Privacy Policy

Last updated November 19, 2024.

We believe you should always know what personal data we collect about you, how we use it, and what control you have over this data. We want to be transparent and explain this information to you in our privacy policy below (“Privacy Policy”).

About Us

We are Ziemeļvalstu Noturības Organizācija – Civilian Resilience Nordic (CiReN), registration number 50008340241 (“we”, “us” or “our”). We are the controller of your personal data.

You can contact us by:

e-mail address: info@ciren.ngo;
phone number: +37126548365;
address: Rīga, Tirgoņu iela 8, LV-1050, Latvia.

About Our Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains

what personal data we collect about you;
how we use your personal data;
your rights concerning your personal data.

The Privacy Policy applies to the use of the website WEBSITE (“Website”) and our communication concerning the use of the Website.

Definitions

Contact information – data needed to contact you, e.g., e-mail address, phone number, postal address.

Identification data – information that allows us to establish and verify who you are, e.g., name, surname.

How Do We Use Your Personal Data and Why?

We use only the minimum amount of personal data needed.

We can use your Contact information, Identification data and other data that you may voluntary decide to send to us when you contact us through e-mail, address or phone. We will use these personal data to respond to your request because it’s important for us that you get answers to your questions to us (legitimate interests).

We may also use the other data that you, besides Identification data and Contact information, may voluntarily decide to send us to analyse public interest and information available to the public about our organization because it’s important for us to improve our services, promote our organization and it’s values and provide the best service to you (legitimate interests).

Where Do We Obtain Your Personal Data?

We will obtain your personal data directly from you (for example, when you send us an e-mail).

To Whom We Disclose Your Personal Data?

We do not disclose your personal data to any data recipients.

How Long Do We Store Your Personal Data?

We will not store your personal data longer than it is necessary. Once we have determined that we no longer need to hold your personal data, we will destroy it.

The criteria used to determine the period of storage of your personal data are:

the nature of the purpose, why personal data was collected;
the length of time, while we have a contractual relationship with you;
the existence of a legal obligation under the applicable law;
the necessity to store the data in the light of our legal position (such as applicable statutes of limitations, litigation or regulatory investigations).

What Rights Do You Have In Relation to Your Personal Data?

You have various rights in relation to the personal data that we process about you. We have described these rights in the table below. There are some exceptions to these rights, however. If we refuse your request, we will explain to you the reasons for doing so.

If you wish to exercise any of these rights, please contact us. Our contact information is in the Privacy Policy’s “About us” section.

Your rights	Explanation
Right to request access	You are entitled to ask us if we are processing your data and, if we are, you can request access to your personal data.
Right to rectification	You may request that we rectify any inaccurate or incomplete personal data that we process about you.
Right to erasure (“right to be forgotten”)	You have the right to request that we erase your personal data.
Right to restrict processing	You have the right to request that we restrict our processing of your personal data where:you believe such data to be inaccurate;our processing is unlawful; orwe no longer need to process such data for a particular purpose, but where we are not able to delete the data due to a legal or other obligation or because you do not want us to delete it.
Right of data portability	You have the right to transfer your personal data between data controllers. This means that you can request your personal data we process about you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and transfer this data to a third party.
Right to object	Where we are processing your personal data based on our legitimate interests (or those of a third party), you have the right to object to such processing on grounds relating to your particular situation.
Right to withdraw consent	If you have consented to our processing of your personal data, you have the right to withdraw consent at any time, free of charge.

How to Complain?

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal data, you can make a complaint to us. Our contact information is in the Privacy Policy’s section “About Us”.

In case you could not solve your problem with us directly, you can also complain to your local data protection authority or the place of the suspected violation. Contact information of these authorities can be accessed at the website of the European Data Protection Board. The contact information of the data protection authority in Latvia is the following:The Data State Inspectorate
Elijas iela 17, Rīga, LV-1050
pasts@dvi.gov.lv
67223131