Privacy policy

This page contains information regarding the collection and processing of data in accordance with and as mandated by the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) 2016/679. The Privacy Policy was last updated on 24 February 2025. 

1. Preamble

Protect Children values data privacy and collects and treats personal information in accordance with data protection regulations. Particularly, Protect Children complies with the obligations under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Finnish Associations Act (503/1989), and other good data protection practices. 

Protect Children is committed to protecting the privacy of those who use the ReDirection Self-Help Program website. Through our means of good data protection practices we ensure that all participant information remains confidential. 

2. Controller & data protection officer

Protect Children / Suojellaan Lapsia ry  
Käenkuja 3, 6. floor, 00500 Helsinki, Finland 
 
The data controller and data protection officer is the organization’s Executive Director Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen.  
Contact details: +358 40747 8829  
Only employees of Protect Children process the collected personal data. 

3. The purposes and legal basis for processing and storing personal data for the ReDirection Self-Help Program

Protect Children abides by data privacy laws and good data protection practices when processing personal data. Protect Children will not collect identifiable information; if such data is received it will be handled confidentially and in compliance with applicable data protection regulations.

Personal data is processed and stored in a confidential and safe manner, and only for as long as their intended purpose remains relevant, in this case, for the duration of the project: ReDirection Self-Help program.

3.1. Website data collection

Protect Children will collect and process data through the ReDirection Self-Help program website hosted on WordPress. This program is Protect Children’s online help resource to stop using child sexual abuse material (CSAM).

WordPress collects standard web analytics data, including IP address, browser type and version, pages visited, language preferences, referring site, and date and time of each visitor request.

This data is collected to improve the ReDirection Self-Help program website functionality and user experience, and to ensure security.
WordPress Privacy Policy can be found here.

3.2. Anonymous feedback collection

Protect Children collects anonymous feedback through a survey hosted in Webropol. Data collected through Webropol feedback survey is stored anonymously and used solely to improve ReDirection Self-Help Program. The survey does not collect personally identifiable information.

Webropol Privacy Policy can be found here.

4. Cookies

The ReDirection Self-Help Program website uses cookies to improve user experience and gather website analytics. Read more about how we handle personal data in relation to cookies in our Cookies Policy.

5. The rights of the data subject

All individuals have the right to request access to their personal data from the controller, request correction or deletion of their personal data, and restrict the processing of their personal data. These rights can be requested from the controller and data protection officer.  

All individuals have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority if they find that the data protection regulation has been infringed upon in the processing of their personal data. In Finland the supervisory authority is the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman.