Data protection policy

With the development of new communication tools, it is important to pay special attention to privacy. That is why we are committed to respecting the confidentiality of the personal information we collect.

Personal Data

By browsing our website, subscribing to our newsletter, filling out documentation requests, making a one-time or regular donation, or responding to an advertisement, you are required to provide us with personal information.

The personal information we collect is gathered through forms and through the interaction between you and our website. Personal data will not be disclosed to third parties under any circumstances. We also use cookies, as described in the following section, to collect information about you.

The links and topics clicked on in the newsletter, for example, are stored and linked to your personal data.
If you subscribe to our e-newsletter (newsletter sent by email) or support us financially, you decide to provide us with personal data for this specific purpose via the online address forms.

Use of cookies

Cookies are unique identifiers stored by the website server on your device to enable our system to recognize it, but they do not identify individuals.

We use cookies to streamline your browsing experience on the site and to offer you content tailored to your interests. For example, they allow us to know:

• the last search term you used on the site
• your preferences in terms of display options
• your browsing history on our site, so that we do not offer you a petition or form that you have already signed.

You can refuse a cookie at any time by disabling it. To do so, change your browser settings.

Please note: If you disable cookies completely, the Enfants du Monde Suisse website may not function properly.

Purpose of collecting your data

The data collected is used, depending on your browsing activity on our website, to carry out the following processing operations:

• Managing your donation
• Issuing your donation receipt
• Sending information about our programs and appeals for donations
• Collecting your feedback and conducting surveys
• Statistics and website traffic measurement

Sharing Personal Data

Under no circumstances will your information be transmitted to a third party for any commercial purpose.
Your information is handled internally by the pertinent departments, or transmitted to a trusted service provider with whom we work (for example, a printer). In a case such as this, we will only share the necessary information for the specified purpose (for example, your name and address).

Retention of your data

Your data will be retained for the period strictly necessary to achieve the aforementioned purposes.

Security

It is our responsibility to protect your data. We take all reasonable and appropriate security measures to secure the confidentiality of your personal information and to protect it from loss, misuse, alteration, destruction and unauthorized access by third parties. The service providers with whom we work will also implement organisational and technical safeguards to protect the security and confidentiality of your data.

Processing of your data

Enfants du Monde complies with Swiss data protection legislation. Your data is treated confidentially and is not passed on to third parties. We manage your address data ourselves and do not rent or sell addresses. Under no circumstances will your data be passed on to third parties or organizations for commercial purposes.

However, Enfants du Monde reserves the right to use your data to ask you for financial support.

Your data is processed internally by our relevant departments or passed on to trusted service providers with whom we work (e.g., a printer). In the latter case, only information necessary for the aforementioned purposes (e.g., your name and address) is disclosed to our service providers.

Your rights

We are committed to offering you the right to object to and withdraw your personal information.

The right to object refers to the possibility offered to Internet users to refuse that their personal information be used for certain purposes mentioned at the time of collection.

The right of withdrawal is understood as the possibility offered to Internet users to request that their personal information no longer appear, for example, on a mailing list.

We also undertake to recognize a right of access and rectification to those concerned who wish to consult, modify, or even delete information concerning them (including rectifying information related to the sending of communications by post).

You can exercise your rights at any time by contacting us:

By mail: Rue de Varembé 1, 1202 Geneva

By email: info@edm.ch

By phone: +41 (0) 22 798 88 81

On the website: https://www.edm.ch/fr/contact-fr

Security measures

The personal information we collect is stored in a secure environment. The people and service providers working for us are required to respect the confidentiality of your information.

To ensure the security of your personal information, we use the following measures:

• SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol
• Access management – authorized persons
• Access management – persons concerned
• Computer backup
• Username/password
• Firewalls

As the data controller, Enfants du Monde takes all necessary precautions to preserve the security and confidentiality of data and, in particular, to prevent it from being distorted, damaged or accessed by unauthorized third parties. However, as no mechanism offers maximum security, there is always some risk when using the Internet to transmit personal information.

Legislation

We are committed to complying with the provisions of the Swiss Data Protection Act.

 

 

 

This data protection policy was last updated on: 04.07.2025