Privacy Policy

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Voice of Ukrainians (VOU) is a committed, initiative with the sole humanitarian mission of protecting of Ukrainian Nation and dignity of victims of any type of violence and discrimination providing them with assistance. VOU is dedicated to handling your personal data with utmost security, respect, and confidentiality, ensuring that the processing of an individual’s personal data is in full compliance with VOU’s Personal Data Protection Guidelines.

This privacy policy outlines the reasons VOU collects your personal data, what information becomes available to VOU and third parties when you visit voiceofukrainians.org or official VOU web pages on other sites, and how VOU uses, stores, and safeguards that information. It also provides details on how you can exercise your rights concerning your data. Any personal data disclosed to VOU will only be used in accordance with this privacy policy.

1. Data Collection and Usage

• Information Provided by You: We collect personal information when you interact with us, sign up for newsletters, register for events, apply for jobs, or make donations. This may include your name, birth date, contact details, professional information, and specifics related to your interaction with VOU.
• Automatically Collected Information: VOU’s website automatically gathers data to enhance our services, which may include device and activity information, location, and interactions with social media. This is facilitated through cookies and analytics tools like Google Analytics. While cookies help in improving website functionality and content relevance, you have the option to control their use through your browser settings.
• Third-Party Links: Our website may contain links to third-party sites that collect data independently. VOU does not control these external data processing activities, and we recommend consulting the privacy policies of these external sites for more information.

2. Purposes of Data Collection

VOU collects your personal data to facilitate communication, event organization, donation processing, employment applications, and to enhance website functionality and marketing efforts. Your data are not subject to automatic profiling or decision-making processes.

3. Data Sharing and Processing

• Internal Processing: Access to collected data within VOU is limited to authorized personnel who require the information for specific, outlined purposes.
• External Sharing: VOU may share necessary data with referenced individuals, event hosts, service providers, and social media platforms for defined purposes, ensuring external parties adhere to strict data protection standards.

4. Data Retention

VOU retains personal data only as long as necessary for the outlined purposes, adhering to legal and regulatory requirements. Upon expiration of the necessity, or at your request, your data will be deleted.

5. Data Protection Measures

VOU employs rigorous technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure, ensuring a high level of data security.

6. Your Rights

You are entitled to access, correct, erase, or object to the processing of your personal data held by VOU. You can also withdraw consent for future communications at any time.

7. Contacting VOU

For further information on your data rights, data usage, or to exercise your rights, please contact VOU. Our contact details are available for various inquiries and requests.

VOU is dedicated to maintaining high privacy standards and protecting your personal data in line with our humanitarian mission and values.