Öresund Patrøl (ÖP) is a Swedish-Danish nonprofit organisation dedicated to sustainable marine research, education, and advocacy in the Öresund/Øresund region. We are committed to gender equality in all aspects of our work, including in our internal organisation, field operations, partnerships, and scientific collaborations. This Gender Equality Plan formalises that commitment and sets out how we will maintain and improve it over time.
Öresund Patrøl (ÖP) is a cross-border marine research and conservation organisation operating as two parallel legal entities: Öresund Patrol (registered in Sweden) and Øresund Patrol (registered in Denmark), governed together under the collective name Öresund Patrøl. In this Privacy Policy, references to “ÖP”, “we”, or “us” refer to the relevant legal entity processing your personal data.
Swedish entity: Öresund Patrol, org. nr. 802551-3832, Forslöv, Sweden
Danish entity: Øresund Patrol, CVR 46190815, Charlottenlund, Denmark
Contact: info@oresundpatrol.org

When you use our website contact form, we collect your name, email address, and the content of your message. We use this information solely to respond to your enquiry. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in responding to communications directed to us (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR).

When you sign up for our newsletter, we collect your name and email address. We use this to send you updates about our work, events, and research. The legal basis is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You can unsubscribe at any time via the link included in every email.

We regularly photograph and film activities, including field operations, educational events, and public outreach. Where images or footage feature identifiable individuals, we seek consent before publication. The legal basis is consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR). You may withdraw consent at any time by contacting us, after which we will remove identifiable images from future publications.

We do not sell your personal data. We may share data with service providers who support our operations, such as our email newsletter platform and website host. These providers act as data processors under written data processing agreements and may not use your data for their own purposes.

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete data
• Request erasure of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Object to processing based on legitimate interests
• Restrict processing in certain circumstances
• Withdraw consent at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing
• Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at info@oresundpatrol.org.

We may update this policy from time to time. The current version is always available on our website. Significant changes will be communicated via our newsletter where appropriate.