Privacy Policy

INTRODUCTION 

This privacy policy (this “Privacy Policy”) is provided to explain the online information practices of Empowered Birth Movement e.V., an independent nonprofit with registered number VR12102 established in Dusseldorf, Germany , with its headquarters registered at Am Schulwäldchen 7, Rodgau 63110 (“Empowered Birth Movement”, “we”, “us” or “our”) and the choices you can make about the way that data which directly or indirectly identifies you (“Personal Data”) is collected and used at the Empowered Birth Movement website. referred to as the “Site”). For the purpose of the General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”), we are the data controller we use your Personal Data only in accordance with the following principles and in compliance with applicable data protection laws including the GDPR. The official language of this Privacy Policy shall be in the English language except as required by local law. Any translations of this Privacy Policy shall be for reference purposes only. The terms of this Privacy Policy in the English language shall prevail over any terms of any translations hereof in the event any dispute arises regarding any conflicting terms. Please read this policy carefully so that you understand your rights in relation to your Personal Data, and how we will collect, use and process your Personal Data. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy in general or any part of it, you should not access the Site. This Privacy Policy is effective as of the effective date listed above and is subject to change as set forth below in “Changes to Empowered Birth Movement Privacy Policy.”

DATA COLLECTED BY US  

The Site’s web servers collect standard internet log information during user visits to the Site. This information is used to assist with troubleshooting issues with the Site including performance and security-related functions. In addition to server logs, the Site also uses the Google Analytics service to help us assess how users access and utilize the Site by collecting bits of information such as statistical usage and telemetry information including an anonymized version of your IP address. This information is used to create aggregate statistics about the operation and use of the Site such as when the Site is accessed, the pages which refer visitors to the Site, and other information that helps us understand how the Site is used and how it might be improved in the future.

Like many services, Google Analytics uses first-party cookies to track user interactions as in our case, where they are used to collect information about how users use our Site. This information is used to compile reports and to help us improve our Site. The reports disclose website trends without identifying individual visitors. You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit our Site – for more information on opting out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites you use, visit this Google page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

In general, when you visit the Site we only incidentally collection such information as your IP address and/or information about your browser or computing device that enables us to provide you with access to the Site and appropriate content. There are pages, however, on which you need to provide additional Personal Data to register, make a donation, contact us, request news and updates, or conduct other transactions via the Site.

Such personal data includes: 

  • Name, address, nationality, website address, social media handles, photograph, language preference, and contact information;
  • organization (including organization name, website, phone number, and address), field of work, summary of your organization, languages, and location; 
  • The results of all questionnaires that you agreed to respond to. 

In addition, the Site may enable you to submit Personal Data as part of an application for employment, internship, or volunteer opportunities.  This personal data includes: 

  • Name, contact information, work experience, educational qualifications, ability to work in the country for which you are applying for employment, and any information you choose to submit.  
  • We receive information from third parties in connection with your application, such as referees and recruiters. 

You may also provide to us Personal Data related to other people, for example to nominate a community member or recommend someone for employment. As part of this process, you will need to provide Personal Data, such as name, contact information, location, organization, fields of work, and other related information, to us about persons other than yourself. You agree to and confirm that you have sought and received consent to share such person’s Personal Data with us prior to submission.

HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL INFORMATION WE   

As it is in our legitimate interests to be responsive to you and to ensure the proper functioning of our products and organization, we will use your information to: process donations, provide requested information about our organization, evaluate employment candidates, evaluate referral directory candidates, respond to requests for information or connections with Empowered Birth Movement staff, and process questionnaire responses submitted by you.

We will also use the Personal Data we collect to improve the Site and to ensure the Site’s content is presented in the most effective manner for you and your device; administer the Site, and for internal operations including troubleshooting, data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes, or to keep the Site safe and secure. With your consent, we may use your Personal Data to send you information that we think will be relevant to you, including newsletters and marketing information. You may revoke this consent at any time by using any such provided “unsubscribe” link or by contacting us at privacy@empoweredbirthmovent.com

We will share Personal Data with our partners, affiliates, consultants, and providers. Our agreements with these entities require that they keep your Personal Data confidential and only use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to perform their functions and not for any other purpose. We also contract other companies and individuals (collectively “Service Providers”) to perform functions on our behalf:

  • We use a third-party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to find out things such as the number of visitors to the various parts of the site. This information is only processed in a way which does not identify anyone. We do not make, and do not allow Google to make, any attempt to find out the identities of those visiting our website. For more information about Google Analytics privacy practices, see their  privacy policy ; 
  • We use a third party, CPanel, to deliver our email communications. For more information on CPanel’s privacy practices, please see their  Privacy Policy ;  
  • We use a third party service, Interserver, to host our website and WordPress to design it.  For more information, please see Interserver’s Privacy Policy as well as WordPress’ Privacy Policy;   
  • We use Google Drive private folders to manage data that facilitates our communications, record donations, track Personal Information of applicants, partners, and clients. For more information please see their Terms of Service.

