Privacy policy
Goah-Sonnenaufgang Association for the Support of Ethiopian Street Children, ZVR 1753414056. Contact: Worknesh Menayie, Münzgasse 3/13, 1030 Vienna, Austria; menayieworke@gmail.com; +43 699 117 147 06.
Website and hosting
The website is hosted by STRATO. Visiting it involves processing technically necessary connection data, including the IP address, time, requested address, and browser and operating-system information. This supports the operation and security of the website based on our legitimate interest under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Technical service providers process data within their respective responsibilities.
Contact and enquiries
If you contact us by email, telephone or the contact form, we use your information to handle and answer your enquiry. The form collects your name, email address, subject and message. Please do not submit unnecessary sensitive information. Depending on the enquiry, processing is necessary to address a service you request under Article 6(1)(b) GDPR or is based on our legitimate interest in answering enquiries under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR.
Email delivery through SMTP
Contact and system emails are sent through STRATO SMTP. Sender and recipient addresses, message content and technical delivery data are processed to answer enquiries and provide requested functions. The legal basis follows the underlying enquiry or function. Provider information: https://www.strato.de/datenschutz/.
Cloudflare Turnstile
We use Cloudflare Turnstile (Cloudflare, Inc., USA) to protect forms and protected login from automated abuse. Technical signals, including IP address and browser information, are processed for this purpose on the basis of our legitimate interest in website security under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Cloudflare may also process signals to improve bot detection. Provider and international-transfer information: https://www.cloudflare.com/turnstile-privacy-policy/.
Donations and product enquiries
This website provides information about donations and support options and allows you to send an enquiry. It does not currently process online payments. For bank transfers, the relevant bank processes payment data under its own privacy information. Information we receive to allocate a donation or handle your enquiry is used for that purpose and to fulfil legal obligations.
Cookies and local storage
This website uses technically necessary cookies and similar storage for protected login and secure functions. No optional analytics or marketing services are used. No optional statistics, marketing or personalisation consent is requested for necessary storage.
Images, external links and fonts
Images and fonts are served by this website; loading the fonts does not send a request to Google Fonts. Links to social networks or other external services open the relevant website. Visiting those services is additionally subject to their respective privacy information.
Retention and security
Personal data is retained only as long as necessary for its purpose, statutory retention obligations or legitimate legal claims. Technical safeguards and backups support secure operation. Data is deleted when its purpose no longer applies, unless retention is required by law.
Backups with pCloud
Website backups are stored with pCloud International AG, Switzerland, for availability and recovery under Article 6(1)(f) GDPR. Backups may include website content, settings, user data, enquiries and technical logs. Access is restricted to authorised persons. Backups are removed according to the retention cycle; data deleted from the live system may remain in an existing backup until that cycle ends. Provider information: https://www.pcloud.com/privacy_policy.html.
Your rights
Subject to the GDPR, you have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing and data portability. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. You may withdraw consent at any time for the future. Please use the contact details above for requests.
You may lodge a complaint with the Austrian Data Protection Authority. Information and contact details are available at dsb.gv.at.