GENERAL PROVISIONS
The owner of the website www.olf.lt (hereinafter referred to as ‘the website’) and its data controller is the public institution Open Lithuania Foundation (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Open Lithuania Foundation’), legal entity code 210063570, address: Didžioji g. 5 LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania, phone: +370 5 2685511, email: info@olf.lt.
The Open Lithuania Foundation respects the right to privacy and data protection of its website visitors and is committed to ensuring the security of your data and the protection of your rights.
This Privacy Policy outlines the fundamental principles and procedures for collecting, processing and storing your personal data when you use the website.
In processing personal data, the Open Lithuania Foundation adheres to the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the GDPR’), the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on the Legal Protection of Personal Data, and other legal acts regulating the protection of personal data, as well as the recommendations of the State Data Protection Inspectorate.
The website may contain links to other websites and/or webpages. The Open Lithuania Foundation is not responsible for the content or privacy practices of such websites and webpages. Therefore, when accessing linked websites from this website, please review their privacy policies separately.
PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING
The Open Lithuania Foundation processes the following personal data of website visitors for specific purposes and under certain conditions:
| Purpose of data processing | Data categories | Legal basis for processing | Duration of data storage | Data source | Data transfer to third parties |
| Volunteer selection | Name, surname, date of birth, place of residence, email address, telephone number, interests/hobbies/talents, message content, other personal information | Conclusion and execution of the contract
(Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) |
Until the contract ends and for 3 years after the expiry of the contract;
if no volunteer is selected – until the end of the selection process |
Provided by the data subject | Transferred to Google
(using Google Forms) |
| Registration of the Open Lithuania Foundation Club members | Club member’s name, surname, date of birth, address, email address, telephone number, message content, other personal information | Consent of the data subject
(Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) |
Until the expiry of the consent | Provided by the data subject | Transferred to Google
(using Google Forms) |
| Fundraising (donations) | Donor’s name, surname, telephone number, address, donation amount, payment card number and expiry date | Conclusion and execution of the contract
(Article 6(1)(b) of the GDPR) |
Continuous | Provided by the data subject or third parties | Transferred to online payment platforms PayPal and Contribee
(for donations) |
| Administration of the Open Lithuania Foundation’s social media accounts (Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, YouTube) | Visitor’s username, photo, reactions (likes, comments, shares, etc.) on the content posted by the Open Lithuania Foundation | Consent of the data subject
(Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) |
Until the expiry of the Open Lithuania Foundation’s or the visitor’s social media account or the expiry of the consent (cancellation/deletion of reactions) | Provided by the data subject or third parties | Transferred to:
– data processors (IT, service stations, virtual clouds, direct marketing service providers, etc.); – data recipients (financial and payment institutions, delivery or courier services, etc.); – public authorities and bodies (as required by law or necessary to protect the rights of the Open Lithuania Foundation) |
| Ensuring website functionality, collecting statistical information, analysing information flows, improving the website and the browsing experience, website visitor personalisation | Website visitor’s IP address and actions on the website | Legitimate interest in ensuring the technical functioning of the website – in the case of strictly necessary cookies
(Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR); consent of the data subject – in the case of non-necessary cookies (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR) |
Until the expiry of the cookie specified in the Cookie Policy or the withdrawal of consent | Provided by the data subject or third parties | Transferred to data processors (IT, service stations, virtual cloud storage, direct marketing service providers, etc.) |
| Internal and external communication, publishing information on the website and social media accounts about the history of the Open Lithuania Foundation, its activities and the events it organises/initiates | Event participant’s name, surname, job title, organisation, image (photographs), audio and video content, opinions, speeches
|
Consent of the data subject
(Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR); exercise of public authority (Article 6(1)(e) of the GDPR) |
Until the expiry of the consent
or for the period of time specified in the project funding agreement (in the case of project publicity events) |
Provided by the data subject | Transferred to data processors (IT, service stations, virtual cloud storage, direct marketing service providers, etc.) |
SECURITY OF PERSONAL DATA
The Open Lithuania Foundation implements appropriate technical and organisational measures to ensure the protection of all personal data processed by it from accidental or unlawful destruction, alteration, unauthorised disclosure or access, as well as all other unlawful processing.
EXERCISE OF DATA SUBJECTS’ RIGHTS
As a data subject, you have the following rights:
- to know (be informed) about the processing of your personal data (right to know);
- to have access to your processed personal data (right of access);
- to request the rectification of inaccurate or incomplete personal data (right to rectification);
- to request the erasure (destruction) of personal data (the right to be forgotten);
- to request the restriction of your personal data processing (right to restriction of processing);
- to request the transfer of the personal data you have provided to another data controller (right to data portability);
- to object to the processing of your personal data (right to object).
The rights set out above are not absolute and their exercise therefore may be subject to conditions laid down in the legislation. In specific cases defined by law, the Open Lithuania Foundation reserves the right to refuse your request to exercise a specific right and will provide a reasoned written explanation.
To exercise your rights, you may contact the Open Lithuania Foundation via email at info@olf.lt or the following address: Didžioji g. 5 LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania.
In order to properly establish your identity, a copy of your personal identification document must be attached to the request sent by post. If the request is sent by email, your identity must be verified in accordance with the procedure laid down by law, i.e. by means of electronic communication that allow proper identification (e.g. by signing with a qualified electronic signature). A written request may be submitted directly to the staff of the Open Lithuania Foundation, who will be able to identify you at the time of the request.
