Cookies and Privacy

Last updated: 28.10.2026

Data Controller

The SeaCleaners Swiss, Route de Peney 91, 1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland. Contact for any questions regarding your data: info@theseacleaners.org.

We comply with the Federal Act on Data Protection (nLPD) and, for individuals located in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

The data we collect

• Volunteer, school, membership, corporate, and contact forms: last name, first name, email, phone number, country, message, and information relevant to your request
• Donations: last name, first name, address, and email for tax receipts; payment data is processed directly by our payment provider and is not transmitted to us
• Newsletter: email address and language, with double opt-in
• Browsing: technical data and visit statistics, based on your choices in the cookie window

Why we use it

• To respond to your requests and organise your involvement
• To manage donations, tax receipts, and memberships
• To send you our newsletter, if you have requested it
• To improve the site using anonymised statistics

We never sell or rent your data.

Who has access to it

Only the The SeaCleaners Swiss team concerned by your request, and our technical service providers bound by contract: website hosting, newsletter distribution, online payment.

• Website hosting: Infomaniak Network SA, in Geneva, with data stored in Switzerland
• Newsletter distribution: Mailchimp, in the United States, with contractual data protection guarantees
• Online payment and donation receipts: iRaiser, a specialised donation platform for associations

How long we keep it

For the time necessary to fulfill your request, and then according to legal obligations: for example, 10 years for accounting data related to donations. Your newsletter subscription lasts until you unsubscribe.

Your rights

You may at any time request access to your data, its correction, its deletion, or object to its use by writing to info@theseacleaners.org. You may also contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC).

Cookies

The site uses cookies essential for its operation (language, security, donation form). It also uses audience measurement cookies, and cookies to play our videos and share our content on social networks.

• Visitors in Switzerland: these cookies are enabled by default. You can refuse them upon arrival, with one click, or later.
• Visitors from the European Union: they are only placed with your consent.

In any case, you can change your choices at any time using the "Cookies and Privacy" link at the bottom of every page.