Privacy policy

Data Controller

NET'UPWELLING, a nonprofit organization recognized as serving the public interest, with its headquarters located at 86 RUE DE RIVOLI
78950 GAMBAIS, is responsible for the processing of personal data carried out through this website.

Data Collected

We collect only the data that is strictly necessary for each process, and only the data that you voluntarily provide to us.

  • Contact form: name, email address, subject, and message content.

  • Reporting abuse: real name or pseudonym, contact information, location, and a description of the incident; include photographs if available.

  • Membership, donation, sponsorship: title, first name, last name, mailing address, email address, amount, and information needed for a tax receipt.

  • Newsletter: Email address and date of consent.

  • Navigation: anonymized audience measurement data, without advertising profiling.

Purposes and Legal Bases

  • Responding to your requests and handling reports — the association’s legitimate interest and its mission of animal protection.

  • Managing memberships, donations, and sponsorships — fulfillment of the membership agreement and accounting and tax obligations.

  • Sending the newsletter — your consent, which may be revoked at any time.

  • Improving the website and measuring its traffic — legitimate interest, based on anonymized statistics.

Recipients

Your data is processed by authorized teams at NET'UPWELLING. It may be shared with our technical service providers (web hosting, email delivery, donation processing), who act on our instructions and are located within the European Union. In the event of a report, relevant information may be forwarded to the appropriate authorities—veterinary services, the gendarmerie, or the public prosecutor. No data is sold or rented.

Retention Periods

  • Contact messages: 12 months after the last exchange.

  • Reports: 5 years, or until the conclusion of any legal proceedings.

  • Donations and memberships: 10 years, to comply with accounting and tax requirements.

  • Newsletter: until you unsubscribe, then 3 years as proof of consent.

Your Rights

In accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the French Data Protection Act, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, restrict the processing of, object to, and request the portability of your data, as well as the right to determine what happens to your data after your death.

  • To exercise these rights: by mail to the association’s headquarters, along with proof of identity.

  • We will respond within one month of receiving your request.

  • You may file a complaint with the CNIL, 3 place de Fontenoy, 75007 Paris — cnil.fr.

Cookies

This website does not use any advertising cookies or social media trackers. The only cookies stored are those strictly necessary for the website to function—such as those that remember your language and shopping cart—as well as an anonymized audience measurement tool, which does not require consent. You can delete these cookies at any time through your browser settings.

Safety

Communications with the website are encrypted. Access to data is restricted to authorized personnel and is logged. Photographs submitted as part of a report are stored in a restricted-access area.