This Privacy Policy explains what personal data we collect through the life2rivers.si website, why we need it, and what rights you have. Personal data is processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) and applicable Slovenian data protection legislation.
The data controller responsible for personal data collected through the LIFE2RIVERS project website is BirdLife – Slovenia (DOPPS), Tržaška cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, a partner in the LIFE23-GIE-SI-LIFE2RIVERS project.
The website is part of the LIFE2RIVERS project – Stimulating River Restoration to Enhance the Quality of Life, coordinated by the REVIVO Institute. In addition to the REVIVO Institute, the project involves the National Institute of Biology (NIB), the BirdLife Slovenia (DOPPS), the Institute of Ecology (IE), and PIC – the Legal Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment.
Messages received at the project’s shared contact email address, info@life2rivers.si, are accessible to authorised representatives of the project partners. Personal data is shared among the partners only to the extent necessary for the performance of their respective tasks and project activities, in accordance with applicable data protection requirements.
For questions concerning the processing of personal data or to exercise your rights, please contact the project’s shared email address: info@life2rivers.si.
The website www.life2rivers.si collects a limited amount of personal data necessary for the operation of the website, communication with visitors, and basic website traffic statistics.
We collect this information when you contact us through a contact form (including the form for schools, event registrations, and submissions for the interactive map) or directly by emailing info@life2rivers.si.
This information is recorded automatically when you access the website. Some of it is also collected by Google Analytics (see Section 4).
We process personal data for the following purposes:
Where consent is required, it is obtained voluntarily and must be freely given, specific, informed, and unambiguous. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
We do not use personal data for automated decision-making or profiling.
The website uses cookies that are necessary for its operation and, only with your consent, analytical cookies provided by Google Analytics (Google LLC). These analytical cookies collect statistical information about website visits, such as pages visited, visit times, device and browser types, and approximate location. We use this information to improve our website content.
Analytics is activated only after you accept it through the cookie notice. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Data may be transferred to the United States, where Google processes it in accordance with the data transfer mechanisms provided by the service provider.
We retain personal data only for as long as necessary to fulfil the purpose for which it was collected. Project implementation documentation, such as participant lists, is retained until the applicable retention periods established by the funder and relevant legislation have expired. After that, the data is deleted or anonymised.
We share personal data only with recipients who need it to perform their tasks within the LIFE2RIVERS project or to ensure the operation of the website.
We do not sell personal data. When using social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, the privacy policies of those platforms’ respective operators also apply.
Our website may contain links to external websites. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of those websites. We recommend that you read their respective privacy policies.
You have the right to access your personal data, request its rectification or erasure, restrict its processing, object to processing, and request data portability. You also have the right to withdraw your consent where consent has been given. Withdrawal does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.
To exercise your rights, please send your request to info@life2rivers.si.
If you believe that the processing of your personal data infringes your rights, you may lodge a complaint with the Slovenian Information Commissioner, Dunajska cesta 22, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Website: www.ip-rs.si.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version will always be published on this page.
Effective date: 14 October 2026.