Privacy Policy
1. General information
The protection of your personal data is important to EFTTA. This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we process when you use our website, contact us, use our online services or subscribe to EFTTA e-News, why we process this data and what rights you have under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Personal data means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.
2. Controller
The controller responsible for the processing of personal data on this website is:
EFTTA AISBL
Rue de la Loi 81 a
B-1040 Brussels
Belgium
E-mail: info@eftta.com
EFTTA AISBL determines the purposes and means of the processing of personal data described in this Privacy Policy.
3. General principles of data processing
We process personal data only where there is a lawful basis for doing so. Depending on the circumstances, processing may be based on:
- your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR);
- the performance of a contract or steps taken prior to entering into a contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR);
- compliance with a legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR); or
- our legitimate interests or those of a third party, provided that these interests are not overridden by your rights and interests (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected or for as long as required by applicable legal obligations. When the purpose no longer applies and no legal retention requirement exists, the data will be deleted.
We use appropriate technical and organisational measures to protect personal data against loss, misuse and unauthorised access. Our website uses SSL/TLS encryption to protect data transmitted between your browser and our website.
4. Your rights
Under the GDPR, you have rights regarding your personal data. Depending on the circumstances, these include the right to:
- obtain information about and access to your personal data;
- have inaccurate or incomplete data corrected;
- request deletion of your personal data;
- request restriction of processing;
- object to processing based on legitimate interests or for direct marketing purposes;
- receive certain personal data in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and, where applicable, have it transferred to another controller; and
- withdraw consent at any time where processing is based on consent. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise your rights or ask a question about the processing of your personal data, please contact us at info@eftta.com.
You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority. In Belgium, this is the Belgian Data Protection Authority (Autorité de protection des données / Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit).
5. Hosting and technical website data
Our website is hosted by:
yaw//design
Schuegrafstraße 2
93051 Regensburg
Germany
When you visit our website, technical information may be processed automatically by our web server and hosting provider. This may include your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, date and time of access, referring website and pages accessed.
This processing is necessary to provide the website securely and reliably and to detect and prevent technical problems or misuse. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in operating a secure and functional website (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
We have concluded a data processing agreement with our hosting provider in accordance with Art. 28 GDPR.
6. Cookies and consent management
Our website uses cookies and similar technologies. Cookies are small data files stored on your device.
Some cookies are technically necessary for the website to function properly. Other cookies or similar technologies may be used only after you have given your consent.
We use a consent management solution to record and manage your cookie choices. Where consent is required, the relevant technologies are activated only after you have given your consent. You may withdraw or change your consent at any time through the cookie settings available on our website.
Further details about the cookies and technologies currently used, their purposes and storage periods are provided through our cookie consent tool.
We use ConsentManager, provided by consentmanager AB, Håltegelvägen 1b, 723 48 Västerås, Sweden, to manage and document users’ cookie choices.
7. Contacting EFTTA
If you contact us by e-mail or through a contact form, we process the information you provide, such as your name, e-mail address, organisation and the content of your message, for the purpose of responding to your enquiry.
Where your enquiry relates to a contract or pre-contractual measures, processing is based on Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR. In other cases, processing is based on our legitimate interest in responding effectively to enquiries addressed to us (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
We retain correspondence only for as long as necessary for the relevant purpose and any applicable legal obligations.
8. Members’ Area
Our website provides a password-protected area for EFTTA members.
Registered members may use this area to access member information and, where applicable, manage account information and company profiles. We process the data necessary to provide and administer these services.
The legal basis is the performance of our membership relationship and the provision of services requested by our members (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) and, where applicable, our legitimate interest in administering EFTTA’s membership services (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR).
Access to information in the Members’ Area is restricted to authorised users where indicated.
9. EFTTA e-News and Mailchimp
Newsletter subscription
If you subscribe to EFTTA e-News, we collect your e-mail address and the technical information necessary to administer and verify your subscription.
We use a double opt-in procedure. After registration, you will receive an e-mail asking you to confirm your subscription. This helps us verify that the e-mail address provided is authorised to receive EFTTA e-News.
The processing of your data for EFTTA e-News is based on your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
You may withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link included in every EFTTA e-News. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before withdrawal.
We retain your subscription data while you remain subscribed. Following an unsubscribe request, your e-mail address may be retained on a suppression list where necessary to ensure that no further e-News are sent to that address.
Mailchimp
We use Mailchimp to manage subscriptions to and distribute EFTTA e-News. Mailchimp is provided by The Rocket Science Group LLC, a company of Intuit Inc., USA.
When you subscribe to EFTTA e-News, the data required to administer your subscription, in particular your e-mail address and subscription/confirmation information, is processed by Mailchimp on our behalf.
Mailchimp processes data in the United States. Mailchimp participates in the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. Its Data Processing Addendum also provides for the use of the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses where applicable to international data transfers.
Further information about the processing of personal data by Mailchimp is available in Mailchimp’s Privacy Statement.
10. LinkedIn
EFTTA maintains a presence on LinkedIn in order to communicate about our activities, the recreational angling sector and matters relevant to our members and stakeholders.
LinkedIn is provided in the European Union by:
LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company
Wilton Place
Dublin 2
Ireland
If you follow a link from our website to LinkedIn, you leave the EFTTA website. LinkedIn processes personal data in accordance with its own privacy policy.
If LinkedIn functions, plug-ins or similar technologies are integrated directly into our website, they may allow LinkedIn to receive information about your visit to our website. Where such technologies require consent, they will be activated only after you have provided that consent.
EFTTA may also receive aggregated information and statistics from LinkedIn relating to interactions with our LinkedIn presence.
Our use of LinkedIn is based on our legitimate interest in communicating about EFTTA’s activities and engaging with members, stakeholders and interested professionals (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Where processing requires consent, the legal basis is Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR.
For further information about how LinkedIn processes personal data, please see LinkedIn’s Privacy Policy.
11. YouTube
Our website may embed videos provided by YouTube, a service of Google.
Where YouTube content is embedded in our website and its use involves cookies, tracking technologies or the transfer of personal data that requires consent, the content will be activated only after you have provided the appropriate consent.
When you activate or play a YouTube video, information about your use of the video and our website may be transmitted to Google. If you are logged into a Google or YouTube account, Google may associate this information with your account.
For further information about how Google processes personal data, please see Google’s Privacy Policy.
12. Membership, customer and contractual data
Where you apply for membership, purchase a service, register for a paid activity or otherwise enter into a contractual relationship with EFTTA, we process the personal data necessary to administer that relationship. This may include identification and contact information, organisation details, billing information and information relating to the service concerned.
The legal basis for this processing is Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR and, where applicable, compliance with legal obligations under Art. 6(1)(c) GDPR.
Contractual and accounting data will be retained for the periods required by applicable legal and accounting obligations.
13. Service providers and recipients of data
We use external service providers where necessary for the operation of our website and services. These may include hosting, IT, communications and newsletter service providers.
Where these providers process personal data on our behalf, they are required to process the data in accordance with our instructions and applicable data protection law.
Personal data may also be disclosed where required by law or where necessary to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.
Where personal data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we ensure that an appropriate legal mechanism or safeguard is used as required by the GDPR.
14. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when our services, website functions or legal requirements change.
The current version published on this website applies.
Last updated: October 2026