CNF events may include a visit to a nuclear-related facility. When this occurs, the host may require personal information about attendees—in accordance with the host’s own regulatory requirements—before authorising access to the facility. In such cases, we might be asked to manage the collection and transmission of this information. Doing so may require asking for a copy of the participant’s passport.
Servers located outside the European Union
It is possible that our servers may from time to time be located in a country outside of the EU. These countries may not have data protection laws similar to the EU. By submitting your personal data, you’re agreeing to this transfer, storage or processing. If you use our services while you are outside the EU, your information may be transferred outside the EU in order to provide you with such services.
How long do we retain your personal information?
We will hold your personal information in our systems for as long as is necessary for the relevant activity, or as long as is set out in any relevant agreement between us. We review our retention periods for personal information on a regular basis and delete information that is no longer applicable.
Who else has access to your information?
We never sell or rent your information to third parties. Nor do we share your information with third parties for marketing purposes.
Third-parties with whom we work
We may pass your information to our third-party service providers, agents, subcontractors and other associated organisations for the purposes of completing tasks and providing services to you on our behalf. For example, our website is hosted by a third-party contractor, as are our IT systems, which are managed through a datacentre.
When we use third-party service providers, we have arrangements in place that require them to keep personal information secure and not to use it for their own direct marketing purposes. However, we would have to share personal information if required to do so by law or regulation, by a court order, or for the purposes of preventing a crime, such as fraud or the violation of sanctions. We may transfer your personal information if we’re under a duty to disclose it, to enforce or apply our terms of use, or to protect the rights, property or safety of our supporters and customers.
You can choose how much information you want to receive from us
You have a choice about whether or not you want to receive information from us. If you do not want to receive communications from us about the important work we do on Cyber Security and our membership, you can simply tick the relevant boxes on the online forms we use to ask for your permission.
We will never contact you for marketing purposes by email, phone or text message unless you have given your prior consent. You can change your marketing preferences at any time by contacting us via email: luka.cekic@wins.org
Accessing and updating your information
The accuracy of your information is important to us. If your email, street address, telephone number, etc. changes, please log in to the members’ area of the website and update your information. Alternatively, you can also email us atluka.cekic@wins.org
You have the right to ask for a copy of the information we have about you at any time.
Security precautions put in place to protect loss, misuse or alteration of your information
When you give us personal information, we take steps to help ensure that it’s treated securely. Non-sensitive details (e.g. your email address) are transmitted normally over the internet, which can never be guaranteed to be 100% secure. As a result, although we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee the security of any information you transmit to us, and you do so at your own risk.
Once we receive your information, we make our best effort to ensure it is secure on our systems. Where we have given (or where you have chosen) a password that enables you to access certain parts of our website, you are responsible for keeping this password confidential. We ask you not to share your password with anyone at any time.
Profiling
We may analyse your personal information to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can contact you with information that is relevant to you.
Use of cookies
Like many other websites, the website uses cookies. These are small pieces of information sent by an organisation to your computer and stored on your hard drive to allow the website to recognise you when you visit. They collect statistical data about your browsing actions and patterns, but they do not identify you as an individual.
For example, we use cookies to store your country preference. This helps us improve our website and deliver a better, more personalised service. It is possible to switch off cookies by setting your browser preferences. For more information on how to do this on your computer, visit our Cookies policy. Note that turning cookies off may result in a loss of functionality when using our website.
Browser recommendations
We keep our website optimised for use with the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox and Safari. Using other browsers may result in some functions not working as required. For full functionality, please consider using one of these three optimised browsers.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites run by other organisations. This privacy policy applies only to our website‚ so we encourage you to read the privacy statements on the other websites you visit. We cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of other sites even if you access them using links from our website.
In addition, if you linked to our website from a third-party site, we cannot be responsible for the privacy policies and practices of the owners and operators of that third-party site. We recommend that you check the policy of that third-party site.
Review of this policy
We review this policy regularly. It was last updated in August 2025.
