Privacy Policy

Mindworks believes you have a fundamental right to privacy on the web, and we work to protect your security online. We always seek your approval for other use of your data, if your consent is not covered by this policy.

Introductory Notes

  1. This website privacy statement is designed to be published on Mindworks’ website.
  2. This website privacy statement is designed to give general information, seeking to meet the requirements of the GDPR to individuals, whose personal data we collect via mindworkslab.org in their capacity as visitors to the Mindworks website.

Mindworks Lab and data privacy

We are committed to protecting and respecting your privacy.

This privacy statement sets out the basis on which we will process any personal information that we may collect about you as a visitor to our website. We, therefore, ask you to read this privacy statement carefully.

The information that we collect about you

We may collect and process the following information about you:

  • Information that you give us: This is information about you that you give to us by:
    1. Making use of our website and the options on our website (e.g. in the event you would sign a petition or make a donation)
    2. Subscribing to the receipt of updates by email
    3. Contacting us for information or help
    4. Signing your name on a list of signatures
    5. Becoming a donor via other ways than the internet
    6. Participating in Greenpeace campaigns
    7. Responding to any survey on this website (It may include, for example, your name, address, email address or telephone number.)
The use of your information we collect

We may use your information for the following purposes:

  • To send you updates and alerts by email, mail, instant messaging, or push notifications

We will only process your personal information as necessary for the purposes described above. In doing so, we will consider the balance between your privacy and our interest in processing and refrain from processing if your privacy interest overrides our legitimate interest.

[In exceptional circumstances we may also be required by law to disclose or otherwise process your personal information. We will tell you, when we ask you to provide information about yourself if the provision of the requested information is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation or, on the other hand, if it is purely voluntary and there will be no implications if you decline to provide the information. If you are uncertain as to Greenpeace’s need for information that we request from you, please contact the Greenpeace representative asking for the information, or contact us (see below), with your query.]

Disclosure and international transfer of your information

We may disclose personal information about you where we have obtained your consent or where it is reasonably necessary for the various purposes set out above:

  • To service providers who host our website or other information technology systems or otherwise hold or process your information on our behalf, under strict conditions of confidentiality and security
  • To judicial authorities or other public authorities, in case our legal or moral responsibility compels us to do so (e.g. if you express intent about performing a terrorist activity)
  • To litigation counterparties, in any country or territory, although only if we are legally required to do so and have no satisfactory basis or prospect to challenge the disclosure

These disclosures may involve transferring your personal information overseas. If you are dealing with us within the European Economic Area, you should be aware that this may include transfers to countries outside the European Economic Area, which do not have similarly strict data privacy laws. In those cases, where we transfer personal data to our service providers, we will ensure that our arrangements with them are governed by data transfer agreements or mechanisms, designed to ensure that your personal information is protected (including, where appropriate, under an agreement on terms approved for this purpose by the European Commission).

Please contact us (see below) if you would like to know whether any such agreements are in place or, if so, to see a copy.

Retention and deletion of your information

We intend to keep your personal information accurate and up-to-date. We will delete the information that we hold about you when we no longer need it.

We will retain your information for no longer than 2 years after our most recent communication with you, after which it will be deleted or anonymized unless we have a legal obligation to retain it for a longer period. Contact us for more information.

Your rights

You may have a right of access to the personal information that we hold about you, and to some related information, under data protection law.

  • You can also require any inaccurate personal information to be corrected or deleted.
  • You can object to our use of your personal information for direct marketing purposes at any time and you may have the right to object to our processing of some or all of your personal information (and require them to be deleted) in some other circumstances.
  • In some circumstances, you may also have a “data portability” right to require us to transfer your personal data to you or to a new service provider.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us as set out below. We are obliged to request proof of identity before access to your personal information is given.

If you would like us to remove your information from our mailing list, you can click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email we sent to you or contact us as set out below.

Security measures

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to secure personal data against loss or against any form of unlawful processing.

Only employees who require to access information about supporters and website visitors to perform their work are granted access to your personal data.

Contact us

We welcome questions, comments, and requests regarding this privacy statement and our processing of personal information.

Please email us at hello@mindworkslab.org

Changes to this policy

Any changes we make to this privacy statement in the future will be posted to our website and also available if you contact us as set out above.

Please check back frequently to see any changes.