This is the privacy policy for Stichting Effective Altruism Amsterdam (“EA Amsterdam”, “we”, “our”, “us”; KvK number 86712187). EA Amsterdam is part of the effective altruism network in the Netherlands, which is coordinated by Stichting Effectief Altruisme Nederland (EAN). Both EA Amsterdam and EAN are supported by the Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA).

This privacy policy will explain how and why our organisation uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our website or sign up for one of our events, programs, mailing lists, or other interest forms and activities.

Topics:

• What data do we collect?

• How do we collect your data?

• How will we use your data?

• How do we store your data?

• Marketing

• What are your data protection rights?

• What are cookies?

• How do we use cookies?

• What types of cookies do we use?

• How to manage your cookies

• Privacy policies of other websites

• Changes to our privacy policy

• How to contact us

• How to contact the appropriate authority

What data do we collect?

• EA Amsterdam collects the following data:

• Personal identification information (name, email address, phone number, age, etc.).

• Your study background or field of work, including your study programme, university/institution, phase of studies, graduation year, and student number.

• Prior and current involvement in effective altruism (e.g. cause area interests or career plans) and EA Amsterdam (e.g. involvement in events, programs, and activities).

• Information you provide to use when you fill in an application, sign-up form, survey, or feedback form for one of our events, programs, or activities:

  • Your motivation for attending the event/program/activity

  • The way you learned about the event/program/activity.

  • Ways you have already engaged with related content.

  • What your career planning status and career interests are.

  • Your location preference, when applicable.

• Your CV, LinkedIn, Calendly, or other profiles/links you voluntarily share with us.

• If you contact us for any reason, we may keep a record of that correspondence.

How do we collect your data?

You directly provide EA Amsterdam with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:

• Register online for our newsletter.

• Register online for one of our events, programs, or activities.

• Register online via any of our interest forms.

• Voluntarily complete a survey or provide feedback via any of our communication platforms (including Whatsapp, Slack, Instagram, and LinkedIn) or via email.

• Use or view our website via your browser’s cookies.

EA Amsterdam may also receive your data indirectly from the following sources:

• Other (effective altruism) organisations or groups may pass on data you provide to them to connect us to you, depending on their privacy policy.

• If you register for a joint event, program, or activity with an organisation we collaborate with, we may receive your personal information from them.

How will we use your data?

EA Amsterdam collects your data so that we can:

• Send you our email newsletter with information about our agenda, events, programs, and other activities and opportunities.

• Evaluate your application to attend an event, program, or activity.

• Send you information about events, programs, or activities you signed up for.

• Reach out to you about potential collaborators or project, career, or skill-building opportunities.

• Make (public) reports about the status of EA Amsterdam (such reports will not directly identify you, but we might use an anonymized version of your personal data when creating them).

• Ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device.

• Respond to queries you send us.

If you agree to it, EA Amsterdam could share your data with our partner organisations so that they may share their events and opportunities with you:

• CEA (their privacy policy: https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/privacy).

• EAN (about them: https://effectiefaltruisme.nl/).

• The effective altruism groups coordinated by CEA and EAN.

• Third party EA-relevant or impactful career-relevant organisations.

How do we store your data?

EA Amsterdam securely stores your data on Mailchimp and Airtable.

• The privacy policy of Mailchimp can be found here: https://mailchimp.com/legal/terms/.

• The privacy policy of Airtable can be found here: https://www.airtable.com/privacy.

We will store your personal data for a maximum of 10 years, during which it may be relevant for career support, activities, updates, or opportunities. Once this time period has expired, we will delete your data. We will regularly check the personal information we hold and delete that which is not necessary anymore.

You can always contact us to delete your data: info@eaamsterdam.org.

Marketing

EA Amsterdam would like to send you information about events, programs, activities, products and services of ours that we think you might like, as well as those of our partner organisations.

• CEA (their privacy policy: https://www.centreforeffectivealtruism.org/privacy).

• EAN (about them: https://effectiefaltruisme.nl/).

• The effective altruism groups coordinated by CEA and EAN.

• Third party EA-relevant or impactful career-relevant organisations.

If you have agreed to receive marketing, you may always opt out at a later date by unsubscribing at the bottom of our newsletter or emailing us.

You have the right at any time to stop EA Amsterdam from contacting you for marketing purposes or sharing your data with other partner organisations.

If you no longer wish to be contacted for marketing purposes, please email us here: info@eaamsterdam.org.

What are your data protection rights?

EA Amsterdam would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:

The right to access – You have the right to request EA Amsterdam for copies of your personal data. We may charge you a small fee for this service.

The right to rectification – You have the right to request that EA Amsterdam correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request EA Amsterdam to complete the information you believe is incomplete.

The right to erasure – You have the right to request that EA Amsterdam erase your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that EA Amsterdam restrict the processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to EA Amsterdam’s processing of your personal data, under certain conditions.

The right to data portability – You have the right to request that EA Amsterdam transfer the data that we have collected to another organisation, or directly to you, under certain conditions.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us at our email: info@eaamsterdam.org.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files placed on your computer to collect standard Internet log information and visitor behaviour information. When you visit our websites, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology. Using the cookie popup on our website, you can accept or decline to our website placing non-essential cookies on your browser.

For further information, visit https://allaboutcookies.org/.

How do we use cookies?

EA Amsterdam uses cookies in a range of ways to improve your experience on our website, including:

• Allowing you to navigate and use key features on our website.

• Understanding how you interact with our website.

What types of cookies do we use?

There are a number of different types of cookies, however, our website uses:

• Functionality – EA Amsterdam uses these cookies so that we recognize you on our website and remember your previously selected preferences. These could include what language you prefer and location you are in. A mix of first-party and third-party cookies are used.

• Improving our website – EA Amsterdam uses these cookies to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed and information about your browser, device, and your IP address.

How to manage your cookies

You can set your browser not to accept cookies, and the above website tells you how to remove cookies from your browser (https://allaboutcookies.org/). However, in a few cases, some of our website features may not function as a result.

Privacy policies of other websites

The EA Amsterdam website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.

Changes to our privacy policy

EA Amsterdam keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 21 February 2023.

How to contact us

If you have any questions about EA Amsterdam’s privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Email us at: info@eaamsterdam.org.

How to contact the appropriate authority

Should you wish to report a complaint or if you feel that EA Amsterdam has not addressed your concern in a satisfactory manner, you may contact EAN at info@effectiefaltruisme.nl.