Talea was developed with funding from ICAM and WWS to enable data collection that would support learning about humane dog and cat population management. The ambition is that this learning is shared with the wider humane management community for the benefit of animal welfare. However, we recognise that data collected with Talea is owned by those that collect it and sharing must be a pro-active choice and not automatic. This data policy outlines what data we will ask from you, what data you will collect through Talea and how we will keep that data private and secure.
Web-based management portal and observation recording app.
Wise Monkey Foundation is a US non-profit (501c3) with the mission to create software, systems, and technology to support non-government organizations that strive for the sustainable health of people, animals, and the environment.
Wise Monkey Solutions is a US LLC that works in tandem with WWF to provide software services.
The International Companion Animal Management coalition. A coalition of NGOs and special interest groups working together for the development and use of humane and effective companion animal population management worldwide.
Data space on the Talea system dedicated to a specific project, accessible only to Project Managers and Talea support team.
Members of WWS and ICAM that are trained and tasked with supporting the use of Talea.
Person with a Wise Monkey account assigned to a Talea project on the Talea web-based portal.
Person with the Talea app on their device who has registered thier Device (app instance) with a Talea project.
Talea stores data within the Wise Monkey Amazon Web Service (AWS) infrastructure. Security of data at rest (in a database) and in transit (to/from a web browser) was a fundamental priority in the design of the Wise Monkey infrastructure and follows industry best practices.
The Talea App collects, stores, and transmits location data. Once transmitted, this location data is disassociated from any physical device or person. If there are any concerns then please contact the Talea team at admin@wisemonkeyfoundation.org. Stored location data may be deleted from within the app at any time, without un-installing the app.
The Talea app and web-based portal have been designed from the ground up to minimize the capture and storage of personal data. A project manager, with an account on the Talea Portal, invites observers to use the Talea App by providing a link to the Talea App Play Store page and a project invitation token using a method of their choosing (email, verbally etc.). The observer registers their device using the project token and their choice of name. The name is simply a alphanumeric tag and has no utility, unless an observer requests help from Talea Support. Upon registration, by entering the token into the Talea App, a random and unique device identifier is returned to and stored on the Talea Portal, along with the name and project token. At no point is any association made between the device identifier and the physical device or observer.
No observer personal information is stored within the Talea Portal or Talea App. Project Managers are responsible for ensuring Observers understand that their name, mobile phone number, or email address will NOT be recorded in the Talea system. If Project Managers wish their personal data to be removed from the Talea system they should write to admin@wisemonkeyfoundation.org to request their data to be removed, this will be actioned as soon as reasonably possible.
Talea allows the collection of data relating to sightings. These sightings will have attributes assigned by the Observer and GPS locations automatically assigned by the app. This data is not inherently personal, however it is still considered private to the Talea Project and it’s Project Manager(s). When someone is invited to join Talea as a Project Manager, they will be given a unique username and asked via email to create their own password for their Wise Monkey account. The Project Manager is responsible for ensuring this password is not shared with anyone else. The Talea Support Team do not have access to this password. If the password is forgotten or needs to be changed, this is done using a secure 2 factor authentication approach.
The Project Manager must also be assigned to a Talea Project, either added to an existing Talea Project or a new Talea Project can be created. A Talea Project can be set up with more than one Project Manager, each with their own unique username and password. Only those people with a Wise Monkey account assigned to that Talea Project will be able to access that Talea Project (see Support for exclusion). Every access to the Talea Project requires a login to the Wise Monkey account, including both username and password.
Talea has been designed to be as easy to use as possible and detailed user instructions are available. However, there will be occasions where the Talea support team will be required. In most instances, the support team will be able to provide advice over email or conference call. However, on occasion they will need to access the Talea Project in order to provide the requested support. Access to the Talea Project will be expressly and exclusively in order to provide this requested support to the Project Manager and Observers and for no other purpose. Access will not be used at any other time and no data within the Talea Project will be shared with anyone outside of the Talea Project or Talea support team.