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Privacy Policy


Last updated: 14 June 2025

At YLA, protecting your personal data is a priority. This privacy policy explains how we collect, use, protect, and share your information when you use our website www.youngleadersadventures.org and our services[www.yougleadersadventures.org et nos services.

Data Controller

Young Leaders Adventures Association

Address: Rue Eugène-Marziano 22, 1227 Les Acacias, Switzerland

Email : yla@yladventures.org

Telephone : +41 79 197 00 56

Data Collected

We collect different categories of data depending on your interactions with our site:

  • Identification data: surname, first name, email address, telephone number, postal address.
  • Connection data: IP address, browser type, pages viewed, visit duration, cookies consultées, durée de la visite, cookies.
  • Request-related data: message content, contact forms, newsletter subscriptions, programme registrations
  • Sensitive data: only if you voluntarily provide them (e.g., medical information for our programmes); this data is processed with enhanced security.

Processing Purposes

Your data is used to:

  • Manage your requests and registrations
  • Communicate with you (newsletters, programme-related information)
  • Improve our site and services through usage data.
  • Comply with our legal and regulatory obligations
  • Ensure the security of our site.

Legal Basis for Processingt

We process your data only if

  • You have given your explicit consent (e.g., newsletter subscription)
  • Processing is necessary for the performance of a contract (e.g., programme registration).
  • We must comply with a legal obligation
  • We have a legitimate interest, without prejudice to your rights (e.g., site improvement).

Data Sharing

Your data may be shared with:

  • Our service partners in the context of delivering programmes (e.g., service providers and staff), under confidentiality obligations..
  • Our technical suppliers (hosting, email tools)
  • Competent authorities if required by law..

We never sell your data to third parties

Data Retention Period

We retain your data::

  • For the time necessary to manage your registration and relationship with YLA.
  • Up to 5 years after the last interaction, to comply with our legal obligations..
  • Anonymised data may be retained longer for statistical purposes..

Your Rights

In accordance with the revised Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP) and the GDPR, you have the following rights:

  • Right of access to your data.
  • Right to rectification in case of error.
  • Right to erasure (right to be forgotten) under certain conditions.
  • Right to restrict processing.
  • Right to data portability
  • Right to object to processing on legitimate grounds.
  • Right to withdraw your consent at any time (without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal)
  • Right to lodge a complaint with the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC)..

To exercise your rights, contact us at:  ylat@yladventures.org

Data Security

Our data is hosted in Switzerland on recycled servers in accordance with our values. We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect your data against unauthorised access, loss, alteration, or disclosure. Our partners are also required to comply with these security standards.

Use of Cookies

Our site uses cookies to improve your experience:

  • Strictly necessary cookies: essential for the site's operation.
  • Analytical cookies: to understand how you use the site, via anonymised Google Analytics.
  • Functional and marketing cookies (if applicable), only with your consent.

You can manage your cookie preferences at any time via the cookie banner on the site

Minors

Our programmes are primarily aimed at adolescents. For any collection of personal data from minors, we require explicit consent from parents or legal guardians, in accordance with the law

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This policy may be updated from time to time. The date of the last update will be indicated at the top of this page. We invite you to consult it regularly.

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