We will take reasonable steps to ensure that these Service Providers keep your Personal Data confidential and only use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to perform their functions and not for any other purpose.

If you join the Empowered Birth Movement member and community network or referral directory you consent to Empowered Birth Movement displaying a profile of you and your organization or business on our website including first name, last name, name of my organization/business, short paragraph about your organization/business, link to the website of the organization/business or your personal website, and your LinkedIn profile link (if it exists). Donations that are made to Empowered Birth Movement on the Site are processed using a third-party payment system. Credit/Debit card details will be retained by the party providing the payment services and its affiliated bank as deemed necessary by them to process the payment for your donation. Your Credit/Debit card details will be retained by the processor for future transactions only upon your authorization.

If you later decide that you do not want such information stored, you may contact us at privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com and we will coordinate with the processor to remove such information.

STORING YOUR PERSONAL  DATA 

We will retain your data as follows: 

  • technical data (e.g., IP address, device information) incidentally collected when you visit the Site will be retained for 90 days;
  • if you sign up for communications from us, we will keep your information until you unsubscribe after which we will retain only that information that will enable us to respect your unsubscribe preference.
  • Directory data is retained indefinitely until you choose to opt out, which you can do by contacting privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com. Your data will only be stored on and shared with the list of above service providers.
  • f you donate to us through the Site, we will keep your information to process your payment and to enable us to ensure that transactions can be appropriately processed, settled, refunded or charged-back, to help identify fraud and to comply with anti-money laundering and other laws and rules that apply to us and to our financial service providers. 
  • if you apply for a position with Empowered Birth Movement, we will keep your information for a period of time necessary to facilitate the hiring process, provide you with notifications about new positions that match your interest or profile, and in either case not for greater than two (2) years without reconfirming your interest. If you are a successful candidate, will be retained your information as part of your employee file for the duration of your employment plus 6 years following the end of your employment.

At the end of the retention period we may store your information in an aggregated and anonymized format to help us understand historical behaviors and to enhance the Site. Your Personal Data will be retained for longer if required by law or a court order and/or as needed to defend or pursue legal claims.

HOW WE SHARE  YOUR PERSONAL DATA WITH THIRD PARTIES  

Empowered Birth Movement operates globally, and your Personal Data will be transferred to Service Providers located in jurisdictions other than your residence jurisdiction, for the purpose of providing the services you request. We share your Personal Data with our Service Providers so that they can perform services on our behalf. We require our Service Providers to take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your Personal Data against loss, theft and unauthorized use, access, or modification.

For users submitting Personal Data as part of an application for employment, we will share your information with referees for the purpose of identifying you so they can provide a reference and to network members for the purpose of referring you for employment opportunities that may be of interest to you.

For EU users, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place when we export your personal data from the EEA, including: 

  • Privacy Shield: The Personal Data that we collect from you will be transferred to, and stored at/processed by, Salesforce, Google Analytics and Stripe (when making a donation) which comply with the US Department of Commerce’s EU-US Privacy Shield and have certified that they adhere to the EU-US Privacy Shield Principles of Notice, Choice, Accountability for Onward Transfer, Security, Data Integrity and Purpose Limitation, Access, and Recourse, Enforcement and Liability. For more information about the EU-US Privacy Shield Framework, visit the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Privacy Shield website.

Except as provided herein, we will not sell any Personal Data that you provide through the Site without your prior written consent. We will share your information with law enforcement agencies, public authorities, or other organizations if legally required to do so, or if we have a good faith belief that such use is reasonably necessary to:

  • Comply with a legal obligation, process or request; 
  • Enforce our terms and conditions and other agreements, including investigation of any potential violation thereof;
  • Detect, prevent or otherwise address security, fraud or technical issues; or
  • Protect our rights, property or safety, or those of our users, a third party, or the public as required or permitted by law (including exchanging information with other companies and organizations for the purposes of fraud protection and credit risk reduction).

