Last Updated: July 4, 2023
The Centre for Effective Altruism ("CEA", "we" or "us") is a project of the Effective Ventures group — the umbrella term for Effective Ventures Foundation and Effective Ventures Foundation USA, Inc., which are two separate legal entities that work together. Under UK law, the Effective Ventures Foundation is the “data controller” for the personal data that we collect and process.
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They may also collect information to provide helpful features and e.g. be used to remember your preferences (such as your language preference), your interests and the presentation of the website (such as the font size).
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