Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22/122025

Stichting Adventures of the Valparaíso (“we”, “us”, “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting personal data. We process personal data in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable Dutch law.

1. Data Controller

Name: Adventures of the Valparaíso

Legal form: Stichting

Country of establishment: The Netherlands

Email: crew@adventuresofthevalparaiso.com

2. Personal Data We Process

We may process the following categories of personal data:

• Name

• Email address

• Contact details

• Information voluntarily provided through contact forms, applications, or email correspondence

• Technical data, such as IP address, browser type, device information, and cookies (where applicable)

We do not intentionally collect special categories of personal data.

3. Purposes of Processing

Personal data is processed solely for the following purposes:

• Communication and correspondence

• Responding to inquiries and requests

• Participation in projects, activities, or programs

• Administrative and organizational purposes

• Compliance with legal and regulatory obligations

Personal data will not be processed for purposes incompatible with the above.

4. Legal Basis for Processing

Processing of personal data is based on one or more of the following legal grounds:

• Consent of the data subject

• Performance of an agreement or pre-contractual steps

• Legitimate interests of the foundation

• Compliance with a legal obligation

5. Search Engine Indexing (SEO)

The foundation permits personal data that is lawfully published on this website to be indexed by legitimate search engines for the sole purpose of:

• Website discoverability

• Displaying links, titles, and limited excerpts (“snippets”) in search results

Search engine indexing for SEO purposes does not constitute consent for any further processing, reuse, storage, analysis, or redistribution of personal data.

6. Prohibition of Scraping, Text & Data Mining, and AI Use of Personal Data

Personal data published on or collected through this website may not be:

• Scraped, harvested, or systematically extracted

• Used for text and data mining

• Collected for the creation of databases or datasets

• Used to train, develop, fine-tune, or improve artificial intelligence or machine learning systems

• Used for profiling or automated decision-making beyond the purposes stated in this Privacy Policy

This prohibition applies regardless of:

• Whether the processing is automated or manual

• Whether the use is commercial or non-commercial

• The type of technology used, present or future

SEO indexing alone does not authorize any of the above activities.

7. Automated Decision-Making

The foundation does not engage in automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects on individuals.

8. Data Retention

Personal data is retained no longer than necessary to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected, unless a longer retention period is required by law.

9. Data Sharing

Personal data is not sold, rented, or traded.

Data may be shared only:

• Where legally required

• With service providers acting on our behalf, under appropriate data processing agreements

• Where necessary for operational purposes and in compliance with GDPR

10. Data Security

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect personal data against loss, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure.

11. Your Rights Under the GDPR

You have the right to:

• Access your personal data

• Rectify inaccurate or incomplete data

• Request erasure (“right to be forgotten”)

• Restrict processing

• Object to processing

• Data portability

• Withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent)

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (Dutch Data Protection Authority).

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We reserve the right to update this Privacy Policy at any time.

The most recent version will always be available on this website.

13. Contact

For questions regarding this Privacy Policy or the processing of personal data, please contact:

📧 crew@adventuresofthevalparaiso.com

Terms of Use

Last updated: 22/12/2025

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern access to and use of this website, operated by Adventures of the Valparaíso, a foundation (stichting) established under Dutch law and registered in the Netherlands (“we”, “us”, “our”).

By accessing or using this website, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, you must refrain from using this website.

1. Purpose of the Website

This website provides information, educational materials, publications, methodologies, and project-related content in line with the foundation's statutory objectives.

2. Intellectual Property Rights

All content made available on this website, including but not limited to:

• texts, articles, research, publications, and educational materials

• methodologies, frameworks, concepts, curricula, and original ideas

• images, illustrations, graphics, audio, video, and design elements

• logos, names, and branding

is the exclusive intellectual property of  Stichting Adventures of the Valparaíso, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

All intellectual property rights are reserved.

3. Permitted Use

You may use this website solely for personal, non-commercial, and informational purposes.

Any reproduction, distribution, modification, republication, or other use of content without prior written consent from the foundation is strictly prohibited.

4. Search Engine Indexing (SEO) – Permitted Use

The foundation permits access to this website by legitimate search engines solely for indexing and discoverability purposes, including:

• Crawling necessary to index pages

• Displaying page titles, links, and limited excerpts (“snippets”) in search results

Such access is permitted only to the extent necessary for search engine optimization (SEO) and does not grant any right to reuse, reproduce, analyze, or store website content beyond this limited purpose.

5. Prohibition of Scraping, Text & Data Mining, and AI Training

Except for the limited SEO purposes described above, the use of this website or any of its content is strictly prohibited for:

• Automated or systematic scraping, crawling, harvesting, or extraction of content

• Text and data mining

• Creation of datasets or databases

• Training, fine-tuning, testing, or improving artificial intelligence or machine learning systems

• Republishing, reselling, or redistributing extracted content

This prohibition applies regardless of:

• Whether access is automated or manual

• Whether the use is commercial or non-commercial

• The type of technology used, present or future

Any use of website content beyond SEO indexing requires explicit prior written consent from Stichting Adventures of the Valparaíso.

6. Automated Access Restrictions

Users may not use bots, scrapers, crawlers, or similar automated tools except where strictly necessary for permitted search engine indexing.

Any unauthorized automated access may result in technical blocking and legal action.

7. Disclaimer

The content on this website is provided for general informational purposes only.

No rights may be derived from the information provided.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by Dutch law, Adventures of the Valparaíso shall not be liable for any damage resulting from the use or inability to use this website.

9. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Netherlands.

Any disputes shall be submitted exclusively to the competent court in the Netherlands.

10. Amendments

We reserve the right to amend these Terms at any time.

Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of the amended Terms.

11. Contact

For legal inquiries or permission requests:

📧 crew@adventuresofthevalparaiso.com