Last Updated: September 15, 2025

Introduction

Welcome to wehavetoleave.com (the “Site”), the online home for our documentary film project. This policy outlines how we collect, use, and protect your personal information when you visit our Site. This Site is operated from Switzerland and is committed to complying with Swiss data protection laws (FADP) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

What Information We Collect and Why

We collect information in the following ways:

Information You Provide Voluntarily:

• • Email Subscription: When you subscribe to our mailing list, we collect your email address. We use this information solely to send you project updates and invitations to events. We use Mailchimp as our mailing list provider. We will not sell or share your email address with any third parties.
  • Direct Contact: If you contact us via our email address ([email protected]), we will collect your email address and any other information you provide in your message in order to respond to your inquiry.

Information We Collect Automatically:

• Website Analytics: We use Google Analytics to collect anonymized information about how visitors use our Site. This includes data such as which pages are visited, how long visitors stay on the site, and the type of browser being used. This data helps us understand our audience and improve the website. All data collected via Google Analytics is anonymized and cannot be used to identify you personally.
• Cookies: We use cookies to ensure the proper functioning and security of our website. See Section 4 for more details.

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To send you communications for which you have subscribed.
• To respond to your questions and comments.
• To analyze and improve the performance and content of our website.
• To maintain the security of our Site.

Cookie Policy

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device to help the site provide a better user experience. In general, cookies are used to retain user preferences and provide anonymized tracking data.

Our Site uses the following types of cookies:

• Necessary Cookies: These are essential for the website to function correctly. Our WordPress installation uses a cookie to check if emojis can be displayed correctly.
• Functional Cookies:These cookies enable enhanced functionality. We use the WPML plugin to manage language settings, which may set a cookie to remember your preferred language for the site.
• Analytics Cookies: As mentioned above, we use Google Analytics to understand our website traffic. This service places a cookie on your device to gather anonymized data.

You may prefer to disable cookies on this site and on others. The most effective way to do this is to disable cookies in your browser. We suggest consulting the Help section of your browser for guidance.

Please Note: Our Site contains outbound links to our Facebook and Instagram pages. Clicking these links will take you to their respective websites, which have their own privacy and cookie policies. We do not set any cookies related to these services on our own Site.

Data Retention

We will retain your information for as long as is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected:

Email Subscribers: We will retain your email address as long as you remain subscribed to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the “unsubscribe” link in any of our emails.

Direct Contact: Emails sent to us are retained for a period of up to two years to allow us to refer back to our correspondence, after which they are deleted.

Data Sharing and Third Parties

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website (like Mailchimp and our web host), so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential.

We do not share any data with our sponsors.

International Data Transfers

Our website is hosted on servers located in the United States. Furthermore, our email list provider, Mailchimp, is also based in the United States. When you provide us with your personal data (e.g., by subscribing to our newsletter), your information is being transferred to, and processed in, the USA. We rely on the appropriate legal frameworks and safeguards for such transfers to ensure your data is protected.

Your Rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

• Right of Access: You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.
• Right to Rectification: You have the right to ask us to rectify information you think is inaccurate or complete information you think is incomplete.
• Right to Erasure: You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.
• Right to Object to Processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your personal data in certain circumstances.
• To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at: [email protected]