PRIVACY POLICY
Last Updated: March 24, 2025
Welcome to Rainbow Salute! We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data is handled in a safe and responsible manner. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
1. Data Controller
Rainbow Salute Foundation
Oeverpad 467
1068 PM Amsterdam
The Netherlands
info@rainbowsalute.org
2. Personal Data We Collect
We may collect and process the following personal data about you:
- personal data that you provide to us, for example when you call, email, contact us via Instagram, or when you enter contact information through our website, including your name and contact information, including special categories of personal information if you choose to provide any information on sexual orientation or medical diagnoses;
- your personal and financial data if you make a donation to us;
- Information about how you use our website, including IP address, browser type, and browsing history (see also the next section on our website and cookies); and
- personal data when you become a volunteer or beneficiary of Rainbow Salute, for example your name, phone number, contact information, and address.
Please be aware that having interest in LGBTQIA+ & HIV/AIDS related topics could be sensitive in some countries and cultures. Make sure you use a VPN or other anonymity services to protect yourself if you think you could be at risk.
3. Website & Cookies
When you visit our website, we collect:
- IP address, pages visited and referrer URL;
- browser, plugins and operating system version and screen resolution;
- approximate city and country;
- cookies (see the cookie policy).
4. How We Use Your Personal Data
We use your personal data for the following purposes:
- to provide and maintain our website.
- to improve our website and services
- to communicate with you and respond to your inquiries.
- to organize our volunteers and work with our beneficiaries.
- to comply with legal obligations.
We do not:
- collect information about you from other organizations; or
- engage in automated decision-making or profiling.
5. Legal Basis for Processing
We process your personal data based on the following legal grounds:
- Consent: When you have given us explicit consent to process your data, for example by proactively reaching out to us.
- Contract: When processing is necessary for the performance of a contract with you.
- Legal Obligation: When processing is necessary to comply with a legal obligation.
- Legitimate Interests: When processing is necessary for our legitimate interests, provided that your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
6. Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell or rent your personal data to third parties unless we are legally obliged to do so. We may share your data with:
- Service providers who assist us in operating our website and providing our services. These organisations are our data processors, and they process your personal data on our behalf and under our supervision, strictly limited to the purposes we have determined.
- Legal authorities if required by law or to protect our legal rights.
7. Data Retention
We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, and to comply with legal obligations.
8. Your Rights
Under the GDPR, you have the following rights regarding your personal data:
- Access: You have the right to request access to your personal data.
- Rectification: You have the right to request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data.
- Erasure: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data.
- Restriction: You have the right to request restriction of processing of your personal data.
- Data Portability: You have the right to request transfer of your data to another organization.
- Objection: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data.
To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at info@rainbowsalute.org.
9. Supervisory Authority
You have the right to lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority via https://autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl.
10. Security
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal data against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify you of significant changes by email or through a notice on our website.
12. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Rainbow Salute
Oeverpad 467, 1068PM, Amsterdam
info@rainbowsalute.org
