Privacy Policy

We respect your privacy. We only collect basic information when you contact us or subscribe to our newsletter, and we use privacy-friendly Plausible Analytics. No accounts, no tracking cookies, and we never share your data with third parties except essential service providers like Brevo and Netlify.

Effective date: 26 November, 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to LLO Caribbean (“we”, “our”, “us”). We operate the website https://llo-caribbean.org, a community platform designed to showcase modules offered by universities for people in the Caribbean.

We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.


2. Data We Collect

2.1. Information You Provide to Us

We do not offer user accounts. However, we collect the following information when you interact with our website:

Contact Form

When you fill in our contact form, we collect:

  • First name

  • Last name

  • Email address

  • Your message

This information is used to respond to your inquiry.

Newsletter Signup

When you subscribe to our newsletter, we collect:

  • Email address

This is collected strictly on an opt-in basis.


3. Analytics Data

We use Plausible Analytics, a privacy-friendly, cookie-less analytics tool. Plausible is designed to be GDPR-compliant and does not store personal data, use cookies, or track individuals across sites.

Plausible may collect anonymous website usage data such as:

  • Pages visited

  • Referring websites

  • Device type

  • Approximate location (country-level only)

No personal information such as IP addresses is stored in identifiable form.


4. How We Use Your Information

We use your data for the following purposes:

  • To respond to your contact form submissions

  • To send newsletters and updates (only if you opt-in)

  • To monitor website performance and improve user experience (via Plausible)


5. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your personal data based on:

  • Consent — when you subscribe to the newsletter or submit a contact form

  • Legitimate interests — improving our website using anonymous analytics


6. Data Sharing

We do not sell or share your data with third parties, except for essential service providers we use to operate our platform:

6.1. Email Service Provider (Brevo)

We use Brevo to manage our newsletter and email communications.
Your email address is stored securely in Brevo when you subscribe.

6.2. Hosting Provider (Netlify)

Our website is hosted on Netlify, which may process anonymized technical data (e.g., server logs) necessary for site operation.

These service providers comply with GDPR and process data only on our behalf.


7. Cookies

We do not use cookies for tracking or advertising.
Plausible Analytics also operates without cookies.


8. Data Security

We take appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your data from unauthorized access, loss, or misuse.


9. Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as necessary:

  • Contact form messages: kept only as long as required to respond

  • Newsletter emails: retained until you unsubscribe

You may request deletion at any time.


10. Your Rights (EU GDPR)

You have the right to:

  • Access your personal data

  • Correct inaccurate data

  • Request deletion

  • Withdraw consent (e.g., unsubscribe from newsletter)

  • Lodge a complaint with the Dutch Data Protection Authority (Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens)


11. External Links

Our website may contain links to university or external resources. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of external sites.


12. Contact Us

For questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, you can contact us at:

Email: info@llo-caribbean.org