Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

The Landscape Resilience Fund is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and acts as the data controller for the processing of your personal data.

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, please contact us at:

contact@landscaperesiliencefund.org

Landscape Resilience Fund Foundation,
HOLENSTEIN BRUSA Ltd I legal & tax,
Utoquai 29/31,
8008 Zurich,
Switzerland

2. What Data We Collect

We may collect the following categories of personal data:

• Identification and contact details (e.g., name, email address, phone number)

• Professional information (e.g., employer, position, area of expertise)

• Communication preferences (e.g., newsletters, event updates)

• Technical information (e.g., IP address, browser type, cookies, usage data)

We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data unless strictly necessary and only with your explicit consent or where otherwise permitted by law.

3. How We Use Personal Data

We process your personal data for the following purposes:

• To operate and improve our website and services

• To communicate with you about our activities, events, and opportunities

• To respond to your inquiries or requests

• To perform contracts with partners, funders, or service providers

• To comply with legal obligations

• For analytics, monitoring, and evaluation of our impact

4. Legal Grounds for Processing

We process personal data only where such processing is lawful. Depending on the context, the legal grounds may include:

• Performance of a contract or steps to enter into a contract

• Legitimate interests, such as ensuring security, maintaining partnerships, and improving our services (balanced against your rights and freedoms)

• Consent, for example, for certain cookies, newsletters, or where sensitive data is involved (you can withdraw consent at any time)

• Legal obligations, where processing is required by Swiss or other applicable law

5. Cookies and Tracking

Our website uses cookies and similar technologies to:

• Enable essential site functionality

• Collect analytics to improve our website and services

• Remember your preferences

For non-essential cookies, we will seek your consent before enabling them. You may adjust your browser settings to manage cookies at any time.

6. Data Sharing and Recipients

We may share your personal data with:

• Service providers who support our website and operations

• Partners and funders where relevant to joint projects

• Authorities or regulators when legally required

We do not sell or rent your personal data.

7. International Data Transfers

Where we transfer personal data outside Switzerland or the European Economic Area (EEA), we ensure such transfers comply with Swiss law, including by:

• Relying on countries recognized as providing adequate protection

• Using Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by Swiss authorities

• Obtaining your explicit consent, where no other safeguard applies

8. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes for which it was collected or to comply with legal obligations. Once no longer needed, data will be securely deleted or anonymized.

9. Your Rights under Swiss Law

You have the following rights under the Swiss FADP (and, where applicable, under GDPR):

• Access: to know what data we hold and how it is used

• Rectification: to correct inaccurate or incomplete data

• Erasure: to request deletion of your data where legally permitted

• Portability: to receive certain data in a machine-readable format

• Objection: to object to processing based on legitimate interests

• Restriction: to request limited use of your data in specific cases

You can exercise these rights by contacting us at contact@landscaperesiliencefund.org. We will respond within the timeframes required by law.

10. Data Protection and Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or disclosure. Following the principles of privacy by design and by default, we ensure that only the minimum necessary personal data is collected and processed.

11. Impact Assessments and Records

Where processing is likely to pose a high risk to individuals’ rights, we conduct Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs). We also maintain internal records of processing activities in compliance with the FADP.

12. Children’s Data

Our services are not directed at children under 16. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children without parental consent.

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on our website, with the “last updated” date at the top.

14. Complaints

We are committed to working with you to obtain a fair resolution of any complaint or any concern you might have about privacy and your personal data processed by us. You can exercise your rights and raise your complaint with us directly and we revert to you promptly to resolve your complaint without undue delay.

In this case, please contact us at grievances@landscaperesiliencefund.org.

15. Supervisory Authority

If you believe your rights have been infringed, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) in Switzerland: https://www.edoeb.admin.ch.