Privacy policy

Last updated: 16 October 2026

1. Who we are

DIKÊ, operating under the name DIKÊ International, is an association governed by the French Law of 1 July 1901.

For the website www.dikeinternational.com and the activities described below, DIKÊ acts as data controller when it determines why and how personal data is processed.

Registered office: 38 rue des États-Généraux, 78000 Versailles, France
Privacy contact: contact@dikeinternational.com

2. Scope of this policy

This policy explains how we process personal data when you browse our website, contact us or enquire about our activities and cooperation opportunities.

Specific information will be provided for any separate activity involving membership, donations, event registration, recruitment or the collection of testimonies and evidence.

3. Personal data we collect

Depending on your interaction with us, we may process:

Contact details: your name, email address, telephone number and any organisation or professional role you provide.
Correspondence: the subject and content of your enquiry, our replies and documents you choose to share.
Technical information: IP address, browser and device information, access times and technical or security logs generated through the website’s operation.
Cookie preferences and usage information: your consent choices and, where enabled and lawfully permitted, information about how you use the website.

We collect information directly from you and through technologies used to operate the website. Please provide only information relevant to your enquiry.

Any mandatory fields will be identified on the relevant form. Without the information necessary to respond, we may be unable to deal with your request.

4. Why we use your data

We process personal data for the following purposes:

Responding to general enquiries and cooperation proposals
Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in communicating with people interested in the association and carrying out its activities. We assess these interests against your rights and reasonable expectations.

Where an enquiry involves steps you request before entering into a contract, the legal basis may instead be taking those pre-contractual steps.

Operating and protecting the website
Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in maintaining a functioning and secure website, preventing misuse and resolving technical problems. Rules governing access to information on your device also apply.

Using optional cookies or similar technologies
Where consent is required, processing is based on your consent. Further details appear in our Cookie Policy.

Meeting legal obligations
Where applicable, we process information to comply with legal duties binding on the association.

Establishing, exercising or defending legal claims
Where necessary, we may retain and use relevant information for the protection of our legal rights.

A general enquiry is not treated as consent to receive a newsletter. If newsletter subscriptions are offered, separate information and an unsubscribe mechanism will be provided.

5. Sensitive information, testimonies and evidence

Our mission may involve information about victims, witnesses and alleged violations of international law. Such material can contain particularly sensitive personal data, including information about health, political opinions, ethnicity or alleged criminal offences.

Please do not send sensitive testimonies, identifying details about vulnerable individuals or confidential evidence through an ordinary website form without first contacting us to arrange an appropriate method of transmission.

Before undertaking such collection, we must determine the applicable legal basis, any additional conditions required for sensitive or criminal-offence data, appropriate security measures and the information to be provided to those concerned.

Submitting information does not automatically authorise its publication or unrestricted sharing. Any proposed use or disclosure must have a lawful basis and appropriate safeguards.

6. Who may receive your data?

Access is limited to people who need the information for the relevant purpose, including:

Authorised association officers, members or personnel responsible for handling your enquiry.
Service providers supporting website hosting, technical maintenance, communications or information storage.
Professional advisers, where necessary and subject to appropriate confidentiality obligations.
Public or judicial authorities where disclosure is legally required or otherwise lawfully justified.

The website uses the Wix platform. Wix may process website visitor information to provide hosting, security and related services. Its role depends on the particular processing involved.

7. International transfers

The use of Wix or other service providers may involve processing personal data outside the European Economic Area.

Where such transfers occur, they must rely on a valid transfer mechanism, such as an applicable European Commission adequacy decision or appropriate safeguards, including standard contractual clauses and supplementary measures where necessary.

Transfer details: [identify the actual providers and destination countries or relevant information sources, the safeguards relied on, and how a copy of those safeguards can be obtained].

You may contact us for further information about safeguards applicable to your data.

8. How long we keep information

We retain personal data only for as long as necessary for the purpose for which it was collected, subject to applicable legal obligations and the need to establish, exercise or defend legal claims.

The following periods apply:

General enquiries and correspondence: [insert the period adopted by the association and its starting point, for example closure of the enquiry].
Technical and security logs: [insert the actual retention period].
Cookie choices and cookie-related information: as specified in our Cookie Policy.
Records needed to meet a legal obligation or address a dispute: for the applicable statutory period or the period necessary to resolve the matter, with access restricted where appropriate.

At the end of the relevant period, information is deleted or irreversibly anonymised. Where copies remain temporarily in backups, they remain protected until removed through the applicable backup cycle.

9. Security

We implement appropriate technical and organisational measures proportionate to the nature of the information and the risks involved. These include controlling access and limiting the information processed to what is necessary.

No website or electronic transmission method can guarantee absolute security. Ordinary website communications should not be assumed to be anonymous or to benefit automatically from legal professional privilege.

10. Your rights

Subject to the conditions and exceptions provided by applicable law, you may:

Request access to your personal data and a copy of it.
Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete information.
Request erasure of your data.
Request restriction of processing.
Object to processing based on legitimate interests, for reasons relating to your particular situation.
Receive data you provided in a portable format where processing is automated and based on consent or a contract.
Withdraw consent at any time where processing relies on consent, without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.
Give instructions concerning the handling of your personal data after your death, as provided by French law.

To exercise your rights, contact [insert privacy contact email] or write to our registered office.

We normally respond within one month. Where legally permitted, this period may be extended by up to two additional months because of the complexity or number of requests; we will inform you within the initial month.

If we have reasonable doubts about your identity, we may request only the additional information necessary to verify it.

You may lodge a complaint with the Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL) at www.cnil.fr. You do not have to contact us first.

11. Cookies

For information about cookies and similar technologies, their purposes, providers and duration, please consult our Cookie Policy.

You can manage technologies subject to consent through Cookie Settings.

12. External websites

Our website may link to external websites. Their operators are responsible for their own processing of personal data. Please consult their privacy policies before providing information.

13. Updates

We may update this policy when our activities, service providers or legal obligations change. The latest revision date appears above. Where required, material changes will be brought to your attention through an appropriate notice.