This privacy policy sets out how ILGA World uses and protects any information you give when you use this website. We are committed to protecting your privacy.
Here we explain how we collect and handle your personal data and what your user rights are under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, EU 2016/679).
This website (ilga.org), together with any non-English language versions (the ilga.org websites), is provided by ILGA World. We take your privacy seriously as a user of the ILGA World websites and the information we collect from you. This document sets out our privacy policy in relation to you and your personal data.
We collect certain information when you visit our website and sign up to receive newsletters, donate, register for an event, send an enquiry, apply for a scholarship, or otherwise provide us with personal information.
Data we might collect includes your IP address, location information, name and email address. We may collect additional information as you apply for scholarships, register for events, or apply for your organisation to become a member of ILGA World.
The ILGA websites use Google Analytics to collect data about the use of our websites. This information is anonymous: online behaviour cannot be traced back to individuals. Follow this link for further information about Google’s privacy policy.
For users who register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
Depending on the purposes of the processing, we collect different personal data from you. These are listed below.
To send you our newsletter and updates, we process your name and email address. We use Mailchimp to process subscriptions. Follow this link to see Mailchimp’s privacy policy for more details.
To donate to ILGA World via the website, we process your name, email, billing address, and any other information you provide. We use a third-party service, CiviCRM, to process donations using PayPal. Follow this link to see CiviCRM’s privacy policy for more details, and follow this link to consult PayPal’s privacy policy.
When you register to attend our World Conference, request a scholarship, or propose a session, we process your contact details. We use a third-party provider, CiviCoop, to process subscriptions on CiviCRM. Follow this link to see CiviCRM’s privacy policy for more details.
Please note that our registration form might include personal data. This type of content might also include special categories of data (e.g., data concerning sexual orientation and/or gender identity).
When you fill in the contact form, we process your name, email and your message. We use this personal data to respond to your query and be in touch with you.
ILGA World uses the information we collect about you to help us understand how our website is used, to send communications about ILGA World’s news and events, LGBTI news from around the world, or other information which we think you may find interesting, for administration purposes and to further our strategic goals — including for fundraising activities.
We do not store your personal data longer than is strictly necessary to achieve the purposes for which your data is collected.
ILGA World uses PayPal to process card payments and regular donations. Follow this link to view PayPal’s privacy policy. We do not store the payment card details you provide to make a payment.
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves exactly as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content — including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
We will not share your information with third parties without your consent. You can request access to your information or opt out of communications anytime by contacting privacy (a) ilga (dot) org.
Users have the right to view and correct personal data at all times. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
You also have the right to withdraw your consent for ILGA World to process your data, or to object to the data processing in place at ILGA World. You can send a request for access, correction, deletion, or transfer of your personal data, or a request to cancel your consent, as well as any objection to the processing of your personal data, to privacy (a) ilga (dot) org. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, within four weeks.
All our digital newsletters include a link that lets recipients remove themselves from the email list. If you experience difficulties cancelling your subscription, please email media (a) ilga (dot) org. We will respond to your request as soon as possible, within four weeks.
We commit to ensuring that your information is secure. To prevent unauthorised access, unwanted disclosure, or unauthorised modification, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic, and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online.
If you have the impression that your data is not secure or that there are indications of abuse, please contact us via privacy (a) ilga (dot) org.
ILGA World mostly operates outside of the European Economic Area (EEA).
Countries outside the EEA all have different laws regarding protecting your personal information. When your information is moved from your home country to another country, the laws and rules that protect your personal information in the country to which your information is transferred may differ from those in the country where you live.
By using our services, you understand that ILGA World may share some of your personal information with other ILGA World members and partners in non-EEA countries, for purposes described in this privacy statement.
Please contact us at:
ILGA World, 20 rue Rothschild (5th floor), 1202 Geneva, Switzerland
+41 22 731 2254
ilga.org
privacy (a) ilga (dot) org.
This policy is effective from: May 2018
This policy was last updated on: 12 October 2026.