Privacy Policy

Last updated: 2026-08-13

1. Data Controller

Kanikosen, with registered address at Kale nagusia 48 1b, Elantxobe, Bizkaia (Spain), is the data controller responsible for the processing of your personal data through this website.

Contact: hello@kanikosen.org

2. Data We Collect

We collect personal data only when you voluntarily provide it, for example by contacting us via email. This may include:

• Name
• Email address
• Any additional information you include in your message

We also collect your email address when you subscribe to our newsletter using the form in the site footer. Subscription is voluntary and uses double opt-in: after submitting the form, you must confirm your subscription through a link sent to your email address before you are added to the mailing list.

3. Purpose and Legal Basis

We process your data for the following purposes:

• Responding to inquiries — Legal basis: your consent and/or our legitimate interest in managing correspondence.
• Research collaboration — Legal basis: legitimate interest and/or contractual necessity.
• Sending our newsletter — Legal basis: your consent, given through the double opt-in process described above. You can withdraw your consent at any time by using the unsubscribe link included in every newsletter email or by contacting us.

4. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes described above, or as required by applicable law.

5. Data Sharing

We do not sell, trade, or share your personal data with third parties, except where required by law or with your explicit consent.

If you subscribe to our newsletter, your email address is processed on our behalf by beehiiv Inc., the newsletter platform we use, acting as a data processor. The subscription form in the site footer is an embedded beehiiv form: when you submit it, your email address is sent directly to beehiiv, and your subscription is managed on news.kanikosen.org, the beehiiv-hosted domain where our newsletter is published. beehiiv processes this data solely to deliver our newsletter, in accordance with its privacy policy. beehiiv is based in the United States; transfers of personal data outside the European Economic Area are safeguarded by standard contractual clauses.

6. Cookies

This website does not use analytics, advertising, or tracking cookies. The newsletter subscription form in the site footer is served by beehiiv, which may set its own cookies in the embedded content. For details, see our Cookie Policy.

7. Your Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access your personal data
• Rectify inaccurate data
• Request erasure of your data
• Restrict or object to processing
• Data portability
• Lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@kanikosen.org.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated revision date.