We will also disclose your data to third parties: 

  • In the event that we  sell or buy our  business or assets, we will disclose your information to the prospective seller or buyer of such business or assets; or 
  • if we or substantially all of our assets are acquired by a third party, in which case transferred assets will include information held by us about you.  

Empowered Birth Movement will comply with applicable local laws related to your Personal Data and otherwise use reasonable efforts to keep your Personal Data subject to the same protection as it was prior to the transfer. If your Personal Data becomes subject to a different privacy policy, Empowered Birth Movement will comply with applicable local laws and otherwise use reasonable efforts to notify you of such change. 

COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES 

Tracking technologies, for simplicity referred to here as cookies, are designed to collect and store small pieces of information about your browsing activity and are generally used to enable a range of functionalities including session management, multimedia playback, and performance monitoring. When you visit the Site, cookies are set, by us or Service Providers, on your browser to log information about your preferences and Site viewing patterns. You can find more information about cookies and how to manage them at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. We use cookies for such purposes as:

  • providing you with relevant content;
  • enabling multimedia playback and social media integration; 
  • providing session management and security features; 
  • Improving Site performance and content relevance 

For more information about the types of cookies that we use on the Site and how to control them, please consult our Cookie Policy, which can be found at the following link, https://empoweredbirthmovement.org/cookie-policy/, and is part of this Privacy Policy.

LINKED SITES

For your convenience, hyperlinks may be posted on the Site that link to other websites (“Linked Sites”). We are not responsible for, and this Privacy Policy does not apply to, the privacy practices of any Linked Sites or of any companies that we do not own or control. Linked Sites may collect information in addition to that which we collect on the Site. We do not endorse any of these Linked Sites, the services or products described or offered on such Linked Sites, or any of the content contained on the Linked Sites. We encourage you to seek out and read the privacy policy of any Linked Site that you visit to understand how the information that is collected about you is used and protected.

CHILDREN 

The Service is not intended for use by children under the age of 18, and we do not knowingly collect Personal Data from such children. If we become aware that we have unknowingly collected Personal Data from a child under the age of 18, we will make all reasonable efforts to delete such information from our database. If you become aware that we have unknowingly collected Personal Data from a child under the age of 18, please contact us immediately at privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com

SECURITY 

The security of your Personal Data is important to us. We use appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your Personal Data against loss, theft, and unauthorized use, access or modification.

We encrypt information submitted to and presented by the Site using Transport Layer Security (TLS) technology. By encrypting this data, TLS attempt to prevent anyone from reading it as it travels across the Internet. Unfortunately, the transmission of information via the internet or email is not completely secure. Although we will do our best to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee the security of your information transmitted through the Site or over email; any transmission is at your own risk. Once we have received your information, we will take appropriate technical and organizational measures to safeguard your Personal Data against loss, theft and unauthorized use, access or modification.

YOUR RIGHTS 

YYou have the right to access the Personal Data that we hold about you. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you also have the right to request the correction or deletion of your Personal Data, to require us to stop processing the Personal Data except for storage purposes in certain circumstances and to obtain a copy of your Personal Data in a commonly used, machine-readable format. You can exercise these rights by contacting us at  privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com. We may refuse your request for correction or deletion of your Personal Data where its retention is necessary, for example in the context of a legal dispute or as required by law. 

Where you have provided your consent to the processing of your personal data, you may withdraw it at any time by contacting us at privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com .  

At any time you have the right to object to our processing of Personal Data about you in order to send you marketing, including where we build profiles for such purposes, and we will stop processing the Personal Data for that purpose.

COMPLAINTS 

In the event that you wish to make a complaint about how we process your Personal Data, please contact us in the first instance at  privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com and we will endeavor to deal with your request as soon as possible. This is without prejudice to your right to launch a claim with the data protection supervisory authority in the EU country in which you live or work where you think we have infringed data protection laws.

CHANGES TO EMPOWERED BIRTH MOVEMENT’S PRIVACY POLICY 

We will revise this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we do so, we will post the new policy on our website and change the effective date, so we encourage you to review it frequently. Your continued use of the Site after changes in this Privacy Policy will mean that you accept such changes except as otherwise required by local law.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions, concerns or complaints about the use of your personal information, or would like to request access to, correct or delete your personal information, please contact: privacy@empoweredbirthmovement.com or address them to:

Empowered Birth Movement e.V. — Am Schulwaeldchen 7, Rodgau 63110