This Privacy Policy describes how your Personal Information is collected, used, and shared when you contact us through www.independentsc.org (the “Site”). Protection of personal data is a priority and THE INDEPENDENT SPECIAL COMMISSION abides by The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) when collecting, processing and using personal data.
1. CONTROLLER
1.1 The Independent Special Commission, [SOS Children’s Villages International, SOS-Kinderdorf International, Hermann-Gmeiner-Str. 51, A-6020 Innsbruck Austria] ("ISC", "we", "us") is the controllerf within the meaning of Art 4 (7) of the Austrian Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") with regard to the processing of your personal data in connection with the use of this website (hereinafter referred to as the "Website") and with regard to reporting an allegation or concern to the ISC.
1.2 You can reach us as follows:
Independent Special Commission
SOS Children’s Villages International
SOS-Kinderdorf International
Hermann-Gmeiner-Str. 51
A-6020 Innsbruck Austria
E-mail: Contact@independentSC.org
2. PURPOSE AND LEGAL BASIS
2.1 Website operation
2.1.1 In order to provide you with the Website (Art 6 (1) (f) GDPR) and to be able to detect, prevent and investigate attacks on our Website (Art 6 (1) (f) GDPR), ISC processes the following personal data: The URL called up; the date and time of the call; the IP address of the computer or mobile device; the name and version of the web browser; the browser type and setting data (screen resolution, color depth, time zone settings, browser extensions, fonts, language); the operating system; and the website (URL) from which you visit our website ("referrer").
2.1.2 This Website uses cookies for analytics purposes to measure its use, and requests your consent before doing so. Your data collected through the use of cookies on this site will not be used for any other purpose except for analytics.
2.2 Communication with you
2.2.1 When you visit this Website and send a message to the ISC, we collect your name, email address and content of your message. We refer to this information as “Contact Information.” At this time, we are not collecting any other information.
2.2.2 We use the Contact Information that we collect only to communicate with you (Art 6 (1) (f) GDPR). If you contact us, data will be securely stored and used by the person you contacted only for communicating with you or for the purpose for which you provided the data.
2.3 Investigations by the ISC
2.3.1 When you report an allegation or concern surrounding suspected child safeguarding failures, child abuse, economic misconduct, fraud or other wrongdoing arising from the work of SOS Children's Villages and/or any of its Member Associations, we will process the following data in order to investigate, report its findings and make recommendations (Art 6 (1) (a) GDPR; “informed consent”). We process the following data and information from you if (i) you have provided it directly to us or to an investigator engaged by us, or (ii) we have received it from persons who have reported an incident and named you in connection with it.
(a) To assist the review and assessment of the information you choose to provide by the designated responsible investigator at the ISC, the ISC requests that you provide as detailed of an account as you can of the alleged wrongdoing, including child safeguarding failures, child abuse, economic misconduct, fraud or other wrongdoing. This may includes the following information:
(b) WHAT: The nature of the alleged wrongdoing including what happened and how it was done;
(c) WHO: The persons involved in the alleged wrongdoing and their connection to SOS Children’s Village, if known;
(d) WHERE: The location where the alleged wrongdoing occurred;
(e) WHEN: The time or period of time when the alleged wrongdoing occurred;
(f) HOW: The basis of how you know about the alleged wrongdoing that leads you to make this reporting, for example, did you experience something, did you witness something happen, did someone else tell you, did you see or do you have a document that reveals wrongdoing.
2.3.2 To the extent that we process data and information about you that we have received from persons other than you (e.g. from investigators), we process them on the basis of our legitimate interests (Art. 6 (1)(f) GDPR) in order to investigate, report its findings and make recommendations to the Senate.
2.3.3 Please find further details here .
3. DATA SHARING
3.1 We do not share your Contact Information with any third parties unless we are required to do so in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations, or other lawful request for information we receive, or to otherwise protect our rights.
3.2 The data mentioned under Section 2.3 will be submitted to the Senate as far as this is necessary for the execution of the investigation (Art 6 (1)(a) GDPR; Art 6 (1)(f) GDPR).
3.3 To provide the website, we use processors who perform services on our behalf. The processors may only process the data provided to them in accordance with our instructions and to the extent necessary to perform services for us. We contractually oblige these processors to ensure the confidentiality and security of the personal data processed as part of the order.
3.4 The level of data protection in other countries outside the EEA may not be the same as within the EEA. However, we only transfer your personal data to countries for which the European Commission has decided that they have an adequate level of data protection or we take measures to ensure that all recipients in third countries guarantee an adequate level of data protection. To this end, we conclude, for example, the standard contractual clauses issued by the European Commission with these recipients.
4. DATA RETENTION
4.1 As a matter of principle, your personal data will only be stored for as long as is necessary to achieve the respective purpose.
4.2 Data will only be stored for longer periods if and insofar as this is necessary to comply with statutory retention obligations or to pursue or defend against legal claims.
5. YOUR RIGHTS
5.1 You have the right to information under Art 15 GDPR, the right to rectification under Art 16 GDPR, the right to erasure under Art 17 GDPR, the right to restriction of processing under Art 18 GDPR, the right to object under Art 21 GDPR, the right not to be subject to automated decision-making in individual cases, including profiling, under Art 22 GDPR, and the right to data portability under Art 20 GDPR. In addition, you have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority pursuant to Art 77 GDPR.