Privacy Policy
This privacy policy will explain how Faunawatch uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website.
Faunawatch
Humcovenderveld 24
6231 HW Meerssen
The Netherlands
info@faunawatch.org
www.faunawatch.org
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- What are your data protection rights?
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
What data do we collect?
Our Company collects the following data:
- Personal identification information (name, email address, address, language and country).
- Information concerning donations (name, email address, and IBAN).
How do we collect your data?
How do we collect your data?
You directly provide most of the data we collect to Faunawatch yourself.
We collect and process data when you:
Sign up for the newsletter, fill out a form (contact, volunteering, reporting a turtle, etc.) and/or make a donation.
When you voluntarily provide information via email.
When you use or view our website through your browser’s cookies.
How will we use your data?
Faunawatch collects your data so that we can:
Answer contact requests
Receive donations
Mail you about our activities
How do we justify collecting your data?
Sincere interest. We collect your information to be able to talk to you and receive donations. We also use your personal data to send invitations, news or other communications.
We also focus on achieving high quality with our work. In this context, it may be necessary to process your data in order to host and improve our activities and services. We take care to process your personal data on this basis and ensure that this is not unduly far-reaching, that your interests are not unduly harmed and that the duration of the processing of your data is not unduly lengthy.
Your personal data may be processed on the basis of your consent. You can always refuse and/or withdraw consent after you have given your consent. Withdrawing your consent will not affect previous processing.
In some circumstances, withdrawing your consent may result in us not being able to fulfill our agreement with you or your company.
How do we store data?
Faunawatch stores your data online in laposta for newsletters, in stripe for payments and for emails in our outlook mail service.
How long do we keep your data?
We do not keep your data for longer than is necessary for the purposes described above, or than is required by regulations. In this regard, we initially ensure storage during the legal period applicable, being a period of seven years.
If no legal storage period is applicable in relation to your personal data, we aim to delete it after ten years, unless it is potentially interesting to store your personal data for a longer period.
Security
The security and protection of your personal data is important to us. We take measures to maintain a level of security proportionate to the risk. When Faunawatch uses third-party services, such as an IT service provider, there are arrangements in place for adequate security.
Sharing data with third parties
We share your personal data only when necessary for our services. We may share personal data with third parties such as a supervisory authority or other institutions that have public authority, but only when there is a legal obligation to do so. We then enter into a processing agreement with the third party processing your data for us and at our request. This third party is also obliged to comply with GDPR legislation.
What are your rights regarding the protection of your data?
Faunawatch wants to make sure that you are fully aware of your rights regarding the protection of your data. Every user is entitled to the following:
Right of access: you have the right to ask Faunawatch for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.
Right of rectification: you have the right to ask Faunawatch to rectify any information that you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask Faunawatch to correct any information that you believe is incomplete.
Right to erasure: you have the right to ask Faunawatch to erase your personal data under certain conditions.
You have the right to have data processing restricted.
You have the right to ask Faunawatch to restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.
You have the right to protest against processing of your personal data.
You have the right to protest against processing of your personal data by Faunawatch under certain conditions.
The right to mobility of your data
You have the right to ask Faunawatch to transfer the data they have collected from you to another organization or to yourself, under certain conditions.
When you make a request, we have 1 month to respond. If you wish to exercise 1 of these rights, please contact us via email: info@faunawatch.org
Privacy statements of other websites
The Faunawatch website contains links to other websites. Our privacy statement only applies to our website, so when you click on another website you should check that site’s privacy statement.
Changes to our privacy statement
Faunawatch keeps the privacy statement under regular review and posts any updates on this webpage.
This privacy statement was last updated on March 28, 2025.
How to contact us
If you have any questions about Faunawatch’s privacy statement, the data we hold about you, or if you wish to exercise 1 of your rights to protect your personal data, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Email us at: info@faunawatch.org.
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