3. The purposes of the processing for which the personal data are intended & the legal basis for the processing

Protect Children values data privacy and collects and treats personal information in accordance with data protection regulations. Protect Children collects personal data for the purposes of the development of its projects, the organisation of its events, for its subscription services such as Protect Children’s newsletter and press releases, and for booking training sessions or applying to become a volunteer. The information collected for these purposes is based on the data subject’s own given consent and may include name, surname, email address, phone number, address, age, current employment status and employer.

The personal data collected for purposes of the newsletter and press releases are stored in the database of Mailchimp, a company operating in the United States of America, in accordance with obligations posed by the GDPR and American data privacy laws. More detailed information about Mailchimp’s data privacy practices can be found here. Personal data collected by Protect Children for other purposes are not released to any third parties.

Protect Children’s Executive Director processes the organisation’s internal personal data for purposes of the daily functioning of the organisation (including the following functions: payroll, accounting and internal accounting, invoicing), as well as for providing information on upcoming events. These activities comply with the GDPR, as well as with general good data protection practices. Protect Children complies with the obligations under the Finnish Associations Act (503/1989) and the GDPR.