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Advocacy Unified Network (AUN) is committed to protecting personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Last updated: July 2026.
The data controller is Advocacy Unified Network, Fluwelen Burgwal 58, 2511CJ The Hague, the Netherlands (ISNI 0000 0005 0810 4055), reachable at info@aunetwork.org. This Policy applies to aunetwork.org and to AUN-operated digital platforms unless a platform displays its own policy.
We do not knowingly collect data from children under 16. We do not collect special-category (sensitive) data unless you volunteer it in correspondence, in which case it is processed only to handle your enquiry.
We never sell or rent personal data, and we do not run mailing campaigns on behalf of other organizations. Data may be shared only with: (a) service providers (processors) bound by data-processing agreements, such as hosting and email providers; (b) competent authorities where disclosure is required by law; and (c) professional advisers where necessary to establish, exercise, or defend legal claims. Transfers outside the EEA occur only with appropriate safeguards such as EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes stated, and thereafter as required by Dutch statutory retention rules (for example, financial records). Records connected to actual or threatened legal claims may be retained until the matter and applicable limitation periods conclude. We apply appropriate technical and organizational measures — encryption in transit, access controls, and least-privilege administration — while noting that no internet transmission can be guaranteed absolutely secure.
Under the GDPR you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, and may object to processing based on legitimate interest, by writing to info@aunetwork.org. We may require identity verification before acting and may refuse manifestly unfounded, repetitive, or abusive requests as the GDPR permits. You may lodge a complaint with the Dutch supervisory authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.
We may update this Policy; the current version on this page applies. Material changes will be indicated by the revision date above. Continued use of the site after changes constitutes acceptance to the extent permitted by law.
The operators of the website www.aunetwork.org take the protection of your personal data very seriously. We treat your personal data confidentially and in accordance with the legal data protection regulations. Personal data refers to information such as names, addresses, mailing addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses and all other information regarding a specific person. We employ technical and organizational measures to ensure that we, along with external service providers, comply with data protection requirements. When you visit our website, data is automatically stored in a log file each time a page is accessed:
This data is stored for the purpose of assisting and securing operations. You can use our website for informational purposes without providing personal information (for exceptions, please see “Use of Social Plug-Ins”). The use of our website is possible without giving personal data. If personal data are collected on our pages, it is always done on a voluntary basis. These data will not be passed on to third parties without your express consent. We hereby advise that data transmissions over the Internet (e.g. during e-mail communications) may be vulnerable to security gaps. It is not possible to fully protect data against third-party access. Therefore, data that must be protected should only be transmitted over a secure connection (SSL).
The internet pages partly use so-called cookies. Cookies do not damage your computer and contain no viruses. Cookies serve to make our offer more user-friendly, effective and safer. Cookies are small text files which are stored on your computer and which your browser saves. Most of the cookies we use are so called “session cookies”. They are automatically deleted after your visit. Other cookies remain on your device until you delete them. These cookies allow us to recognize your browser on the next visit. You can set your browser to inform you about the setting of cookies, to allow cookies in individual cases, to exclude the acceptance of cookies for specific cases or in general, and to activate the automatic deletion of cookies when the browser is closed. The functionality of this website may be limited when cookies are deactivated.
This website uses features of the web analytics service Google Analytics. Provider is the Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, USA. Google Analytics uses cookies. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transferred to a Google server in the USA and stored there. For more information about how to deal with Google Analytics user data, please visit Google’s privacy policy: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can prevent cookies from being saved by setting your browser software accordingly; however, we would point out that in this case you may not be able to fully utilize all the functions of this website. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and processing the data generated by the cookie (including your IP address) related to your use of the website, as well as the processing of this data by Google by downloading the browser plug-in available at the following link and install: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
You can prevent the collection of your data by Google Analytics by clicking the following link https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. An opt-out cookie is set to prevent the collection of your data on future visits to this site: disable Google Analytics
The consent or refusal of cookies – even for webtracking – can be given by the settings of your web browser. You can set your web browser to notify whenever new cookies are about to set, or generally decline cookies. However, it is possible that you will not be able to use all the features of our website as long as cookies are deactivated.
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