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Privacy Policy

This privacy policy was last updated on 2 September 2026.

We believe in the fundamental right to privacy and data protection. We will limit the processing of your personal information to what is strictly necessary and for the purposes outlined in this privacy policy. We will never sell your data to third parties.

This policy explains the information we collect and store through:

  • Personal data collection
  • Cookies

It also explains what your rights are and what to do in case of a complaint.

Personal Data collection

The information we collect from you is information you voluntarily provide us when you fill in the ‘Contact us’ form, or by sending us information about your organisation to feature on our ‘NGOs’ page.

For the ‘Contact us’ page, we collect the following information: first name, last name, email address and a message.

To be listed on the ‘NGOs’ page, we require your first name, last name, email, country, the name of your organisation, and a description of the organisation.

You can ask us to delete any information you provided us by emailing info@forestdefenders.org. We will respect your decision.

Cookies

Cookies are text files containing a small amount of data which are sent to your computer when you visit our website. They involve the collection and storage of personal information.

Some cookies are necessary for the functioning of the website and can not be removed, whereas others need to be either activated or deactivated.

Necessary cookies

The following cookies are necessary for the correct functioning of the website when you land on it.

  • WordPress_test_cookie: this is a WordPress cookie to see if your browser accepts other cookies. It is placed on your computer temporarily while you are viewing the site. It deletes itself when you close your browser tab.
  • CookieConsent: this is a cookie from CookieBot which stores your cookie preferences so that you do not have to enter them at every visit. It expires after one year.
  • Fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com: we use Google Fonts on our website. Google Fonts logs records for the font file requests. Optional cookies

Statistics

We use Plausible to be able to measure our website’s performance and to monitor when, where and how people access information so that we can adapt the site to better suit our users’ needs.

Plausible Analytics is a privacy-first web analytics tool. It complies with privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA. Plausible doesn’t use cookies and doesn’t collect personal data.

Social media

We may occasionally embed content from social media such as SoundCloud or YouTube in a page on this website. You can disable these social media cookies if you wish. However, you will not be able to view the content we are referencing as a result. They will activated by default, unless you untick the Marketing box in the cookie banner.

The following cookies are set by YouTube/Google:

  • APISID, SSID and SAPISID: these cookies last two years and allow Google to optimise Google Ads.
  • HSID: this cookie lasts two years and tries to detect fraud attempts.
  • SID and NID: these cookies last two years and 6 months respectively and allow ad delivery or retargeting.
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: this cookie tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. It expires after 6 months.
  • LOGIN_INFO: this cookie stores user preferences and other unspecified purposes for two years.
  • IDE: this cookie registers and reports the website user’s actions after viewing a YouTube video.
  • YSC: this cookie registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen and deletes itself at the end of the session.
  • SEARCH_SAMESITE: this cookie is valid for 6 months and prevents the browser from sending this cookie along with cross-site requests.

What are your data protection rights?

Every user is entitled to the following by EU law:

  • The right to access – You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
  • The right to rectification – You have the right to request a correction to any information about you that you believe is inaccurate.
  • The right to erasure – You have the right to request that we erase your personal data.
  • The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that we restrict the processing of your personal data.
  • The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to any processing of your personal data.
  • The right to data portability – You have the right to request that we transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you.

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: info@forestdefenders.org

How to contact the appropriate authority

If you want to report a complaint, you may contact the Belgian data protection authority:

https://www.privacycommission.be