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Privacy Statement

Last updated: June 2026

What this notice covers

This notice describes how Stichting Seva Europa ("Seva Europa", "we" or "us") processes your personal data. We are an independent Dutch foundation established in 2026 and registered in The Hague (KvK 42071667, RSIN 869577360). It applies when you interact with us through our website, make donations, sign up for communications, take part in campaigns or events, engage with us on social media, or otherwise communicate with or support us. It also describes your data-protection rights and how to exercise them.

Personal data we collect

Data you provide to us directly:

  • Identifiers & contact information — name, address, postal code, email address, country of residence
  • Donor & contribution information — donation amount, frequency, and date
  • Payment details — payment method, transaction reference
  • Communication information — emails, contact-form submissions, inquiries and other correspondence
  • Event & campaign data — event registrations
  • Social-media interaction data — public profile information and interactions when you engage with our social-media pages

We may also receive limited data indirectly — for example, confirmation and transaction details from our payment provider when you donate, and public profile or interaction data from social-media platforms.

How we use your data and our legal basis

We use your personal data only for the purposes and legal bases below, and share it only with the recipients described.

To respond to inquiries and requests

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in responding to you

Recipients: Our staff and volunteers; our website hosting and email providers

To send newsletters and other communications

Legal basis: Your consent

Recipients: Our email / newsletter provider

To process donations

Legal basis: Necessary to perform a contract with you, or to take steps at your request before a contract

Recipients: Our payment provider(s) and banking partner

To comply with legal and regulatory obligations

Legal basis: Legal obligation (such as tax laws, including the Dutch State Taxes Act)

Recipients: Governmental bodies and authorities, such as tax authorities

To manage event registrations and participation

Legal basis: Necessary to perform a contract with you, or to take steps at your request before a contract

Recipients: Our staff and any event-registration tools we use

To manage and respond to social-media interactions

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in managing our public presence

Recipients: The social-media platforms on which we maintain a presence

To prevent and investigate fraud, security incidents or crime

Legal basis: Our legitimate interest in protecting our rights; and/or legal obligation

Recipients: Courts, regulators, law enforcement and other authorities where required; external legal advisers

International transfers

In limited circumstances, personal data may be transferred to countries outside the European Economic Area. Where such transfers occur, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your personal data, including Standard Contractual Clauses adopted by the European Commission and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. A copy of the relevant mechanism can be obtained on request using the contact details below.

Your choices and rights

You have the following rights over your personal data:

  • Access — Receive a copy of your personal data
  • Rectification — Correct inaccurate or incomplete data
  • Erasure — Ask us to delete your data in certain circumstances
  • Restriction — Ask us to halt processing in certain circumstances
  • Objection — Object to processing based on our legitimate interests, including direct marketing
  • Data portability — Receive or transfer your data to a third party where technically feasible

Where we rely on your consent, you may withdraw it at any time, without affecting processing carried out before withdrawal. These rights may be limited in certain circumstances.

If you have unresolved concerns, you may complain to a data-protection authority — in the Netherlands, the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens — in your country of residence or where the issue arose.

How long we keep your data

We keep personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes it was collected for, unless a longer period is required by law. We are subject to legal retention obligations under applicable tax and financial legislation, including the Dutch State Taxes Act; personal data relevant for tax purposes — which may include information relating to donations and donors — is retained for as long as required to comply with those obligations. Data processed to perform a contract is kept for the duration of the relationship plus any applicable limitation period; data processed for marketing is kept until you withdraw consent or opt out, plus a short period to action your request.

How we protect your personal data

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational safeguards to protect the personal data we collect. Where we engage third parties, we will take reasonable steps to ensure that a comparable level of protection is implemented.

Cookies and tracking

Our website currently uses only the strictly necessary cookies required for it to function, and does not use analytics, advertising or other non-essential cookies or trackers. If we introduce non-essential cookies in future, we will ask for your consent (where required), provide a cookie banner, and update this notice.

Updates to this notice

We may update this privacy notice from time to time, and will provide a new notice when we make substantial changes.

Contact us

For questions about this notice or our data practices, contact us:

Stichting Seva Europa Fluwelen Burgwal 58 2511 CJ The Hague The Netherlands KvK: 42071667 Email: kate@sevaeuropa.org