Our privacy policy contains information about the processing of your personal data by the Un Special Rapporteur Voule (www.freeassemblyandassociation.net).

Protection of your personal data

The UN Special Rapporteur Voule undertakes to protect your privacy and your personal data. Our policy on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data strives to follow the highest standards, including the General Data Protection Regulation.

 We only collect your personal data when an action is undertaken from your side, more particularly, when you sign up to the newsletter or you log into the website.

Which type of personal data do we process?

 The UN Special Rapporteur Voule strives to collect as little personal data as possible.  For example, to sign up for our newsletter, we require a name, e-mail address and country. When we process your data, this concerns the data below:

  • Identification, contact and visitor data:  Name, e-mail address, date and time of visit, etc.
  • Non-Personal Data: As you interact with us through our online resources, the UN Special Rapporteur Website may also collect information about your browsing history or certain other information that is not considered Personally Identifiable Information through your use of and visits to these resources through a variety of technologies, including, but not limited to, cookies, tags, Internet Protocol (IP) address, and other tools. The types of non-personal data collected on the UN Special Rapporteur website(s) through the use of these, and other tools may include the search terms you used, new or returning user, browser information, computer type, operating system, internet service providers, website usage, referring/exit pages, platform type, date/time stamp, number of clicks, ads viewed, among other non-personal data (collectively, all of the foregoing data is considered “Non-Personal Data”). Additionally, Cookies, Tags and other tools placed by our web analytics third party vendors or partners (Jetpack, Google Analytics, etc.) may collect other information (Non-Personal Data) about you and your visits to websites.
  1. Cookies are files with a small amount of data, which may include an anonymous unique identifier. Cookies are sent to your browser from a web site and transferred to your device. We use cookies to collect information in order to improve our services for you.
  2. Tags” refer to code scripts that are primarily used to track visitor activities by web analytics software.
  3. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The Help feature on most browsers provide information on how to accept cookies, disable cookies, or to notify you when receiving a new cookie.
  4. If you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some features of our Service and we recommend that you leave them turned on.

Who do or can we share your personal data with?

  • Our processors who are responsible for our ICT infrastructure;
  • Other authorities in the context of complaint filing
  • We do not rent or sell visitor or donor information to third parties. 

 What is the retention period for personal data?

 Depending on the processing, the Global Data Processing Regulation has provided specific retention periods (e.g. 1 year, 10 years, etc.), which we adhere to.

Do we use cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that can be stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit websites. Information is saved in this text file, such as your use name for example. When you visit the website later again, this cookie returns to the concerned website. In this way, the website recognizes your browser and can for example retain your username. However, if you choose to reject cookies from our website, some of its functions may be limited.

What are your rights?

Depending on the processing and the legal basis, there are a number of possibilities available to you to keep control over your personal data:

  • The right to access your data;
  • The right to amend your data;
  • The right to object to the processing of your personal data;
  • The right to limit the processing of your data;
  • The right to have your data deleted;
  • The right to withdraw your consent.

 If you believe that your data protection rights have been violated, you can inform us of this. To do so, please contact us via FoAAteam@gmail.com

How can you file a complaint concerning your data protection rights?

 You can file a complaint through your national Data Protection Authority.

Click here for more information about filing a complaint concerning your data protection rights.