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Privacy Statement

(Version may 2018)

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation is aware of the trust you place in us and wants to keep earning that trust.  We fully recognize and respect the importance of the privacy of our donors, sponsors, volunteers, campaigners, stakeholders, prospects and visitors to the website. That is why we treat and secure your personal data with the utmost care.

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation endorses in all cases the Personal Data Protection Act (WBP) and from May 25, 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (AVG). Responsible for our data processing is the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation. Send us a message about privacy issue’s.

In the context of the service, when you donate, order an article, or use other services of the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation or otherwise contact us, we record data. The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation uses this information to carry out its statutory duties and other services. Moreover, the data of all those who support us are used to inform them about various activities, projects and products of the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation and to raise funds.

Use of collected data

When you register for one of the services / activities / deliveries of the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation, we ask you to provide personal information. These data are used to properly perform the service / activity / delivery.

The data are stored on the secure server of the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation and backed up by a carefully selected third party. The data are only used for the purpose for which they where provided. The foundation does not make combinations with other personal information that we have. If this is necessary or desirable for one reason or another, the foundation will request your permission in advance.

When we make use of online services to help with communication and daily business operations, we have of course opted for reliable third parties that fully comply to GDPR. Where necessary, we have data processing agreements.

Communication

It is quite possible that the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation stores e-mails or other messages that you send to us. If relevant for the situation in question, we ask for your personal details. We do this to properly process and / or answer your questions and / or comments.

Fundraising

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation does all its fundraising activities entirely on its own, without the help of any third parties. The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation never provides data to third parties for commercial purposes.

Click behavior

The website of the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation collects general visitor data, without identifying the visitors. We do this to optimize the layout of the website. We also use the data to put more targeted information on the website and further optimize our information and services.

Use of Cookies

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation can use cookies when offering its online services. This is a simple small file with data that is stored on the hard d rive of your computer. The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation can use temporary cookies. These cookies contain no personal data and are only used to make the use of the website easier and better for you. Temporary cookies are deleted after visiting the website.

In addition, the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation can also use a permanent cookies. A permanent cookie remains on the hard disk unless you delete the cookie yourself. Based on this cookie, our website can recognize you the next time you visit the site. With this cookie the site can be specially set up for you; a tool to make the use of the site even more pleasant for you.

Some cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of the website, others to remember which language the user prefers, because the website is bilingual. We do not use cookies that record privacy-sensitive information.

Do not want cookies?

Use the settings of your browser (Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Mozilla or Chrome) to indicate whether and, if so, which cookies you accept. It varies per browser where these settings are located. Through the ‘help’function of your browser you can find out the exact location and working method. Please note that if you refuse (certain) cookies, you may not be able to make full use of the functionalities of our and other websites!

If you just do not want to receive advertising cookies, you can do the following:

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation and other websites

On the website of The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation you will find a variety of links to other websites. The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation bears no responsibility with regard to the handling of your data by these parties. Read the privacy statement of the site you visit, if available.

E-mail

If you, as a donor, sponsor, volunteer, campaigner, stakeholder, prospect and visitor of the website, have provided your e-mail address to the Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation, you will be kept informed by e-mail about our various activities, projects and products. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking on the Unscribe link in the newsletter of by sending us a request.

Questions, feedback and changes

The Helping Hands 4 Smiling Faces Foundation reserves the right to make changes to this privacy statement. For example, if our online and / or offline services change, this may lead to changes in this privacy statement. It is therefore advisable to consult this privacy statement regularly.

With questions and feedback about our privacy policy you can contact us.