Privacy Policy

Privacy and Cookies

IP addresses and log file data

The Rainbow Rose site does not automatically capture or store personal information, other than logging the user’s IP Address or the location of your computer or network on the Internet, for systems administration and troubleshooting purposes. (If you are connected to the Internet you have an IP address, for example, an IP address might read “154.198.99.9”). We also use IP addresses in the aggregate to track which pages people visit in order to improve the quality of the site.

Data collection and use

You may be asked for personal information if you join online, fill out our membership form, or interact with us in any way that asks for personal information. We may also collect personal information when you interact with us on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram or X/Twitter.

In each case, we will only use the information about you for the purpose for which you provide it. Personal information you submit to Rainbow Rose is stored on secure servers. Occasionally, in order to complete your request as outlined above, we may need to transfer personal information you submit to us to countries or jurisdictions outside the EEA. In each case, we ensure that our suppliers provide adequate protection for the rights of data individuals in connection the transfer of their personal data. Currently, we expect all suppliers to use the standard contractual clause approved by the European Union or be subject to Privacy Shield scheme in the United States.

We will never sell or share your personal information with other organisations for their direct marketing purposes without your explicit consent. This includes sharing your personal information with the Party of European Socialists, or national member parties of the Party of European Socialists concerning elections. We may share your data with third parties to perform services on your behalf and to help promote Rainbow Rose by serving you advertisements and content online about our politicians, campaigns and policies we think you might be interested in.

You may remove or change your details at any time. You have right of access to your personal information held on our files by written request to the data protection officer (address below).

Rainbow Rose will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary to fulfil the purposes described in this policy. We will regularly review the personal information we hold to ensure that its use is necessary and proportionate.

Site registration and email service

When you register onto the site or subscribe to our emails, we ask you for contact information (such as your name and e-mail address), and other details about you. This is used to help us stay in contact with you, and to alert you to campaigns you may be interested in and events happening in your area.

Joining Rainbow Rose and renewing your membership online

We collect the required information in order to check you meet the conditions of and help you fulfil the opportunities provided by membership of Rainbow Rose. In order to check you maintain the conditions of and help you fulfil the opportunities provided by membership of Rainbow Rose, we may also use any information which you have made public, caused others to make public, or which is already in the public domain.

Donating to Rainbow Rose

The information we ask for is used to process your donation. We will ask for your consent to use information you provide to register any such donations, where required, with official authorities. This may only need to be done in the case of donations above a certain amount, or from persons from certain countries.

Cookies

A cookie is a tiny text file that is stored on your computer. We may use cookies – including analytics cookies provided by companies such as Google – in order to tailor your experience on our site according to the preferences you have specified. However, we will only access the information that we stored in your cookie file. We will not access any information stored in a cookie placed by other websites. Our cookies do not contain personally identifiable information, other than your IP address, which itself is only very rarely enough to identify you as an individual.

Links to other sites

Our site contains links to other sites and servers. Rainbow Rose is not responsible for the privacy practices or the content of such websites.

How we protect your information

Our website has security measures in place to protect against the loss, misuse or alteration of the information under our control. When you contribute online, we use a secure server to protect your credit card number and other personal information during transmission.

Choice/unsubscribe

We provide you with the opportunity to opt-out of receiving communications from us easily and promptly. Our unsubscribe requests are processed weekly.

Correcting your information

If you need to correct the information you provided us with when you subscribed to our email list, you can do so by emailing us. If you need to change your e-mail address, you can unsubscribe from our mailing lists and sign up again using your new information.

Contacting us about privacy

If you have any questions about our privacy policy, the information we have collected from you online, the practices of this site or your interaction with this website, please email us at contact@rainbowrose.eu.

Your rights:

You have a number of rights in relation to your personal information and the opportunity to choose how it is used. You can:

* Obtain copies of the personal information we hold about you (known as a “subject access request”)

* Request that we correct or update any personal information held about you

* Ask that we erase or restrict the way in which we use your information

* Request that personal information you have given your consent for us to use is provided in an electronic format so it can be transferred to another data controller (also known as “data portability”)

You may opt out of receiving further communications from us in any medium at any time. All requests to unsubscribe are dealt with promptly, and in all cases within a week.

If you wish to exercise your rights in respect of your personal data or have any concerns about how your data is used, please contact the Data Protection Officer: Carola Ebhardt

The Data Protection Officer

contact@rainbowrose.eu