Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

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Privacy Policy

This is an important notice regarding your privacy and the way in which The Maple Society of Europe (referred to as “We” and “Us” in this policy) collects and makes use of your personal data. By visiting our website and using our services, or emailing us, you agree to this privacy policy. This privacy policy also applies to meetings or appointments.

We take our privacy responsibilities seriously and for this reason We are committed to protecting and respecting our members’ privacy.
This policy sets out the basis on which any personal data we collect from you, or that you provide to us, will be processed by us. Please read the following carefully to understand our views and practices regarding your personal data and how we will treat it.
For the purpose of applicable European privacy legislation (GRPD), the Data Controller is The Maple Society of Europe


1. Who we are?

The Maple Society of Europe is a not-for-profit organisation. For more information about of us, you can find more information in section About of us

Our website address is: https://maplesociety-europe.org

Your questions regarding this policy should be directed to info@maplesociety-europe.org or please use our contact form

2. What information do we collect from or receive about you?

We will collect and process the following data about you:

Name and surname, personal address, telephone number and email: this data is collected when you register as a new “member” on the Website.


Other information you give us by telephone, email or any comunication through any of the contact emails listed on our website.

3. How do we use the information?

We use information held about you in the following ways:
Information you give to us and we collect about you. We will use this information:
to deal with your query or report when you call, email or send a enquiry.
As explained or agreed with you at the time of our interaction, to contact you if we wish to use your information for a purpose not set out in this policy, such as to invite you to a meeting.

4. Embedded content from other websites

We do not consciously use embedded content from other websites but it is posible any Articles on the Website may include embedded content (e.g. videos, charts, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor had visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracing your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

5. Statistics

The website uses a minimal build of Google Analytics, a service which transmits website traffic data to Google servers in the United States and allows us to notice trends to improve the user experience on our website. This minimal build processes personal data such as: the unique User ID set by Google Analytics, the date and time, the title of the page being viewed, the URL of the page being viewed, the URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page, the screen resolution, the time in local timezone, the files that were clicked on and downloaded, the links clicked on to an outside domain, the type of device, and the country, region, and city.
You may opt out of this tracking at any time by activating the “Do Not Track” setting in your browser.

6. Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

7. Cookies

If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

8. Basis for processing your personal data

Based on our legitimate interests, we collect the following data for the purpose of running this website. Your data is not used for any other purposes or shared with third parties. It is removed upon your request.

9. How long we will store your personal data for

For users that register on our website, we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

10. Your rights

You have the following rights in connection with your personal information held by us:

• The right to withdraw consent
• The right of access
• The right to erasure
• The right to rectification
• The right to object
• Notification of data breaches
• The right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

Please contact us to request any information on the personal data which we hold about you. If you believe that the information we hold about you is not accurate, complete or up-to-date, please contact us in writing.

you can request of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we rectify or erase any personal data we hold about you.

Please send your request to info@maplesociety-europe.org

11. Changes to our privacy policy

Any changes we make to our privacy policy in the future will be uploaded to our organization website. We may change, modify, add or remove portions of this policy at any time, and any changes will become effective immediately, and will apply to personal data collected on or after such date. If you are a regular user of our website you are encouraged to review this policy from time to time.

12. When and how to contact us

If your personal details change or if you have any queries about how we use your information or any feedback about our privacy practices, please contact us at info@maplesociety-europe.org.
If you believe that we have not complied with this policy or that we have acted otherwise than in accordance with Data Protection Law, please contact us directly at info@maplesociety-europe.org so that we can resolve any issues to everybody’s satisfaction.

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