PRIVACY POLICY
The Eftychia Project Website Privacy Policy
The Eftychia Project is a US-based 501(c)3 nonprofit organization classified as a tax-exempt public charity. Our website is for informational purposes only and does not collect, process, manage or store data. We do not use cookies on our website that collect standard internet log information and visitor behavior information. Donations made on our website are made through a Donations button that links to PayPal and only your name, email address and donation amount are shared with us by PayPal. By choosing to donate through our website, you consent to the sharing of your information. You can access PayPal’s privacy policy here: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full
You can read our organization’s complete privacy policy below. For any questions regarding this policy, pleaser email us at theeftychiaproject@gmail.com.
The Eftychia Project, Inc. Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12/1/2023
Our contact details
Name: The Eftychia Project, Inc.
Address: PO Box 682509, Franklin, TN 37064 USA
Phone Number: +1 615 305 1835 or +30 697 452 5522
E-mail: theeftychiaproject@gmail.com
The type of personal information we collect We currently collect and process the following information:
- Name and contact details, birthdate where appropriate, and other personal information that will help us to provide search and reunion or other related services for adopted persons and biological families.
How we get the personal information and why we have it
Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by you for one of the following reasons:
- To deliver and facilitate delivery of services to the users. We may process your information to provide adoptees and biological families with search and reunion or other related services.
- To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any issues you may have with the requested services.
- To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our services, events, changes to our policies, and other similar information.
- To conduct reserach or generate statistics of legitimate interest on Greek adoptions and other adoption-related topics. All personal information used for this purpose will be anonymized to protect the privacy of the individuals involved.
We use the information that you have given us in order to facilitate adopted persons’ searches for their roots and biological families’ searches for their children lost to adoption. As adoption is a sensitive subject, we may share this information only internally within our organization and only with those in our organization involved in the search/reunion process in order to facilitate search/reunion services for adoptees and biological families. We will obtain your consent before sharing with anyone outside our organization, and then only when absolutely necessary (for example, with a genealogist) to facilitate said search/reunion.
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for citizens of the European Union, the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are:
(a) Your consent. You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Linda Carol Trotter at theeftychiaproject@gmail.com
(b) We have a legitimate interest.
(c) We have a legal obligation.
How we store your personal information
We take the protection of your privacy and personal data seriously. We have implemented appropriate and reasonable security measures designed to protect the security of personal information we process. Although we do our best to safeguard your personal information, transmission of personal information to/from us by text, email or other electronic means is at your own risk. You should only transmit personal information from a secure environment. We do not maintain any online databases or collect personal information from our website, either directly or through the use of cookies. Donations made on our website are made through a Donations button that links to PayPal and only your name, email address and donation amount are shared with us by PayPal. You can access PayPal’s privacy policy here: https://www.paypal.com/us/legalhub/privacy-full
We keep the personal information we collect until the purpose for which it was collected is fulfilled, including but not limited to, search and reunion, post-reunion support services, research, events, etc., or until you withdraw your consent for our services. Once the purpose for which it was collected is fulfilled or you withdraw your consent, we will either anonymize your information or dispose of your information by either deleting the data securely from any personal computer files or by shredding any physical documents containing your personal information.
Your data protection rights
Under GDPR data protection law, you have rights including:
Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.
Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.
Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organization, or to you, in certain circumstances.
Your right to object - You have the right to object to the processing of your personal information, in certain circumstances.
You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. Please contact us at theeftychiaproject@gmail.com or PO Box 682509, Franklin, TN 37064 if you wish to make a request.
How to complain If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us at theeftychiaproject@gmail.com.
