Privacy Policy — Gas-Free Cities

gas-free-cities.org · Last updated: May 2026

Stichting Greenpeace Nederland, based in Amsterdam (hereinafter Greenpeace), takes your privacy very seriously and we work to make sure your information is safe with us. Because of this, we are transparent about why we ask for your personal information and what we do with it.

This Privacy Policy governs the information collected and processed by Greenpeace in connection with the Gas-Free Cities campaign website (gas-free-cities.org).

Greenpeace and data privacy

Greenpeace is committed to protecting and respecting your privacy. This privacy statement sets out the basis on which Greenpeace will process any personal information that we may collect about you as a visitor to this website, or when you contact us.

We ask you to read this privacy statement carefully.

The information we collect about you

We may collect and process the following information about you:

Information that you give us when contacting us by email, which may include your name, email address, and the content of your message.
Information that our website collects through Google Tag Manager and Mixpanel. This information includes anonymised data such as pages visited, device type, referrer URL, and number of visits. This information is used for statistical purposes and to help us improve the website. See the Analytics section below for details.

How we use your information

We may use your information for the following purposes:

To respond to your inquiry when you contact us.
To understand how our campaign content is reaching its audience, using anonymised analytics data.

We will only process your personal information in accordance with the purposes described above and in compliance with the GDPR. The lawful bases we rely on are:

Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)): for anonymised analytics and responding to stakeholder enquiries.
Contract / pre-contractual steps (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)): where you contact us requesting information or assistance.

Analytics: Google Tag Manager and Mixpanel

This website uses Google Tag Manager (GTM), operated by Google Ireland Limited, to manage and deploy analytics scripts. GTM itself does not collect personal data but loads third-party tools including Mixpanel, which is used to collect anonymised data about how visitors interact with this website.

Data collected by Mixpanel includes: pages visited, number of visits, referrer URL, and device information. This data is used to understand how our campaign content is reaching its audience and to improve the website. Mixpanel cookies are set under the greenpeace.org infrastructure. The following cookies may be placed on your device:

stape_mixpanel_distinct_id: Identifies a unique visitor — 180 days — Mixpanel
stape_mixpanel_device_id: Identifies a device — 180 days — Mixpanel
stape_mixpanel_initial_referrer: Records initial referrer — 180 days — Mixpanel
mp_*_mixpanel: Tracks user interactions — 1 year — Mixpanel

These cookies are only placed after you have given consent. For more information, see the Mixpanel privacy policy and Mixpanel security overview.

Legal basis: Consent (GDPR Art. 6(1)(a)).

Contact

You can reach the campaign team by email at [email protected]. When you contact us, we process your name, email address, and the content of your message in order to respond to your inquiry. Your data will be deleted once your enquiry has been resolved and there is no longer a legal or operational reason to retain it.

Hosting

This website is hosted on Google Cloud Platform, operated by Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland. As part of standard web server operation, your IP address and browser request details (such as the page requested, date and time, and browser type) are recorded in server access logs. These logs are used solely for security and technical maintenance purposes.

Legal basis: Legitimate interest (GDPR Art. 6(1)(f)).

Third-party services

This website does not use Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, social media embeds, or any advertising or marketing trackers. All fonts are self-hosted. No requests are made to Google Fonts or any external font CDN.

Disclosure and transfer of your information

We do not sell or share your information for third-party marketing purposes. We may securely disclose personal information about you where we have obtained your consent or where it is reasonably necessary for the purposes set out above — for example, to service providers who host our website or otherwise process information on our behalf, under at least the same level of strict conditions of confidentiality and security, or to judicial authorities where we are legally obliged to do so.

Retention and deletion

We will retain your information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, after which it will be deleted or anonymised, unless we have a legal obligation to retain it for a longer period. Contact us for more information.

Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organisational measures to secure the systems where personal data is stored against loss or against any form of unlawful processing. Your data is only accessible by persons who are authorised to do so by virtue of their position and is only used for the purposes for which it was obtained.

Your rights

According to the GDPR, you may have the following rights regarding the information we hold about you:

Right to access your information
Right to rectification of incorrect or incomplete data
Right to restriction of processing
Right to erasure
Right to object to processing
Right to withdraw consent (where processing is based on consent)
Right to data portability
Right to file a complaint with the relevant data protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, please contact us at: [email protected]

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority in your country. In the Netherlands, this is the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens.

Contact us

We welcome questions, comments and requests regarding this privacy statement and our processing of personal information: [email protected]

Changes to this policy

We may update this statement at any time to reflect changes in data protection law. Any changes will be posted to gas-free-cities.org/en/privacy/ and noted with an updated ‘Last updated’ date.