Privacy policy

This website (referred to as “the website”) is managed by the Rethink Plastic alliance (referred as “we”), hosted by Zero Waste Europe at Chaussee de Vleurgat 15, 1050 Ixelles, Belgium. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring a positive user experience on our website. This policy outlines our handling practices and how we collect and use the Personal Data you provide during your online and offline interactions with us. As used in this Privacy Policy, “Personal Data“ means any information that can be used to individually identify a person, and may include, but is not limited to, name, email address, postal or other physical address, credit or debit card number, title, and other personally identifiable information.

Our website will be the controller of your Personal Data that is provided, collected and/or processed pursuant to this Privacy Policy, except where otherwise expressly stated below. This policy may be updated from time to time for reasons such as operational practices or regulatory changes, so we recommend that you review our Privacy Policy when returning to our website.

How we collect and use information

By providing your e-mail address, you can subscribe to our mailing list in order to receive updates by email. This data is then managed through Mail Chimp, you can read Mail Chimp’s full privacy policy here.

We may also maintain records with details of individuals who contact us for (further) information or for help, but only in case we need to contact them later on or provide further information to them in the future.

We show social networking sharing buttons and widgets from Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn on our website to enable you to easily share Rethink Plastic articles, case studies and news with friends. These social networking sharing buttons and widgets come from web servers which may track your behavior on our website and may combine this with other information about you originating from other websites. You can install a browser add-on like “Disconnect” for Chrome and Firefox to disable them. Rethink Plastic does not have access to any of your details or personal information from these services.

We also gather information automatically about website visitors to help us maintain and improve the design of our website. We use Google Analytics to gather this data and analyze it. You can install the “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” to prevent information about your visits to our website being sent to Google Analytics. This data is anonymised by Google and we have no access to identifiable information.

Information sharing and disclosure practices

We may disclose and provide access to the information you provided to our contractors who are performing services on our behalf. However, such contractors are not permitted to use your information for any purpose other than providing services to us. Finally, where we pass your information to contractors located in countries outside the European Economic Area, we will make sure that they apply the same level of protection to your information as we do.

Security measures

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure personal data against loss or against any form of unlawful processing.

Only employees who need to access information about supporters and website visitors to perform their work are granted access to this personal identifiable information.

Questions regarding the processing of your information and your rights

Should you have any questions about the use or collection of your personal data or if you would like to know which personal data are processed, or you would like to alter, delete or block some of the information processed concerning you, please contact our supporter services at Zero Waste Europe on: [email protected].

We are obliged to request proof of identity before access to personal data is given.

If you would like us to remove your information from our mailing list, please click the “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of any email we sent to you or contact us directly at [email protected].

Information we may receive from third parties

Third parties may pass certain information about your use of its service in relation to Rethink Plastic. Information could include, but is not limited to, the user ID associated with your account (for example, your Facebook UID), an access token necessary to access that service, any information that you have permitted the third party to share with us, and any information you have made public in connection with that service. If you allow us access to your friends list, your friends’ user IDs, and your connection to those friends, may be used and stored to make your experience more social. You should always review, and if necessary, adjust your privacy settings on third-party websites and services before linking or connecting them to the Rethink Plastic website. You may also unlink your third party account from the Service by adjusting your settings on the third party service.

Analytics information

We may directly collect analytics data, or use third-party analytics tools and services like Google analytics to help us measure traffic and usage trends. These tools collect information sent by your browser or mobile device, including the pages you visit and other information that assists us in improving the website. We collect and use this analytics information in aggregate form such that it cannot reasonably be manipulated to identify any particular individual user.

Links to Other Websites and Services

We are not responsible for the practices employed by websites or services linked to or from the website, including the information or content contained therein. Please remember that when you use a link to go from our website to another website, our Privacy Policy does not apply to third-party websites or services. Your browsing and interaction on any third-party website or service, including those that have a link or advertisement on our website, are subject to that third party’s own rules and policies. In addition, you agree that we are not responsible and we do not control over any third-parties that you authorize to access your User Content. If you are using a third-party website or service (like Facebook, Google plus or Twitter) and you allow such a third-party access to you User Content you do so at your own risk. This Privacy Policy does not apply to information we collect by other means (including offline) or from other sources other than through the Service.

Cookie Policy

This site uses cookies – small text files that are placed on your machine to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences, store information for things like card payment, and provide anonymized tracking data to third party applications. We use first party and third party cookies. As a rule, cookies will make your browsing experience better. However, you may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser or taking a look at the About Cookies website which offers guidance for all modern browsers.

There are different types of cookies:

First party cookies: These are set by the website you’re visiting, and only that website can read them. In addition, a website might use a separate company to analyze how people are using their site. And this separate company will set their own cookie to do this.

Third party cookies: These are set by someone other than the owner of the website you’re visiting. Our website may also contain content from other sites like Facebook or Twitter, which may set their own cookies. Also, if you Share a link to our website, the service you share it on (e.g. Facebook) may set a cookie on your browser.

List of third party cookies:

Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn

Analytic cookies:

Google analytics