Free Sight Association (FSA) takes your privacy seriously. This notice explains what personal information we collect through this website, why we collect it, and the rights you have over it.
1. Who we are
Free Sight Association is a Tunisian civil-society association, founded in 2011 and registered under Decree-Law 2011-88. We hold Special Consultative Status with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). Our head office is in Tunis, Tunisia.
For questions about this notice, contact us at contact@freesightassociation.org.
2. What data we collect
We only collect personal data you voluntarily submit to us:
- Contact form: first and last name, email, organization (optional), subject, and message content.
- Newsletter sign-up: email address only.
- Server logs: IP address and timestamp at the moment a form is submitted, for abuse prevention.
We do not use third-party tracking cookies, advertising pixels, or analytics beyond standard web-server logs.
3. How we use your data
- To reply to the message you sent us.
- To deliver the newsletter you signed up for, if applicable.
- To prevent spam and abuse of our forms.
- To fulfil legal obligations (financial, reporting, or regulatory) where applicable.
We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data to third parties.
4. Legal basis
Under common data-protection frameworks (including the GDPR for visitors from the European Union), we rely on:
- Consent — you gave it when you submitted a form and ticked the consent checkbox.
- Legitimate interest — security and abuse prevention of the site itself.
5. How long we keep data
- Contact-form messages: up to 3 years, then deleted or archived in de-identified form.
- Newsletter signups: until you unsubscribe, by replying to any newsletter email with "unsubscribe" in the subject.
- Server logs: 30 days maximum.
6. Third-party services embedded on this site
- OpenStreetMap — used to display the Tunis office location on the Contact page. No personal data is passed.
- Cloudflare / Font Awesome / Google Fonts — CDN providers for styling and fonts. They see your IP address when your browser requests those files.
- Unsplash — image CDN used for placeholder photography.
7. Your rights
You have the right to:
- Ask what personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction or deletion of that data.
- Withdraw any consent you have given.
- Object to a specific use of your data.
- Lodge a complaint with the Tunisian data-protection authority (INPDP) or the relevant authority in your country.
To exercise any of these rights, email contact@freesightassociation.org with the subject line "Data request". We respond within 30 days.
8. Security
Our website is served over HTTPS. Form submissions are stored on a server with standard access controls. We cannot, however, guarantee absolute security of internet transmissions — use your best judgement about what you share in a message.
9. Changes to this notice
We may update this notice as our practices evolve. The "Last updated" date at the top will change, and significant changes will be announced on our homepage.
10. Questions
Any question about how we handle your data? Write to contact@freesightassociation.org — we read every message.