PANAF is committed to ensuring the privacy of all our users. We have long campaigned for the right to privacy and against government surveillance and intrusion. This policy represents our commitment as an organisation to your right to privacy, giving you a clear explanation about how we use your information and your rights over that information.
This policy applies to all online systems offered by PANAF Limited to the public, through our website www.panaf.org and other websites we operate.
References to ‘we’,‘us’ and ‘our’ are to refers to Panaf, Mäster Mikaels gata 2b, 116 20 Stockholm Sweden.
The type and amount of information we receive and store depends on how you use our websites. You can access most of the pages on our websites without telling us who you are and without revealing any personal information.
Our web servers use cookies and collect anonymous logs during user visits to our websites which provide valuable information for improving them in the future. For more information see the separate Cookies page.
In some circumstances your information may be shared with us by third parties, but only where you have specifically consented. Examples include registering for a human rights education course with our external provider, or if you register your interest in joining PANAF or one of its campaigns through Facebook, Facebook will share information such as your name and email address with us.
We use your personal information collected via our websites for the following purposes:
Data protection law requires us to have a legal justification to process your personal information. We use the following depending on the type of data and the type of processing:
We require your consent to send you our communications for example to send you emails to update you on our work and our campaigns and to request donations. We will only process your information in this way if you consent. If you apply for a job with us and provide us with sensitive personal information (including details of your race, ethnicity, gender) we will only process that information with your consent.
We sometimes share your personal information with other parts of the PANAF movement (see below). This is done to fulfil our legitimate interest in promoting our organisation as effectively as possible and enabling our message to reach people who may be interested in human rights.
If you donate to us or express an interest in joining our movement we will process the personal data you provided to process that donation or action your membership request.
We will process your personal information to fulfil any legal obligations placed upon us, such as the prevention of fraud or money-laundering. We will also process your personal information if lawfully required to do so by a legal authority or a court of law.
For example where you are applying for an employment or volunteering opportunity with us, processing certain information is necessary for employment purposes.
Our websites are hosted by third-party service providers and therefore any personal details you submit through them may be processed by that third-party service provider. This includes your IP address and other personal information you may choose to provide (for example if you sign a petition).
We also use other third parties to process your personal details including in the following areas:
All third party services providers process your personal information only on PANAF behalf and are bound by contractual terms that are compliant with data protection law.
We participate in Facebook’s custom audience and lookalike audience programs, which, depending on your privacy settings with Facebook, enable us to display our content to our existing or potential supporters on Facebook. We provide personal information such as your email address to Facebook which securely encrypts it. That personal information is then deleted by Facebook if it does not match a Facebook account or once they confirm you have an account.
We may also share your personal information with your permission, or if we are legally required to disclose your information in circumstances where this cannot be reasonably resisted.
A cookie is a text-only piece of information that a website transfers to your computer’s hard disk so that the website can remember who you are. A cookie will normally contain the name of the Internet domain from which the cookie has come, the “lifetime” of the cookie, and a value, usually a randomly generated unique number.
If you wish to restrict or block cookies you can set your internet browser to do so – click on the following link for more information: www.aboutcookies.org.
Please click through to our Use of Cookies document for more detailed information on cookies and how PANAF uses them.
If you are under 18 years of age and would like to get PANAF International’s work, please make sure that you have your parent/guardian’s permission before giving us personal information.
We only hold your personal information on our systems for as long as is necessary for the purposes outlined above. We remove personal data from our systems once it is no longer required, in line with our guidelines on how long important information must remain accessible for future use or reference, as well as when and how data can be destroyed when it is no longer needed.
The length of time each category of data will be retained will vary depending on how long we need to process it for, the reason it was collected and in line with any statutory requirements. After this time the data will either be deleted or we may retain a secure anonymised record for research and analytical purposes.
The personal data we hold about you is yours. You have the following rights over your information:
PANAF is committed to the responsible handling of personal information collected as part of the recruitment process.
Information provided by you in connection with your application will only be used by PANAF in relation to recruitment and selection processes and will not be disclosed to a third party without your consent, except as required by law and except to our service provider (see our general statement for more details).
Sensitive personal information regarding gender, age, sexual orientation, religion and faith, caring responsibilities, disability, ethnic origin and region of origin will be anonymised and will be used for cultural diversity and equal opportunities monitoring purposes only. Unsuccessful applications will be retained for a period of three years after the conclusion of the selection process. We will also ask that you confirm that you are happy to process in the form of our declaration, printed below:
I confirm that the information provided in my application is true and complete. I agree that any deliberate omission, falsification or misrepresentation in the application form will be grounds for rejecting this application or subsequent dismissal if employed by the organisation. Where applicable, I consent that the organisation can seek clarification regarding professional registration details. I consent to PANAF processing my personal information on the privacy terms set out above.
By post:
Panaf,
Mäster Mikaels gata 2b,
116 20 Stockholm Sweden.
By email: info@panaf.org
By telephone: + 46 706 708 592
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