If you believe that the Open Lithuania Foundation is processing your personal data improperly or is not properly exercising or enforcing your rights, you have the right to lodge a complaint with the State Data Protection Inspectorate (address: L. Sapiegos g. 17, 10312 Vilnius, phone: +370 5 271 2804, email: ada@ada.lt, website: www.vdai.lrv.lt).
USE OF COOKIES
What are cookies and why are they used?
The website uses cookies – small text files that are placed in the browser of your device (e.g. computer, mobile phone, tablet) when you visit our website.
Cookies are used to improve website functionality, ensure its efficient and smooth operation, carry out browsing statistics and analysis, improve browsing experience, simplify access to information and ensure more effective marketing. Cookies identify returning visitors and store your browsing history. This helps us tailor content to user needs and collect statistical information (your IP address, areas of the website visited, time spent on the website or on a specific page, language preferences, etc.) to analyse our traffic.
What cookies are used?
The following categories of cookies are used on this website:
Strictly necessary cookies: necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the website and enable basic functions such as secure sign in or adjusting consent preferences. These cookies are installed automatically without the consent of the website visitor and cannot be disabled as the website will not function properly without them.
Preferences (functionality) cookies: help improve visitor experience, enhance the performance of the website. These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and settings, which determine how and what you see on this website, e.g. remembering your preferred language, searches, previously viewed information. These cookies are only activated after the website visitor has consented to their use.
Performance (analytical) cookies: used to analyse the effectiveness and traffic of the website and make the website as useful and user-friendly as possible. These cookies allow us to count website visits and determine traffic sources, the most and least visited pages, number of clicks on a particular page, search terms used, date and time of the visit, etc. These cookies are only activated after the website visitor has consented to their use.
Marketing cookies: used to deliver more relevant advertising based on the pages visitors have previously visited and to analyse the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies are set by third parties (e.g. YouTube) to track visitor activity (e.g. watching videos) and use this to show similar content on other websites. These cookies are only activated after the website visitor has consented to their use.
The following cookies are used on the website:
| Cookie name | Category | Purpose | Validity period | Supplier |
| cookieyes-consent | Strictly necessary | To remember consent preferences | 1 year | CookieYes |
| burst_uid | Performance (analytical) | To protect and monitor interactions | 1 month | Burst Statistics |
| pll_language | Preferences (functionality) | To remember language preferences | 1 year | Polylang |
| _ga_* | Performance (analytical) | To store and count page views | 2 years | Google Analytics |
| _ga | Performance (analytical) | To identify unique website visitors and collect information about website traffic | 2 years | Google Analytics |
| SoundestID | Performance (analytical) | To determine new or returning website visitors | During the session | Omnisend |
| omnisendSessionID | Performance (analytical) | To identify the unique session ID and collect information about visitor behaviour | 30 minutes | Omnisend |
| _fbp | Marketing | To provide ads on Facebook or another digital platform that uses Facebook advertising | 3 months | |
| CONSENT | Marketing | To determine whether the visitor has accepted marketing cookies | 2 years | YouTube |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Marketing | To assess user bandwidth on pages with embedded YouTube videos | 180 days | YouTube |
| Yt-remote-device-id | Marketing | To save user video preferences for embedded YouTube videos | Continuous
|
YouTube |
| Yt-innerturbe::requests | Marketing | To register the unique ID and store data on YouTube videos viewed | Continuous
|
YouTube |
| Yt.-remote-connected-devices | Marketing | To save user video preferences for embedded YouTube videos | Continuous | YouTube |
| VISITOR_PRIVAZY_METADATA | Marketing | To save the YouTube cookie consent status for the current domain | 180 days | YouTube |
The website is linked with third-party communication channels such as Facebook, Linkedin, Instagram, and YouTube, where information about the activities of the Open Lithuania Foundation is posted. Cookies from these data processors allow us to obtain aggregate statistics and insights about how visitors interact with our posts, ads, this website, videos and other content on these social media channels.
Consent to the use of cookies
When a visitor first visits the website, they will be informed about the use of cookies. The strictly necessary and visitor-selected cookies are transferred to the visitor’s device and subsequently used to identify the device. The visitor cannot deactivate the strictly necessary cookies, but all other cookies are used only with the visitor’s consent. If you do not accept any cookies, no cookies will be set (except for strictly necessary cookies), but a notification about the use of cookies will be shown each time you visit the website. You can withdraw your consent to the use of cookies (other than strictly necessary cookies) at any time by changing your browser settings and deleting the cookies.
By accepting the use of cookies, you agree to third-party cookies and the terms and conditions of third-party data processing for the collection of statistical data related to the use of the website.
How to manage cookies?
If you do not want your personal data to be processed by cookies, you can change your web browser settings to reject or delete cookies.
You can change the cookie settings in your browser at any time. All browsers provide the option to delete cookies. Detailed instructions depend on the browser you are using. You can find your cookie settings in the options menu of the browser you are using:
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS
For more information on cookies, visit https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
Please note that deleting or blocking cookies may affect website performance and some of its functionalities.
CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy is periodically reviewed and updated, if necessary, in compliance with the legislation governing the processing of personal data. Once this policy has been updated, we will inform you of any material changes in a separate post on this website. The changes will take effect immediately.
If you continue to use the website after the update of this Privacy Policy, you will be deemed to have accepted the updated terms of the website’s Privacy Policy.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions regarding the information provided in this Privacy Policy, please contact the Open Lithuania Foundation in the following way:
- by email: info@olf.lt;
- by post: Didžioji g. 5 LT-01128 Vilnius, Lithuania;
- by phone: + 370 5 2685511.
Last updated: 11/12/2023
